Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast
The Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast is hosted by Mathew Portell and explores how to challenge conventional systems to create positive change. It focuses on education, leadership, and trauma-informed practices, featuring conversations with people who push back against the status quo. Each episode offers practical insights and stories for educators, school leaders, and advocates working to make institutions more supportive.
Episodes
2.5: Ginger Healy - Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast
Ginger Healy, LCSW, brings more than 25 years of experience in trauma and attachment. She began her career as a child abuse investigator and hospital social worker before becoming a school therapist. For 15 years, she served as a social services supervisor at an international adoption agency, deepening her expertise in developmental trauma and attachment.
As Director of Programs at the Attachment
2.4 - Julie Kurtz: Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast
Julie Kurtz, M.S., LMFT is a renowned author and national speaker specializing in trauma-responsive, social-emotional, and resilience-building skills, particularly within educational settings ranging from early childhood to 12th grade. As the Founder and CEO of the Center for Optimal Brain Integration®, Julie is dedicated to amplifying the voices of those who have experienced toxic or traumatic st
2.3 - Beth Tyson: Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast
Beth Tyson, MA, is a childhood trauma therapist, children’s book author, and founder of Beth Tyson Trauma Consulting. She creates trauma-informed training, curriculum, and tools to help prevent and heal childhood trauma. She serves as the co-chair of the Pennsylvania Child Abuse Prevention team, volunteers as a CASA, but most importantly, she is a mom who is trying her best to break the cycle of t
2.2 - Michael Gaskell: Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast
Dr. Michael Gaskell is an author, speaker and principal in East Brunswick. He models the pursuit of lifelong learning as he mentors new principals through the New Jersey Leaders to Leaders (L2L) program. An NJPSA Stars recipient, presents on AI in the Classroom, at NJPSA/FEA and at Rutgers, has been published in over 6 dozen education journals and blogs, including ASCD Smartbrief, Tech & Learning,
2.1 - Sean Pritchard: Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast
Season 2: Episode 1 - Co-Founder of INHABIT, Sean is a leader in breathwork, visualization, and mindset training, dedicated to guiding individuals toward their highest potential. With a mission to elevate human consciousness and performance, Sean has personally trained over 9,000 remarkable individuals in INHABIT breath methodologies—from elite athletes and visionary entrepreneurs to inspired art
Pre-Show Relaunch!
Welcome to the "Quiet Before the Storm of ...Good!." We aren't just launching a podcast; we’re igniting a community of disrupters with a conscience. While we count down to the first episode of Unapologetic Disrupters for Good, join us for an exclusive behind-the-curtain look at why we’re here, who we’re challenging, and how we plan to leave the world better than we found it. Grab your coffee (or s
Joe Brummer & Marg Thorsborne: Unapologetic Disrutper for Good Podcast
Marg has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her services to education, both locally and internationally. She consults with public and private sector businesses and organisations to enhance workplace relationships and manage high-level conflict and inappropriate behaviour.
She is committed to improving the way people relate to each other in schools, workplaces, and other community groups
Greer Kharidi: Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast
Greer Kharidi is dedicated to supporting teachers and school staff to create calm, regulated classrooms through neuroscience fundamentals. With a background of 15 years in education—including both teaching and counselling—and a deep understanding of how trauma impacts learning, Greer has developed a practical, research-backed framework that empowers teachers to implement trauma-aware practices in
Kara Kalin: Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast
A Registered Clinical Counsellor (BCACC), a Certified EMDR Therapist (EMDRIA), and a Mental Performance Specialist, Kara is widely recognized for her work integrating mental health support with high performance in both professional and athletic spaces.
