1. Mindfulness Matter
June 12th

2. What we will learn today:
Trauma Informed Support
Building Positive Relationships
Levels of Engagement
Curriculum

3. Trauma Informed Support

4. “It’s not what’s wrong with you, it’s What has happened to you”?
Definition:
Trauma is any event that undermines a child’s sense of physical or emotional safety or poses a threat to the safety of the child’s parents or caregivers
TED Talk
After I give the definition of trauma, I can have tables or partners brainstorm anything they think would be considered trauma

5. What can it be? Difficult Pregnancy Adoption Early Medical Trauma
Abandonment
Neglect
Divorce
Prenatal Exposure
Foster Care
Death
Make a note taking spot here

6. What does it affect?
Neural Pathways: a series of neurons connected together to enable a signal to be sent from one region of the brain to another
Made by repetition
The more you practice something, the harder it will be laid out (ex. Bike path)
Some are created over time…..
Some are created very quickly…..
Positive OR negative
When solid pathways are formed, we no longer have to think about our responses.
Trauma - scattered pathways, firmly created based on negative experiences

7. Good News

8. Positive Relationships

9. Building Positive Relationships
First you have to have a relationship to build a relationship
Smile
Find their interests
Non-school discussion
Private redirection AND private praise

10. 2. Healing Environment
Adults aware of voice tone, facial expressions, and touch
Make eye contact
Use accidental touch
Provide predictable schedule
Give students a sense of self-efficacy
Share power
Fill their bucket with “YES”

11. 3. Ritual vs. novelty Ritual: Novelty: Consistent Predictable Safety
Movement
Engagement
Focuses Attention
Ritual: consistency, predictability, safety
Novelty: movement, engagement, focuses attention

12. 4. Levels of Development Levels of Development Level 1: Social
Level 2: Emotional
Level 3: Ethical
Level 4: Cognitive
Level 5: Physical
Ability to interact with you
Ability to exhibit my feelings appropriately
Ability to know right and wrong
Intelligence level
Chronological Age
Can I get along with you?
Can I hold it together?
Do I do the right thing?
Do I understand?
How old am I?

13. 5. Upper brain vs. lower brain
Upper Brain responds and our lower brain reacts
During a crisis our lower brain is working
Ignore the words
Not the time to teach
Give child time and space to regulate

14. Levels of Engagement

15. Playful Engagement: Level 1
Redirect the child without breaking stride
“Would you like to try that again with respect?” OR “You know I can’t hear your words when you use that voice” in a playful/non-threatening tone
Reduces misbehavior over time by strengthening the relationship and establishing expectations

16. Structured Engagement: Level 2
Pause the situation
Use behavioral “re-dos” to help the child learn expectations and feel success
Remember, we are building those neural pathways!!!!
Offer two choices
Provide compromise
** This takes time - plan for it and make it a priority!

17. Calming Engagement: Level 3
Allow the child to regulate
External regulation
Co-regulation
Self-regulation
Create a predetermined “cool down zone” or “safe spot” for students to go when they feel overwhelmed
This is not a punishment. This is a time/place to regulate
Calm Kits
Breathing timer
External: Swaying, deep compressions, singing, rub their head, feeding
Co-Regulation: breathing with them, teaching then how to calm down
Self-Regulation: Using cool down spot, do breathing on their own
Share breathing sheet and do some examples

18. Calm Down Areas

19. Activity Split into groups of 3 Assign Levels of engagement
Group 1: Playful Engagement
Group 2: Structured Engagement
Group 3: Calming Engagement
3. Create a T-Chart of what each level is and is not

20. What We Use

21. Curriculum The MindUp Curriculum
Mindful Classroom By: James Butler M.ED

22. Zones of Regulation

23. Putting It All Together
Warm Up Song
Zones of Regulation
Mindfulness
Breathing
Seeing
Hearing
Eating
Stretching
Words of Affirmation
Putting It All Together
Morning Routine

24. Karyn Purvis Institute @ TCU
Dan St. Romain
Dr. Barbara Sorrels
Karyn Purvis TCU
James Butler M.ED
Shout Outs