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In Reducing Stress in Schools, Mathew Portell, Ingrid L. Cockhren, Tyisha J. Noise, Julie Kurtz, and Julie Nicholson provide a toolkit of actionable, evidence-based practices for PreK-12 teachers, administrators, and staff to support students' and adults' nervous system regulation. This book raises awareness of the collective trauma caused by the pandemic, highlights the effects of racial and historical trauma, draws attention to educators' stress and burnout, and proposes strategies for stress reduction. The authors show that, in the post-COVID-19 era, as students and educators contend with unprecedented exposure to mental health stressors, research supports classroom management via relationship-building interventions. They demonstrate how alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices can promote social-emotional learning, counter learning loss, and improve student skills. This work delivers clear guidance throughout chapters that feature real-world case studies, sample conversations, and questions for reflection and discussion. It also includes recommendations for countering resistance to the implementation of trauma-responsive practices for classroom management. Ultimately, it gives educators the tools to build schools that reduce stress and strengthen racial justice, equity, healing, and safety.

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Ingrid L. Cockhren is an internationally known leader in trauma-informed care and systems transformation with twenty years of experience in childhood development, mental healthcare, PreK-12, higher education, consulting, and nonprofit leadership. Cockhren is an adjunct psychology professor, owner of Cockhren Consulting, and former CEO of PACEs Connection. Julie Kurtz is an international speaker, trainer, coach, and consultant who has collaborated with thousands of educators and administrators to integrate trauma-responsive practices and social-emotional strategies into classrooms, schools, and educational systems. Kurtz is CEO of the Center for Optimal Brain Integration(R) and coauthor of several books for children and adults. Julie Nicholson is an early childhood expert, keynote speaker, nonprofit leader, coauthor of thirteen books, and coeditor of another. As a professor of practice at Mills College in Oakland for seventeen years, she directed the leadership program in early childhood, an MBA/MA program and the Center for Global Play Research. She consults nationally on bridging ECE with public education. Tyisha J. Noise is a practitioner scholar with twenty-four years of experience working with underserved students in nonprofit and educational settings. She has taught and led in K-12 through early college with extensive expertise in intervention and special education, and administration in middle and high schools. She is also a professional development expert, presenter, and coach. Mathew Portell is an elementary school principal in the Metro Nashville Public School system, podcaster, writer, international speaker, and leader of the international Trauma-Informed Educators Network. An innovator and pioneer of trauma-informed education, he utilized neuroscience to transform his school into a global model school for trauma-informed practices. Kitty Hendrix has been an actor/singer nearly all of her life, appearing on stage, in film and television, and on concert stages on both the East and West coasts. She has originated nearly thirty leading roles and sung on stages such as Carnegie Hall and Symphony Hall, Boston. She has been an owner/producer of two theater companies and also owned a successful interior design firm. In 2013 Kitty recorded her first audiobook. She was hooked. With wide vocal and emotional range, she is known to have a voice with ""gravitas"" and can express deep emotional power. She enjoys immersing herself in the POV of the author and the many diverse characters she has portrayed. She is as comfortable performing historical biographies as she is cozy mysteries and thrillers. Kitty has recorded over 100 audiobooks, mostly with major publishers and in nearly every genre. She has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, been nominated for an Audie (with a title that she self-produced) and been recognized for her narration by Jo Reed of Behind The Mic, AudioFile Magazine, and Library Journal.

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