With her roots as a national-level athlete and a coach for the Canadian National Team, Kara has spent over two decades at the intersection of psyc
Coach Martin Simms: Unapologetic Distrupter for Good Podcast
Martin Ali Simms is a leading expert in the intersection of neuroscience, trauma-informed practices, and athletic performance. As the founder of the DOPE Coach Academy, he helps coaches, student-athletes, and parents integrate neuroscience and nervous system regulation into sports to optimize mental wellness and peak performance. Martin was trained by Dr. Bruce Perry, creator of The Neurosequentia
Unapologetic Disrupter for Good Podcast: A New Season
In a world where traditional education models often fall short, the Disrupters for Good Podcast, formally known as the Trauma Informed Educators Network podcast, dives deep into the transformative power of trauma-informed education. We're here to challenge the status quo, exploring how understanding and addressing the impact of trauma can revolutionize our classrooms and create environments where
Episode 104: Shannon Harvey - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Shannon Harvey is the multi-award-winning director of two internationally acclaimed documentaries, The Connection and My Year of Living Mindfully. Her first book The Whole Health Life is about finding good health after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. As a journalist she spent many years working for leading news organisations such as the ABC and Fairfax. Her latest book, My Year of Livi
Episode # 103: Heather Grow - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Heather Grow has been in education in some capacity for 15 years. She started subbing in college, became a teaching assistant for a K-2 SED classroom, and then was a 1:1 teaching assistant for a 5th-grade student before her current position as a teacher of physical educator. Grow has been in her current position for eight years and has always strived to bring trauma-sensitive practices to her stud
Episode #102: Dr. Larissa Rector - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Larissa Rector has worked in education for more than 16 years. She has a PhD in Literacy Studies and Research and currently works at Tennessee Tech University, where she teaches graduate-level research courses. She also owns a nonprofit organization called Snug as a Bug Foundation and is a huge advocate for struggling students and helping to mitigate the barriers that often stand in their way.
Episode 101: Julia Chambers - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Julia Chambers integrates all of the skills she acquired over the course of 3 master's degrees in art history, museum studies and public art studies, museum directorships, consulting projects, not-for-profit board leadership, world travel, and being a mother to 3 delightful young men into running Mimbleball -- which turned out to be precisely the skill set needed to help design, manufacture, promo
Episode #100: The Author Team - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Mathew Portell, Dr. Tyisha Noise, Ingrid Cockhren, Julie Kurtz, and Dr. Julie Nicholson, our author team, experts in psychology, education, leadership/administration, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), have come together to support and strategize mitigating school stress by co-authoring a book for Harvard Education Press, which will be published sometime in 2025. With extensive ex
Episode #99: Dr. Katie Lohmiller & Halley Gruber - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Katie and Halley, sisters and co-workers, partner with the Neurosequential Network in coordinating the NME Trainer Program and are co-directors of a non-profit organization called Educational Access Group. Halley is a former teacher. Katie hails from the public health sector, and their work supports schools, educators, and youth-serving organizations in sustainably implementing the NME and brain-b
Episode #98: Dr. Tyisha Noise - Trauma Informed Educators Network
Dr. Tyisha J Noise has approximately 24 years supporting, nurturing and creating success with underserved populations from coast to coast in both nonprofit and educational settings. Dr. Noise has served as a special and general education teacher, high school administrator and middle school principal. She has extensive experience building systems to support best practices and has been a passionate
Episode #97: Bethany Hill - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Bethany has been an educator for 27 years. She taught kindergarten, first, second, and third grades and also served as an academic/instructional coach. Bethany spend 12 years serving as a building administrator-7 years as an assistant principal and 5 years as principal. For the last three years, she has been mentoring program specialist at Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative, where she support
Episode #96: Ginger Healy - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Ginger Healy, MSW, LCSW, is a clinical social worker. She has worked as a child abuse investigator, hospital social worker, social service supervisor at an international adoption agency, and school therapist. She is currently the director of programs for the Attachment & Trauma Network. She co-anchors the podcast "Regulated and Relational" and speaks nationwide on trauma-informed schools, therapeu
Episode #95: Kris Jenkins - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Kris Jenkins has taught our youngest and most vulnerable learners for almost all of her forty years in education! A heart-wrenching trauma early in her young life led to a lifetime of ripples in giving back to other children and their families. Kris wholeheartedly believes that children must feel loved, nurtured, safe, and supported before true learning occurs. In addition to being a full-day pre
Episode #94: Dr. Julie Nicholson & Julie Kurtz - #TIENetworkCast
Dr. Julie Nicholson- For as long as she can remember, she had an insatiable thirst for learning. She always sought knowledge with a passion, whether it’s new ideas, skills, or technologies. This drive to learn and make a positive impact on a large scale has fueled over two decades of leadership and social impact work. Julie holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Michigan and an MBA wit
Episode #93: Mathew Portell - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Hey, hey, hey! Mathew Portell, founder of TIENetwork and podcasting pro, is BACK! After taking a little breather, he's ready to dish out the hottest updates and have a chatty catch-up with his #TIENetworkCast listeners! And guess what? It's his first solo gig on the podcast! So, let's show some love to this work and join in on the livestream.
