Sandra Lake, Secretary

Sandra Lake, Board Member

Sandra Lake is the K-5 STEAM & Technology Coach for Brumby Elementary in the Cobb County, GA School District.  She has spent nearly two decades as an educator, coaching and working with teachers and k-5 students.  She is also the vice president of the Brumby Elementary School Foundation, where she works closely with the community […]

Movies that Matter: Wrestling Ghosts

Movies that Matter - Wrestling Ghosts

A Discussion with Rick and Doris Bowman (Bowman Consulting) ATN completed its commemoration of Children’s Mental Health Month (May) and PTSD Month (June) with a final screening and discussion in a three-part series of Trauma-Informed Movies that Matter. On June 27, Rick and Doris Bowman of Bowman Consulting joined ATN representatives to lead a discussion […]

Movies that Matter: Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope

Movies that Matter

A Discussion with Melissa Sadin (Ducks and Lions) and Ginger Healy (ATN) ATN continues its commemoration of Children’s Mental Health Month (May) and PTSD Month (June) with the second screening and discussion in a three-part series of Trauma-Informed Movies that Matter. On June 8, Dr. Melissa Sadin – a lifelong educator, adoptive parent, speaker, author, […]

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris to Speak at #TSS2024ATN

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

The Attachment & Trauma Network, Inc. is pleased to announce that Dr. Burke Harris will be our keynote speaker on Friday, February 23, 2024 for the closing general session of the 7th annual Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference.  Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is an award-winning physician, researcher and public health leader who has spent her career […]

My Why: A Tribute

Mom and me

When my mom died in 2021, I was catapulted into a foreign land of grief and hurt. Those who have lost close loved ones will recall the intensity of those first few days of grieving, when it is hard to eat or even breathe or to complete simple tasks – let alone the complicated logistics […]

Movies that Matter: Paper Tigers – A Discussion with Jim Sporleder

Movies that Matter - Paper Tigers

ATN is commemorating Children’s Mental Health Month (May) and PTSD Month (June) with three Movies that Matter.  On May 11, ATN gathered for a Q&A with Jim Sporleder, the retired principal of Lincoln Alternative High School in Walla Walla, WA who is now a trauma-informed coach, consultant, and speaker. Lincoln is the subject of the […]

My Why: Healing from Trauma

My introduction to ATN was not as an educator, but as a survivor of childhood trauma. I had recently retired from a 40-year career in education and was searching for answers. The previous year, I had found myself on a therapist’s couch where a tsunami of repressed memories buried under layers of dissociative coping skills […]

Tracy’s 50th Birthday Bash

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACY! Thanks for sharing it with ATN! ATN Board Member, Tracy Leonard, decided to make a real impact (and some great memories) by hosting a fundraiser for ATN at Fenestra Winery in Livermore, CA. Many of Tracy’s friends and family, and friends of ATN in Bay Area came together for a night of […]

TSS2024 Call for Workshops —Is Closed

Thank you for the AMAZING interest in submitting a workshop for #TSS2024ATN.  At this time our Call for Workshops is Closed.  Our TSS2024 Agenda should be announced mid- to late- August. Watch this site next April for our call for workshop proposals for TSS2025. #TSS2024ATN will have both an in-person and virtual portion to the […]

Movies that Matter Series

Movie tickets and popcorn on white background

Join ATN as we commemorate Children’s Mental Health Month (May) and PTSD Month (June) with some Trauma-Informed Movies that Matter. We’ll be hosting 3 films and Q&A sessions.  You can register to view one or all of the series, and attend their Q&As…for FREE!  They are filling fast.  Some are sold out. Thursday, May 11 […]