In this episode of Unbridled, Ann Marie and Todd talk with Matthew Bowerman about creating trauma-sensitive spaces.

Bowerman is a trauma-responsive, culturally competent servant leader who prioritizes collaborative, discovery-based learning for K-12 and higher education staff, students, and families; also a passionately creative, critical thinker and solution-maker with over thirty years in education and the arts who seeks to balance equitable, social emotional supports with empowering student resilience, compassion, mindfulness, and academic exploration.

Read more from Matthew here:

Edutopia (https://www.edutopia.org/profile/matthew-j-bowerman)

➢ Trauma-Responsive Leadership in K-12 Schools

➢ Addressing Cyberbullying and Bullying in Schools

➢ Integrating Culturally Responsive Teaching and Trauma-Informed Practices

➢ How School Leaders Can Guide the Work of Paraeducators: Trauma Responsive Supports

➢ 3 Tips for Using Trauma-Informed Practices As A School Leader

➢ The School Leader-Counselor Alliance

➢ A Guide to Psychological Safety for Educators

➢ How To Safely Manage A Student In Crisis

➢ A School Administrator’s Strategy for Calming Disruptive Students

➢ 3 Types of Engagement

➢ Approaching Student Data Holistically

➢ Building Trauma-Sensitive Spaces in Schools

TeacherGoals

➢ Bridge-building: Keys to supporting equitable and authentic school-family

engagement

(https://teachergoals.com/bridge-building/?v=7516fd43adaa)

➢ Trauma-Responsive Living

(https://teachergoals.com/trauma-responsive-living/?v=7516fd43adaa)

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)

➢ Trauma-Responsive, Trauma-Informed School Safety in PreK-8 Schools

➢ 7 Tips to Restore the Hearts and Minds of Students

(https://www.naesp.org/resource/7-tips-to-restore-the-hearts-and-minds-of-students/)

Teach Better (https://teachbetter.com/author/matthew-j-bowerman/)

➢ Remove the Guardrails: Facilitate a Productive Struggle

➢ Carrying Heavy Things: Support Students

➢ Additional material: https://teachbetter.com/?s=matthew+j.+bowerman

Association of Middle Leaders in Education (AMLE)

➢ Navigating the Gray: Trauma in the Middle Grades

(https://www.amle.org/navigating-the-gray-trauma-in-the-middle-grades/)

Stronger Together with Dr. Matthew X. Joseph

➢ School and Life on Spin Cycle

(https://mxjedu.net/spin-cycle)

Principal’s Project

➢ Three Ways to be Rigorous With Our Care for Our Teams

(https://principalproject.org/3-ways-to-be-rigorous-with-our-care-for-our-teams/)