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Dr. Bailey designed I Love You Rituals as a playful means to promote optimal brain development, increase attention span, reduce hyperactivity, build self-esteem, amplify cooperation and facilitate language development. These transformative rituals can be enjoyed in an adult-child setting or between children, and are appropriate from 15 months through elementary school.

I Love You Rituals are structured connecting activities that include eye contact, touch, presence and playfulness. Families benefit from I Love You Rituals at bedtime, morning routine, before or after meals, when saying goodbye, while on the diapering table, and more. Classrooms benefit from I Love You Rituals in routines like the Brain Smart Start, during circle time and after transitions. Teachers and individual students benefit from scheduling regular one-on-one I Love You Rituals with children call for help through difficult behaviors like aggression, tantrums or withdrawal.

I Love You Rituals are helpful for all children, but are particularly essential to fostering healthy connection and development when enjoyed with children with challenging behaviors, who are at-risk or who experience special needs.

Some of our top I Love You Rituals are featured on the I Love You Rituals Poster Set and the I Love You Rituals on a String. Music that supports the I Love You Rituals can be found on the Songs for I Love You Rituals CDs, Volume 1 and Volume 2.

Video Examples: I Love You Rituals in Shubert's Classroom

Photo Examples: I Love You Rituals in Shubert's Classroom

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Hi again, Sarah! I was pleasantly surprised to see that you have also written an article about teacher self-care. In addition to what you wrote about student-self care, I believe that by human nature we cannot take care of others if we are not taking care of ourselves.

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Help for Billy: A Beyond Consequences Approach to Helping Challenging Children in the Classroom

By: Heather T. Forbes, LCSW

Help for Billy is a pragmatic manual to help guide educators and parents who are struggling with children impacted by trauma. Based on the concept of the neuroscience of emotions and behavior, Heather T. Forbes, LCSW provides detailed, comprehensive, and logical strategies for teachers and parents.

This easy to read book, with tables, outlines and lists, clears the way for a better understanding of the true nature regarding traumatic experiences affecting the brain and learning. It is a must read for anyone working with a child in the classroom. It has become the "bible" for setting the foundation for creating a trauma-informed school.

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Help for Billy: A Beyond Consequences Approach to Helping Challenging Children in the Classroom By: Heather T. Forbes, LCSW Help for Billy is a pragmatic manual to help guide educators and parents who are struggling with children impacted by trauma. Based on the concept of the neuroscience of emotions and behavior, Heather T.

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As a consultant as well as adjunct faculty member at Gonzaga University School of Education in the Counselor Education Department, Kristin Souers provides professional development, consultation, education, and training services to schools, school districts, and organizations.

She is a licensed mental health counselorwith a history of working in early learning, law enforcement, education, and mental health. For over 25 years, Souers has dedicated herself to bettering people's lives and advocating for those impacted by trauma. Her expertise in complex trauma, the impact of violence, crisis management, counseling, and trauma-informed care, positions her perfectly to partner with professionals around the development of trauma-informed practices in a variety of settings.

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Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom - ASCD

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Relationships, Responsibility, and Regulation: Trauma Invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners 

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by Kristin Van Marter Souers and Pete Hall

This ASCD Study Guide is designed to enhance your understanding and application of the ideas and strategies presented in Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation: Trauma-Invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners, an ASCD book written by Kristin Van Marter Souers with Pete Hall, published in December 2018.

You can use the study guide before or after you have read the book or as you finish each chapter. The study questions provided are not meant to cover all aspects of the book, but, rather, to address specific ideas that might warrant further reflection.

This study guide can be used in a multitude of ways. You can use it for your own personal reflection, as a tool for working in your teams around building trauma-invested practices, or as a reference for a book study. The goal is that you take the opportunity to challenge your thinking and expand your learning.

Reflection often feels like a luxury these days, when we are so busy with deadlines, expectations, and, often, unrealistic demands. Opportunities to take time to reflect collaboratively on what best practice could look like are rare. Yet a true shift in practice stems from opportunities to explore, reflect on, and evaluate our own ways of being. Thus, it is crucial that we give ourselves time to participate in such practices.

