Back to School, Help for Challenging Children, Kristi Saul, MEd

Back to School, Help for Challenging Children, Kristi Saul, MEd

In this podcast Kristi discusses how trauma effects brain development, and thereby effects behavior.  She covers the 5 hot spots in the school setting that are most challenging for children who have experienced trauma.  Kristi offers simple concepts that can make a huge difference for children who come from hard places.  The Post Institute has been field testing trauma informed solutions for more 16 years.  It is said that the concepts are simple, but not always easy to put into place.  The difficult comes into play because we are all human, we all have a view of the world that is molded by our life experiences, and we all experience stress.  When teachers and parents feel the pressure of meeting expectations, this stress and these expectations are filtered to our children.  For children who are stress sensitive, the school environment can be overwhelming.  Sometimes the very things we do as adults to encourage positive behavior, can be the very thing that triggers the behavior we are trying to discourage.  This podcast helps us understand the what may be driving forces of behavior challenges for children in the school setting.