Does anyone have an interactive activity I can use to train teachers on ACEs? Something fun, yet profound? I’m a school social worker and we are introducing Trauma Informed Classrooms this school year.
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I've seen the Brain Architecture Game done before.
A good first experience with ACEs awareness is the Brain Architecture game, as the previous poster mentioned. It was developed by scientists of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and communication scientists at the FrameWorks Institute. Link: https://dev.thebrainarchitecturegame.com/
Doing a showing of either Paper Tigers or Resilience is another good way to go.
If there's anyone in your area that's trained in the ACEs Interface, inviting them to do a training during a staff day is another good way to get everyone on the same page.
I forgot to mention I only have like 20 min this time around to introduce ACEs
Oh! That makes a big difference. Ok, updated recommendations:
1. ACEs Primer (5 minute): https://vimeo.com/139998006
2. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris's TED Talk (15 minutes): https://www.ted.com/talks/nadi...m_source=tedcomshare
3. ACEs 101 FAQ: https://acestoohigh.com/aces-101/
4. Watch the video trailers for Paper Tigers and/or Resilience so they see what training could happen next.
Hopefully those suggestions help!
Developing trauma informed classrooms is actually a pretty significant paradigm shift that goes against a lot of things in mainstream culture. It is less about ACES and more about how a brain responds under stress. It requires some systemic changes as well. I'm guessing you already know this, but growing an awareness of resilience windows and the prevalence of (not helpful) contingency models is more important, I think than ACES.
Another thing that is hard structurally is the importance of skill building, repair and reentry....over and over again. In our partner schools "becoming trauma informed" is a 3 year process.
Hi Patti,
I believe we have a meeting schedule for this upcoming Friday. I'd be happy to share with you some of my activities that I use in my trauma informed schools training, if you'd like?
Erin Perez
Erin
That would be so awesome! Thanks so much!
I applaud your willingness to get ACES awareness into 20 minutes! Every bit helps. I do teacher training and school consulting on becoming trauma-informed. I have a blog page with lots of resources on my trauma site. http://whitewaveseducation.com and http://traumasensitiveclassrooms.com
email me if you have questions - I have a lot of materials I haven't posted yet too. Good luck.
Thanks for your resource! What we are doing in a few weeks is just an introduction to the philosophy of TIC. We plan to implement over a three year period. Thanks again
Hi, Patti:
So rewarding to read through the comments and learn of other early adopters' innovative strategies and integration!
Please consider perusing our ACEs in Education community. This link below is a collection of tools and activities on integrating ACEs Science.
https://www.pacesconnection.com...activities-and-tools
Please share of your upcoming trauma-informed / resilience-building journey, Patti. Always uplifting to learn from and share with, I'm looking forward to hearing more.