The questions in this guide are designed to promote thinking about what trauma-invested practice could look like in your setting. Whether you are a new teacher completing your degree or a seasoned education professional looking for a new way of practicing, this guide is designed to lead you in discussing what implementation at a larger group level could look like.

Do your best to lead and participate in this discussion in a trauma-invested manner. Incorporate the six-step communication process: listen, reassure, validate, respond, repair, resolve. Allow time for thought, and always start by building empathy. It is easy to admire problems, and it takes great courage to truly reflect on how to address them in trauma-invested ways.

We encourage you to grab a journal. Use it to record your answers and to hold yourself accountable to this work. Keep it by your nightstand for those middle-of-the-night ideas that wake you. Feel free to edit and add to your thoughts as you engage in this work. The more time you take to reflect and process, the more likely it is that you will implement and sustain trauma-invested practices.

Finally, please remember to be patient. True change is hard and takes time, so think of this is a marathon, not a sprint. Be open-minded and kind to your colleagues, and support one another in your exploration of what it truly means to be trauma-invested. Thank you for your time and commitment to this work. We are so grateful for the dedication and grace you bring to your students, their families, and one another!

Reflective Questions for Starting This Book

Chapter 1. A Culture of Safety

Chapter 2. Systems of Meaning

Chapter 3. Need Versus Behavior

Part 2. The New Three Rs

1. Check where you stand with the four prerequisites listed on pages 67-68. Where do you stand at this point?

2. What is one thing you are proud of right now? Share it with a colleague and give yourself a cookie!

3. Think of a student you are currently struggling with. Give yourself permission to develop empathy for this student. What might he or she need from you?

4. How do you teach empathy in your role? How do you know that it is working?

5. Can you develop a lesson plan that incorporates the use of empathy?

6. What is one way you can do something kind for yourself today? Check back with one another tomorrow and see how you did.

Chapter 4. Relationship

Chapter 5. Responsibility

Chapter 6. Regulation

Conclusion: Not Perfect, and ... Enough

Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation: Trauma-Invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners was written by Kristin Van Marter Souers with Pete Hall. This 206-page, 6" × 9" book (Stock #119027; ISBN-13: 978-1-4166-2685-5) is available from ASCD. Copyright © 2019 by Kristin Van Marter Souers and Pete Hall. To order a copy, call ASCD at 1-800-933-2723 (in Virginia 1-703-578-9600) and press 2 for the Service Center. Or buy the book from ASCD's Online Store.

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Short mindfulness exercises

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Yoga, Mindfulness, and Science Education for Students YoMind

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This summer the YoMIND team went to Las Vegas to film a music video for JusTme's new single, "I'm Inspired". While we were there, we also a filmed a series of 7 short mindfulness exercises, featuring JusTme, for use in the classroom and at home. While these videos were made with students K-8 in mind, the videos are relaxing and appropriate for all ages. Practicing mindfulness for short periods many times during the day is good for yo' body and yo' mind! So give them a try and share them with your friends, family and co-workers.

If you are a teacher or school administrator, please consider using these videos in the classroom and school wide. The videos can be used as 'brain breaks' for both teachers and students ( research here on why this works!).

Like these videos? Help us produce more resources by making a donation to the Ashland Schools foundation. Write in the comment section for your contribution to go to "YoMIND Video Production". The Ashland Schools Foundation supports YoMIND and serves as our fiscal sponsor for this community project. Donations are tax deductible and will go towards YoMIND's mission to positively impact the changing world we live in, by bringing inspiring, relevant education to our youth through video and audio resources.
Click THANK YOU in advance for watching and spreading the word about these free resources! HERE to donate. Please write in the comments "YoMIND Video Production"
Music Video:

Mindfulness Exercises:

To play these videos in the classroom, consider accessing them directly through our Vimeo page here.

