Listen to Julie Beem as Part of Trauma-Sensitive Schools Discussion

Posted by: Julie Beem , June 17, 2017

June 2017. Julie Beem, Executive Director of Attachment & Trauma Network, was part of a discussion of the Trauma-Informed strategies being implemented in the Kansas City, Missouri public school district on KCUR radio 89.3, the Kansas City NPR affiliate on June 15.

You can listen to the interview here: http://kcur.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/post/trauma-sensitive-schooling-and-rogue-nuns-kcs-operation-breakthrough#stream/0

Julie Beem

In 1999, when Julie began looking for answers to her newly adopted daughter’s extreme behaviors and met Nancy Spoolstra, she never dreamed that a decade later she would be the Executive Director of ATN. Julie is responsible for the daily operations of the organization, coordinating the efforts of all the other directors, and acting as spokesperson for the organization. Prior to ATN, Julie was the president of a marketing and communications consultancy, The Epiphany Group, and has over two decades of experience in professional services marketing, strategic planning and communication strategies. As a graduate of Partners in Policymaking and through personal experience, Julie has garnered a great deal of experience in the areas of special education, school issues, and disabilities advocacy. A published author, Julie wrote a chapter in the EMK Press Adoption Parenting book and was the special needs blogger at Adoptionblogs.com for two years. She frequently presents workshops on attachment and trauma to adoptive and foster groups. Email Julie. Julie holds an MBA from Avila College in Kansas City and was a Certified Professional Services Marketer. Julie, and her husband Dave, are parents to four (bio, step and adoptive), including their youngest daughter, adopted from China. This daughter’s attachment difficulties and developmental trauma disorder have changed their lives significantly…in amazing ways.