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Making the Connection:

Staff Well-being and Social/Emotional Environments

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Hello!hargrava@hsd.k12.or.us

Ann Hargraves, Student Behavior Specialist

Molly Balfe, Healthy Schools Program Managermolly.balfe@healthiergeneration.org

Jenn Johnson, Climate and Culture TOSAjohnsjen@hsd.k12.or.us

AGENDA

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I. MIndful MomentII. Some ScienceIII. DysregulationIV. Nurturing EnvironmentsV. Policy Impact

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Objective:Learn and evaluate how to change your environments to encourage physical and emotional staff wellbeing.

Essential Questions:How do we endorse and promote staff wellness as a priority and key to successful implementation for student wellness? How do we create and build environments that support staff health and wellness?

Mindfulness Moment

Some Science

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What Is Trauma?● An event, set of circumstances, or a series of

events● experienced by an individual as physically or

emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse

● effects on the individual's functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being.

Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA, 2012)

TRAUMA

EVENT EXPERIENCE EFFECT

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Trauma Facts★ Trauma is real and prevalent. (ACEs) ★ Trauma can be toxic to the brain affecting

development and learning in a variety of ways.★ Trauma also impacts adult responses.★ School staff need to be aware of their own

triggers.★ Staff need to be ready to support and

respond to students who may have experienced trauma.

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A Trauma Informed Program, Organization Or System:● Realizes the widespread impact of trauma and

understands potential paths for recovery; ● Recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma

in clients, families, staff, and others involved with the system;

● Responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices; and seeks to actively

● resist re-traumatization. Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration

(SAMHSA, 2012)

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“What is necessary to change a person is to

change his awareness of himself.”

-Abraham Maslow

Dysregulation

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Brain Model

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Part 1● A sense one can never do enough ● Hypervigilance● Diminished creativity● Inability to embrace complexity● Minimizing● Chronic exhaustion/physical ailments● Inability to listen/deliberate avoidance● Dissociative moments

Trauma Exposure Responses

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dermoot Lipsky

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Part 2● Sense of persecution● Guilt● Fear Anger and cynicism● Inability to sympathize/numbing● Addictions● Grandiosity: and inflated sense of

importance related to one’s work● Feeling helpless and hopeless

Trauma Exposure Responses

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dermoot Lipsky

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What is this?

A dysregulated adult cannot help regulate a dysregulated child.

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1. Move. Daily. Benefits < 40 mins 3x wk2. To your own self be true:

your happiness counts 3. Feeling competent & confident =

take a risk/learn new thing4. Gratitude: Look, Find, Express, Accept5. Sleep: goal = 8 hrs YES . . . Eight!6. Social Circles: Friends, Church, Book

Clubs, etc.

Resource: adapted from Fostering Resilient Learners by Kristin Souers & Peter A. Hall

Components of wellness:

Nurturing Environments

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Creating Nurturing Environments

The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our WorldAnthony Biglan, PhD

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The FOUR Components that Create A Nurturing Environment1. Richly Reinforcing Pro-social

Environments2. Reduce Toxic Influences3. Limiting Exposure to Problematic

Behaviors: “Setting up for Success”4. Increase Psychological Flexibility

The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our WorldAnthony Biglan, PhD

Richly Reinforcing Pro-social Environments

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Reduce Toxic Influences: when toxic stress response occurs continually or is triggered by multiple sources, it can have a cumulative toll on an individual’s physical and mental health. Safe environments are caring, inclusive, calm, person-centered, and culturally responsive.

To increase all kinds of cooperation, caring and effort we need families, workplaces, and neighborhoods filled with recognition, praise, rewards, hugs, positive attention, laughter, caring and interest.

The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our WorldAnthony Biglan, PhD

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Limiting Exposure to Problematic Behaviors: “Setting up for Success” Plan the setting, Explain and Post expectations, Stay calm, Offer alternate choices, Use a Positive frame.

Increase Psychological Flexibility the ability to adapt easily to change or Being able to Recognize and Adapt to the Demands of Different or New Situations

The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our WorldAnthony Biglan, PhD

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Stations

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Staff and Wellness Rooms

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Staff Wellness Rooms

“GRATITUDE is a leading cause of good things.

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Policy Impact

Resources:SAMSHA

Trauma Stewardship:

Fostering Resilient Learners:

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The Nurture Effect

We appreciate you and admire your work.

THANK YOU !

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Be well.hargrava@hsd.k12.or.us @BehSpecAnnAnn Hargraves, Student Behavior Specialist

Molly Balfe, Healthy Schools Program Managermolly.balfe@healthiergeneration.org @MollyBalfe

Jenn Johnson, Climate and Culture TOSAjohnsjen@hsd.k12.or.us @All_J_Long