How This Project Came About

From Libby Edson, Founder of YoMIND:

So if you have scrolled down this far, you probably like what you see! Let me share briefly how this video project came to fruition. (If you want to see full story of how I launched the YoMIND community effort in 2013, please click here).

In the Spring of 2015, I began an ongoing conversation with filmmaker Natalie Faye about how to bring mindfulness "edutainment" videos into the schools in a fun and effective way, that would supplement the onsite programs already in place. We knew right away that a big key to success would be finding great on-camera talent: charismatic, hip, and kind mindfulness teachers that students could relate to.

In early 2016, I left rainy Oregon and stopped by Hermosa Beach to visit with Natalie on my way to UCSD's Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth Conference. The conversation continued as we contemplated how to increase the impact of YoMIND's efforts through video. Natalie suggested we focus on finding someone who was already an up-and-coming positive "influencer" with youth, and approach them about collaborating. And it needed to be someone that had a great presence on camera, AND could appeal to all ages. I went off to the conference with a tall order!

However, the very next day, that order was filled!! I attended a session at the conference where JusTme presented on his work with hip hop and mindfulness. From the moment I saw him I knew he would be perfect for this project. I talked to him after the session and he agreed to add his talents to our effort to bring these much needed resources to fruition and make them FREE to everyone!

All told, it took 18 months for YoMIND to pull together the team and finances to bring these videos to fruition. And thanks to the generous efforts of many, here we are.... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Thanks to all who helped make these videos possible. Watch them often and share them with those you love. We hope this is the first of many YoMIND series with collaborators and influencers that share our vision! #wechooselove

Thanks to all who contributed!

With Gratitude,

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Great for teaching parts of the brain and mind/body awareness

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This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students.

Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help you extend the benefits of MindUP throughout your day, week, and year.

Posters: Each of the three books comes with an age-appropriate colorful poster with fascinating facts about the brain. Getting to Know and Love Your Brain: Full color * 2 sided Poster * 20.75" x 16.25"

Grades PreK-2 shows the three big helpers in the brain. One helps make smart choices. One helps protect from danger. And one saves memories and ABCs. Students will be challenged to identify the three helpers.
Preview Poster for Grades K-2

Grades 3-5 shows the prefrontal cortex, the amygdala, and the hippocampus-three parts of the brain that help students think and react to what happens around them. Students learn how these parts work together to make a happier, healthier, brighter person!
Preview Poster for Grades 3-5

Grades 6-8 challenges the older students-to react or to think it out, that is the question. As they learn to use the three key players in the brain to tell the difference between true emergencies and stressful situations, they'll be better at handling situations and have more time to enjoy life!
Preview Poster for Grades 6-8

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This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life.

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You have to create an account, but you have access to a ton of age/grade level curriculums

The Choose Love Formula is:

Courage + Gratitude + Forgiveness + Compassion in Action = Choosing Love

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Access Choose Love For Schools - Choose Love Movement

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Access Course Preview Everything you need to evaluate the Pre-K - 12th grade Choose Love For Schools program, including sample lesson plans and course syllabuses for planning purposes. Register Your Classroom or School to Teach Choose Love Join our community and program portal for access to all of our courses, to connect with ...

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The Brain Talk Curriculum is designed to teach students about their brains, and how to use the executive function capacities of the prefrontal cortex to respond mindfully rather than react impulsively. The curriculum consists of eight units that introduce key components of the brain and build the narrative of neural integration.

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Tapping for Stress Relief in Classrooms

In partnership with The Tapping Solution Foundation

With Tapping for Stress Relief in Classrooms, teachers and students will learn how to use this self-regulating tool to develop an understanding of their emotions and a resiliency to take part in controlling them. The lessons are connected to the Choose Love Enrichment Program and can be taught within each of the four units: Courage, Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Compassion in Action.

We know that you value each and every child in your classroom. You value their academic growth and persistence, as well as their emotional well-being and ability to problem-solve in any situation. We created this program, by educators for educators, to ensure you have the tools and resources you need to teach all essential life skills. This Tapping for Stress Relief in Classrooms program will give you the knowledge and language to use Tapping for yourself, with individual children, or your entire classroom as a whole.