Episode #92: Sean Pritchard - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Sean Pritchard is the CEO and founder of INHABIT, a wellness and peak performance company based in New Jersey that serves education systems, businesses, and sports programs. Through Sean's own struggles with his mental health in college, he came across meditation, and it changed his life. From working in tech sales, coaching youth sports, and being a personal trainer - Sean has used these experien
Episode #91: Esohe Roland - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Esohe Roland grew up in Nashville, TN and received both her Bachelors and Masters in the Middle Tennessee area. She has a heart and mind for educating. She got her start in the education field in the Metro Nashville Public School system and was also a student in MNPS throughout middle and high school. Her passion for education has led her to write her first book, "Dear First Year Teacher" She saw
Episode #90: Robin Cogan, Carey Sipp, and 70+ Guests - TIENetwork Podcast
This unique episode was recorded live at the fourth annual Trauma Informed Educators Network Conference! Listen to Robin Cogan, Carey Sipp and over 70 others share their thoughts!
Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN is a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN), currently in her 22nd year as a New Jersey school nurse in the Camden City School District. Robin is the New Jersey Director for th
Episode #88: Leora Wolf-Prusan- Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
School Crisis Recovery & Renewal
Leora Wolf-Prusan serves as the Project Director for the School Crisis Recovery & Renewal project and as the School Mental Health field director for the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC); previous roles include the national field director of a SAMHSA initiative (ReCAST-Resilience in Communities After Stress & Trauma) in addition to
Episode #89: Zetta Elliot - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
A Response to Book Banning
Born in Canada, Zetta Elliott moved to the US in 1994 to pursue her PhD in American Studies at NYU. She is the author of over thirty books for young readers, including the award-winning picture books Bird and Melena’s Jubilee. Dragons in a Bag, a middle-grade fantasy novel, was named an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book and was selected for the 2021 G
Episode #87: Ginger Healy - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Ginger Healy MSW, LCSW, is a clinical social worker with almost 30 years of experience in the field. Ginger has worked as a child abuse investigator, hospital social worker, and school therapist. She spent 15 years as the social service supervisor at an international adoption agency and was able to travel to provide support for orphanages all over the world. This job continues to inform her work o
SPECIAL Episode #86: Emory & Henry College
Today’s educators need the training to support trauma-informed practices in the classroom. The Emory & Henry College's Creating Trauma-Informed Resilient Schools course provides targeted and convenient professional development to offer tools to create resilient school communities. A new online trauma-informed care in the classroom course is offered by Emory & Henry College’s Department of Educati
Episode #85: Logan Taylor - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Having it easy" is never a phrase you would use to describe Logan Taylor's childhood. Raised by his grandmother in low-income housing and with an absent father and barely-there mother, Taylor struggled as a child and young adult. Add to these issues sexual abuse, drug addiction, a horrible car wreck, multiple suicide attempts, and crippling anxiety, and it's hard to imagine how he ever made it.
