Cherokee Point Elementary in City Heights (San Diego Unified School District) hosted 12 educators from Oregon on Friday, March 11th. The superintendents, principals and teachers spent the day with Principal Godwin Higa and Resource Specialist Patty Wallach to talk about the school becoming trauma informed, and how it functions.
They visited classrooms and had lunch with the students, then met with Dr. Audrey Hokoda, Child, Development Department, San Diego State University and Dana Brown to learn how parents and youth are involved in the trauma-informed practices. A group of the school's parent leaders also did a presentation for the Oregon educators.
Attached is a presentation put together for the visitors from Oregon to review the highlights of how children, youth and families are transformed when learning about and understanding the impact of toxic stress and trauma, and how they build resilience and empathy muscles.
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