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The Healthy Compassionate Touch Extension Program

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This program explores ways of teaching children and educators how to recognize and use touch that is nurturing and helpful, and how to avoid touch that isn't. Touch is such an important aspect of who we are yet there is a lot of fear surrounding the topic. There are easy and simple ways to incorporate touch into the classroom that support the reduction of aggressive, problem behaviors and enhance the connection and sense of belonging for the children. When children are asked "show me what love looks like" they reach out and touch each other.

Information and guidelines are presented in the form of a series of videos and worksheets. These resources have been created to support educators formulate their own way of using healthy compassionate touch within their classrooms.

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Zensational Kids Program

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Along with building knowledge and awareness of social and emotional skills through the Choose Love Program, we have partnered with Zensational Kids to combine the tools of yoga and mindfulness into our curriculum. These additional lesson plans will provide you with avenues to explore breath, movement and mindfulness with your students, as well as for yourself. Research is demonstrating how these specific tools help the nervous system relax, organize and process information, which is not only essential for learning, but also living healthy, happy lives. Yoga and mindfulness have been found to be highly effective practices to help students self-regulate, manage big emotions, focus their attention, and develop resilience. In order to care for the academic welfare of our students, taking an active role in caring for their overall well-being has become paramount in education. Mental health issues are on the rise and helping our students to cope with the trials of life, as well as learning, need to take a front seat in every classroom.

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The idea was borne out of the beautiful scientific research by Dr. Bruce H. Lipton, PhD., world famous cell biologist and author, who produced irrefutable proof that pregnant women send signals to their developing babies about the environment they will be born into. A calm, happy, relaxed mother will produce a baby with a more developed frontal lobe, who will be calmer and smarter. In contrast, if the mother is stressed out, worried and/or anxious, the baby's hind brain will be more developed as well as its high twitch muscles, making it a natural born fighter. Children born into more impoverished areas with high rates of gang violence to mothers who are understandably stressed out keep the violence cycle going. By focusing our efforts on our society's violence problem, we can do as Frederick Douglass once advised: "It is easier to build strong children than repair broken men."

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Healthy Grieving Extension Program

We have partnered with Dianne Gray, President of Hospice & Healthcare Communications and Board Member of the Elisabeth Kubler Ross Foundation, to create the Healthy Grieving Extension Program. Grieving is a normal part of life and we hope to demystify this process and take away the fear that is facilitated by our misunderstandings.

There is nothing in life that can really prepare us for the death of a loved one. Whether the death is sudden or as a result of a long term illness, it always catches us off-guard. We believe that we can help to change the experience of grief and loss, into a journey of hope and transformation because as Dianne says, "Grieving well is by choice. Choice is the most powerful tool we have." We have provided separate guides for children, teens, and adults to follow, where you can learn about the grieving process for each age group respectively. We have included tips and tricks you can use to approach and assist someone who is grieving, or for you to use to help in your own grieving journey. It will take time, but you CAN heal - let us help. Download the guide that best suits your needs now and start healing.[/vc_column_text][vc_tta_tour alignment="center" active_section="1″][vc_tta_section title="Healthy Grieving - Children" tab_id="1559325919590-a7cc00e2-f3a4″][vc_column_text]

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Create an account to get FREE SEL curriculums for Elem-HS.

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Overcoming Obstacles is a free, award-winning, and research-based K-12 curriculum that provides you with the tools to teach your students life skills. With hundreds of activity-based lessons covering more than 30 critical social and emotional skills, students learn how to communicate effectively. They learn how to make informed decisions. They learn how to set and achieve goals, resolve conflicts, solve problems, respect one another, and more.

Since 1992, over 300,000 educators in all 50 states and in 170 countries have used Overcoming Obstacles' free lessons to improve the lives of more than 70 million young people.

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Curriculum - Overcoming Obstacles (es-US)

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