A
Episode #84: Dahron Johnson - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dahron Johnson works with a hospice serving mid-TN. Throughout her career, in faith spaces as much as in clinical & research ones, she has advocated persistently for keeping the voices of patients and their communities of care central to their own journeys. She is the chair for a regional community advisory board for LGBTQ health; a member of a state-wide council focused on resources and support
Episode #83: Dr. Erika Bocknek - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Erika is a university professor, family therapist, and mom of 3. She holds a master’s degree in Couples and Family Therapy, a doctorate in Child Development, and two postdoctoral fellowships in Child Psychiatry and Infant Mental Health. She is the Associate Editor of the Infant Mental Health Journal and serves on the editorial boards of Adversity and Resilience Science and Infancy. She has pub
Episode #82: AJ Crabill - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Improving student outcomes is AJ Crabill’s focus. He serves as Conservator at DeSoto, Texas ISD. During his guidance, DeSoto improved from F ratings in academics, finance, and governance to B ratings. He’s also Faculty at the Leadership Institute of Nevada and Director of Governance at the Council of the Great City Schools. He served as Deputy Commissioner at the Texas Education Agency. He spearhe
Episode #81: Emily Daniels - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Emily Read Daniels is an author and creator of The Regulated Classroom©, a former school counselor, and a proud soccer mum.
Daniels is an internationally recognized trauma specialist and trainer in the trauma-informed schools' movement and has served thousands through in-person and virtual professional development training, workshops, conferences, webinars, and keynote addresses. Daniels
and her w
Episode #80: Dr. Lori Desautels - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Lori Desautels, has been an Assistant Professor at Butler University since 2016 where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Education. She was also an Assistant Professor at Marian University in Indianapolis for 8 years where she founded the Educational Neuroscience Symposium. Currently, the Symposium is in its 10th year, and now sponsored by Butler University
Episode #79: Dr. Mona Delahooke - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Mona Delahooke is a best-selling author and child psychologist who aims to reduce suffering and increase resilience for children and families. Her paradigm-shifting model offers a new way of understanding emotional and behavioral challenges, incorporating the latest neuroscience and resilience research to support relationships. Dr. Delahooke is challenging the education system to update its pr
Episode #78: Dana Brown - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
An inner-city community organizer for 25 years, Dana has founded numerous youth leadership programs in elementary, middle, and high schools and in an inner-city Police Division, partnering with the Juvenile Services Team. Mentoring many inner-city children, youth, and families over the decades, Dana has fostered trust with immigrant, reentry, and refugee populations. In 2017, Dr. Felitti introduce
Episode #77: Peyton Barsel - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Peyton Barsel founded a non-profit, ACE Aware, after writing and presenting a bill in the 2019 Nevada legislature requiring teachers be trained to identify and support students who have experienced trauma. Peyton subsequently researched and co-wrote a 30-minute trauma-informed training video with the Department of Education, which all Nevada public school employees must watch annually. ACE Aware d
Episode #75 - ATN #TSS2023ATN
The Trauma Informed Educators Network is very excited to be a supporter and sponsor of this year's Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference hosted by the Attachment and Trauma Network! The TSS2023 is the largest gathering of trauma-informed educators in the US and we will be talking about why you should be there!
