Secretary Cardona Addressed Largest Gathering of Trauma-Informed Educators Ever at #TSS2022ATN

US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona addressed over 4,000 educators at the 5th Annual Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference  on Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022.  The conference was held both in Houston, TX and virtually.  Sec. Cardona joined via internet to impart the importance of trauma-informed education strategies and the need for collective care among those currently […]

UPDATE: ATN Board of Directors approves Pandmic Response for In-Person Conference

Updated Pandemic Policy for ATN’s In-Person CTSS Conference This week, ATN’s Board of Directors set the policy for #TSS2022ATN.  All In-Person Conference activities will follow this policy. More information will follow regarding uploading of vaccination information. Download Policy Text HERE ATN’s Pandemic Response for In-Person Conference Attendance – Updated December 8, 2021 The Attachment and […]

Calm Kits in the Community Project

Calm Kits

Attendees at the 5th Annual Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference have the opportunity to give to other educators and classrooms in the Houston area AND create a calm kit for themselves at our “Calm Kits in the Community” Project on Sunday, February 20, 2022. The project is free to all attending the in-person conference. Participants will […]

5th Annual Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference

February 20-25, 2022 Registration is OPEN for both the In-Person (in Houston, TX) and Virtual portions of this conference. Sponsors & Exhibitors…we have so many opportunities to reach the thousands of educators involved in our conference. Join us on Sunday for one of three enlightening Pre-Conference Sessions (1/2 day), our Calm Kits in the Community […]

#TSS2022ATN Call for Workshops Open

Calling all Trauma-Informed Education Experts!  The 5th Annual Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference has opened our Call for Workshop Proposals.    The Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference – #TSS2022ATN – is the largest gathering of trauma-informed, resilience-building educators in the US. This year’s conference will be a hybrid – with both an in-person and virtual component, to reach […]

#TSS 2021–Thank You!

thank you written with calligraphy pen

Thank you for the conference… This Mom can’t say thank you enough for the Trauma Sensitive Schools Conference in February 2021. What a great experience to join with others who are passionate about finding answers, having hard conversations, and learning heavy things. There is nothing worse than traveling a tough, unexpected road silently and alone. […]

The Re-Set Process

It began at TSS In February 2021, I had the honor of moderating Dyane Carrere’s session, “A New Way to Respond to Challenging Behavior: The Re-Set Process” at ATN’s virtual Trauma-Sensitive Schools (TSS) conference. Carrere’s approach to and heart for children from hard places impressed me. So much so, in fact, that I ordered her […]

Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.

Mona Delahooke, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience caring for children and their families. She is a senior faculty member of the Profectum Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting families of neurodiverse children, adolescents, and adults. She is a trainer for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental […]

Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson is the author of the Bottom Line for Baby and co-author (with DanSiegel) of two New York Times Best Sellers —The Whole-Brain Child and No-DramaDiscipline — each of which has been translated into over fifty languages, as well as The YesBrain and The Power of Showing Up.  She is the Founder and Executive […]

Of Hats and Children and This Coming August

Many hats

So many hats… The teacher hat Like so many of you, I wear a number of “hats” every day. Since March, I’ve worn the teacher hat often. This isn’t foreign to me—I spent ten years in early childhood education—but being Teacher-Mom is a whole new classroom! Two of my students have autism. For them, communication […]