Trauma Informed Teaching

In Beyond Behaviors, internationally known pediatric psychologist Dr. Mona Delahooke describes behaviors as the tip of the iceberg, important signals that we should address by seeking to understand a child's individual differences in the context of relational safety. This accessible book offers professionals, educators, and parents tools and techniques to reduce behavioral challenges and promote psychological resilience and satisfying, secure relationships.

Are you or your teachers frustrated with carrots and sticks, detention rooms, and suspension-antiquated school discipline practices that simply do not work with the students entering our classrooms today? Our kids have complex needs, and we must empower and embrace them with restorative practices that not only change behaviors but transform students into productive citizens, accountable for their own actions.  

In this fresh look at trauma-informed practice, Alex Shevrin Venet urges educators to shift equity to the center as they consider policies and professional development.  

With accessible strategies grounded in trauma-informed education and positive psychology, this audiobook equips teachers to support all students, particularly the most vulnerable. It will help them to build their resilience, increase their motivation and engagement, and fulfil their full...

#1 New York Times bestseller “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of...

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts that make you who you are. Is there just one “you”? We’ve been taught to believe we have a single identity, and to feel fear or shame when we can’t control the inner voices that don’t...

Many foster and adoptive parents are raising children with complex emotional trauma, desperate for answers to heal their families. Caught off guard, these families find themselves with shattered dreams, shattered homes, and shattered hearts, with nowhere to turn for answers. Extended family members, friends, and the greater community don't understand the challenges and can, sometimes, add to the problems these families face, prolonging the healing process for all.

What happens to a child’s brain when early life feels unsafe? In Trauma and the Developing Brain, Bhaskar Pandey offers a clear, practical guide to understanding how early childhood trauma affects brain development, behavior, attachment, and social-emotional growth. Grounded in developmental science and written in accessible language, this book helps readers move beyond labels and see behavior as communication from a stressed nervous system. This 10-chapter guide is designed for parents, caregivers, educators, therapists, social workers, and child development professionals who want real-...

In this galvanizing audiobook for all educators, Kristin Souers and Pete Hall explore an urgent and growing issue - childhood trauma - and its profound effect on learning and teaching.   

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate...

Pioneers of Human Behaviour: Gabor Maté A Gateway to His Life, Teachings, and Legacy Why do people suffer in ways that ordinary explanations fail to reach? Gabor Maté has become one of the most recognisable and contested voices in modern conversations about trauma, addiction, stress, illness, parenting, and culture. As a physician working in palliative care and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, he encountered human suffering at its most visible — addiction, poverty, illness, abandonment, and survival — and asked a question that reshaped how many readers understand pain: not why the ...

Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault provides a comprehensive overview of how to offer yoga to survivors of sexual assault in a safe, effective, evidence-based, and healing way. Zahabiyah A. Yamasaki, founder of Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga, draws on the framework of trauma-informed care and trauma-informed yoga program development and curriculum, while also weaving in personal narrative and inspiring survivor stories. 

Brain science that battles burnout. Teachers are burned out and current behavior plans aren’t working. This is not a one-size-fits-all fix. Just honest conversation without jargon or judgment joined with accessible resources exhausted teachers have been searching for. The connected classroom offers connection, compassion, and classroom strategies for the kids who need you most. It’s a book written by a 30 year classroom teacher and an occupational therapist who specializes in trauma and nervous system vulnerability. The authors use personal and relatable stories to translate ...

For years, Lenore Wolfe searched for healing through spirituality, religion, relationships, self-help teachings, and the promise of transformation. Like so many women, she was taught to push forward, stay strong, think positively, forgive quickly, and rise above pain. But trauma does not disappear because we silence it. The body remembers. In this deeply intimate and spiritually profound book, Lenore Wolfe explores the hidden connection between trauma, the nervous system, spiritual awakening, intuition, and the journey back to the self. Through raw personal insight and powerful emotional ...

Today, something is going to happen to an innocent child. Tomorrow, that child will walk into their school. What happens next will impact the rest of their life. What is this powerful event? Childhood trauma. Most students will experience some form of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, neglect, family dysfunction, racism, homelessness, or poverty by their 18th birthday. If left untreated, their traumatic experience may have lasting implications on their physical and mental health and their success in school.

Most yoga anatomy books teach you the names of muscles. This book teaches you what to do when a real student, with a real injury, a real diagnosis, or a real mental health struggle, walks into your class and unrolls their mat. Written by David Scott Yglesias, E-RYT 500, Licensed Massage Therapist, and Kinesiologist, this book draws on more than two decades of hands-on teaching experience to bridge the gap between clinical knowledge and compassionate, in-the-room teaching. It is the resource that turns anatomical facts into practical wisdom. Inside, you will find: A clear, narrative ...

TRANSFORM YOUR CLASSROOM IN JUST 5 MINUTES A DAY Are you a K-12 teacher struggling to balance trauma support with academic requirements? Do you feel trapped by the impossible choice between addressing your students' emotional needs and meeting curriculum standards? Imagine transforming your classroom in just 5 minutes daily—not with additional programs or specialized training, but with a practical, integrated approach rooted in the truth that "trauma-responsive classrooms prioritize predictable safety over perfect academics." Why This Book Is Different "The BRIDGE Protocol" is more than ...

What if the student dysregulation you are managing is not a behavior problem, but a design flaw? Most classroom management strategies focus on controlling students, but very few teach you how to design an environment where neurodivergent learners can actually thrive. If you are tired of modifying lessons on the fly, battling student refusal, and feeling like the weight of a heavy system rests entirely on your shoulders, it is because it does. The problem is not your effort. It is the architecture of the classroom. In Designing for Belonging, education leader Geraldine Doornkamp provides an ...

💚 The Green-Eyed Monster Who Learned to Shine A Heartwarming Story for Parents and Children About Healing Jealousy, Rebuilding Self-Worth, and Learning to Love Your Own Light When envy fades, love begins. A tender story of healing for the child within—and the child beside you. The Green-Eyed Monster Who Learned to Shine is more than a children’s story—it’s a mirror for anyone who has ever felt “not enough.” This luminous tale invites parents and kids to journey together through the tangled emotions of envy, self-doubt, and comparison, toward a place of compassion, forgiveness...

Many of us long to serve and be there for those who are suffering from trauma, but we don't know how to do so in a way that is caring and helpful. This book enables Christians, and especially pastors, elders, and ministry leaders, to understand what trauma is and how it affects people, including their experience of church, so that we can lovingly support those who are suffering from it.