Educator Resources
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Read books that will shape and grow your understanding of the impacts of trauma:
- The Body Keeps the Score, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
- My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem
- Waking the Tiger, Dr. Peter Levine
- In An UnSpoken Voice, Dr. Peter Levine
- The Pocket Guide to The PolyVagal Theory, Dr. Stephen Porges
- The Deepest Well, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- The Boy Who Raised As A Dog, Dr. Bruce Perry
- What Happened to You? Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
- Childhood Disrupted, Donna Nakazawa
- Healing Developmental Trauma, Dr. Laurence Keller and Aline LaPierre
- When the Body Says “No!”, Dr. Gabor Mate
- In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Dr. Gabor Mate
- Ghosts From the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence, Robin Karr-Morse, Meredith Wiley
- For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood, Christopher Emdin
- Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
- Beyond Behaviors, Dr. Mona Delahooke
- We Want to Do More Than Survive, Bettina Love
- Self-Reg, Stuart Shanker
- Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight, Dr. Sharon Heller
- Eyes Are Never Quiet, Lori DeSautels and Michael McKnight
- 101 Trauma-Informed Interventions, Linda Curran
- Help for Billy, Heather Forbes
- The Trauma-Informed School: A Step By Step Guide, Jim Sporleder & Heather Forbes
- Cultivating Genius, Gholdy Muhammad
Listen to podcasts, videos, and interviews that will inform and inspire you:
- “How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime” – Ted Talk, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- “How Childhood Trauma Can Make You a Sick Adult” – Dr. Vincent Felitti
- “How Trauma Lodges in the Body” – Interview with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
- “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in Healing Trauma – Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
- “The Neuroscience and Power of Safe Relationships” – Interview with Dr. Stephen Porges
- “Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development” – Center for the Developing Child
- “How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations” – Interview with Rachel Yehuda
- The Healing Place Podcast”– Teri Wellbrock
- “Ray’s Story”: Somatic Experiencing with Dr. Peter Levine
- “The Roots of Healing” – Dr. Gabor Mate
- “The Myth of Normal” – Dr. Gabor Mate
- “The Lasting Effects of Childhood Trauma” – Interview with Dr. Bruce Perry
- “Healing From Unspeakable Trauma: A Conversation with Dr. Bruce Perry” – Radio Cafe
- The Regulated Classroom: “Bottom-Up” Trauma-Informed Training – ALC Radio Hour
- The Trauma-Informed Educators Network Podcast Interview with Emily Read Daniels
- CONVOS during COVID: Understanding the Stress of Social Distancing with Dr. Stephen Porges
- CONVOS during COVID: Understanding and Addressing the Stress of Touch Hunger with Neuroscientist, Dr. Victoria Abraira and Capeable Founder, Marna Pacheco
- CONVOS during COVID: The Role of Literacy and Black Excellence in Anti-Racist Schools with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad
- CONVOS during COVID: Increasing Resilience in Female School Leaders
Join online communities to learn from and participate in conversations with experts and other PLUs:
The Regulated Classroom Educator Self-Care Toolkit
The Regulated Classroom Educator Self-Care Toolkit is a classroom resource for educators. The toolkit includes The Regulated Classroom© guidebook and a collection of high quality sensory tools and self-regulation hacks that help promote a felt sense of safety and comfort in the body. The kit is specifically designed for educators (classroom teachers, paraprofessionals/ESP’s, school counselors, school-based mental health providers, social workers, school principals).
Educators explore the items in the toolkit to determine which items work best for them in settling their body and restoring calm (felt safety).
The Regulated Classroom Educator Self-Care Toolkit is a classroom resource for educators. Each toolkit includes The Regulated Classroom© guidebook and a collection of high quality sensory tools and self-regulation hacks that help promote a felt sense of safety and comfort in the body. The kit is specifically designed for educators (classroom teachers, paraprofessionals/ESP’s, school counselors, school-based mental health providers, social workers, school principals).
Educators explore the items in the toolkit to determine which items work best for them in settling their body and restoring calm (felt safety).
We are thrilled to include the SmartWeight® scarf by CapeAble®. When worn, this luxurious and inconspicuously weighted scarf provides a settling calm to the wearer. (It’s not only soft and beautiful— it’s machine washable!)
Contents of The Regulated Classroom Educator Self-Care Toolkit:
| The Regulated Classroom Guidebook (1) Capeable™ weighted scarf (1) Capeable™ magnetic focus fidget (1) Mad Mattr™ (5) Mesh and marble fidget (3) Koosh balls (1) Massage roller ball |
(3) Squishy stress balls (2) Essential oils (5) Stretch noodles (3) Resistance spiky rings (2) Monkey foam Calming tea |
Dimensions:
- With handle extended: 13” long X 10.5” deep X 13” high
- With handle folded flat: 13” long X 10.5” deep X 8” high
The Regulated Classroom Guidebook
(1) Capeable™ weighted scarf
(1) Capeable™ magnetic focus fidget
(1) Mad Mattr™
(5) Mesh and marble fidget
(3) Koosh balls
(1) Massage roller ball
(3) Squishy stress balls
(2) Essential oils
(5) Stretch noodles
(3) Resistance spiky rings
(2) Monkey foam
Calming tea
Total Toolkit Weight: 7.53lbs
Dimensions:
With handle extended: 13” long X 10.5” deep X 13” high
With handle folded flat: 13” long X 10.5” deep X 8” high
Carrying Case Material: Corrugated cardboard