Episode #74: Cendie Stanford - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Cendie Stanford is a “Triple Eagle” scholar, becoming a first-generation college graduate to earn two Master's Degrees, one BA Degree, and a business certificate from the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. A Texas native & former public school educator, she is extremely passionate about Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) education and trauma awareness. Cendie’s Stanford has live
Episode #73: Craig Beswick - Trauma Informed Educators Network
Mr. Beswick has over 20 years’ experience in education as an educational program director for a social service agency, a charter schoolteacher, Principal, and Assistant Superintendent. Mr. Beswick is the Vice President of School Development for Lifelong Learning, serving as the executive lead for the Trauma Resilient Educational Community model (TREC), related partnerships and outreach, grant fund
Episode #72: Dr. Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz, PhD, is a bilingual/bicultural school psychologist, educational consultant, and professional development facilitator. She has extensive experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations. With expertise in assessing and supporting students’ socio-emotional and academic development, she has been instrumental in creating safe, engaging, and strengths-bas
Episode #71: Mustafa "Schake" Muhammad - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
This episode is one every educator needs to listen to. Schake a single father, business owner EMBO (Empower Motivate Better Opportunities) Mrs. Grissoms Panini Grill, entrepreneur, coach, Motivational speaker, and convicted felon, gets real about his experience as a parent and how the system continues to be a barrier to getting his family what they need. Today, many people are judged by their past
Episode #70: Meg Baldwin - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Meg is a Bal-A-Vis-X practitioner/trainer, and an educator with about 22 years of experience in general and special education. She currently facilitates the Reset and Return room at an urban elementary school in Wichita KS. She also supports teachers with trauma-informed and restorative practices/ As the Equity Champion in her building. She leads her building by looking at our practices through a
Episode #69: Beth Tyson - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Beth Tyson, MA, is a childhood trauma consultant, 3x best-selling author, and an advocate for children in the child welfare system. She founded Beth Tyson Trauma Consulting in 2019 based on her experience as a childhood trauma therapist. Beth provides trauma-responsive training and guidance to organizations that work with children and youth. She is currently consulting on a trauma-informed animate
Episode #68: Brad Kammer - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Brad Kammer, LMFT, LPCC, is a California Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Professional Clinical Counselor. Brad trained as a Somatic Psychotherapist and has worked in the field of trauma for over 20 years, specializing in working with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD).
Brad began his career as a Humanitarian Aid Worker in Asia which
Episode #67: Jessie Graham - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Jessie is a Certified Master Coach who has been studying and practicing Speech Language Pathology with a Master’s Degree in Communication Science and Disorders, since 1991. She believes that effective communication and healthy relationships are the keys to happiness and a fulfilled and purposeful life. By undertaking and understanding her own self-empowerment process, she supports others through t
Episode #66: Dr. Caren Baruch-Feldman - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Caren Baruch-Feldman Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and a certified school psychologist. She has authored numerous articles and led workshops on topics such as cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, helping children and adults cope with stress and worry, helping people change, and developing grit, resilience, and self-control. Providing in-services and writing, The Grit Guide for Teens and The
Episode #65: Natalia Rachel - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Natalia Rachel is an award-winning expert on trauma and trauma-informed culture, who has transformed thousands of lives through her work as a speaker, writer, clinic director, and somatics teacher from the powerful perspective of a patient-turned therapist.
Episode #64: Franklin Willis - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Franklin Willis, music educator and instructional coach with Metro Nashville Public Schools equips teachers with instructional support and necessary resources to strengthen their professional acumen and enhance their classrooms. Through his work, he has developed a passion for the cultivation of musicianship for young minds as every child has musical potential and deserves a music teacher who will
Episode #63: Zaretta Hammond - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Zaretta Hammond is a former classroom English teacher who has been doing instructional design, school coaching, and professional development around the issues of equity, literacy, and culturally responsive teaching for the past 18 years. She teaches as a lecturer at St. Mary’s College’s Kalmanovitz School of in Moraga, California.
In addition to consulting and professional development, she has bee
Episode #62: Parkhill Mays & Kerrie Ackerson - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Parkhill is CEO for STOPit Solutions, a provider of school safety & mental health solutions for K-12 schools.
Kerrie Ackerson is the Neurosequential Trauma Project Director at CESA 10 in Wisconsin, the Director of Government Affairs for STOPit Solutions, and the creator of the HELPme app. She has a background in juvenile corrections, adult and juvenile mental health programs, and school safety. O
Episode #61: Ukrainian Educators - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
ABOUT PROJECT SELO (it means village in Ukrainian). We started our Project in October 2021 with a dream to give English language teachers in the most remote Ukrainian villages and schools a chance to practice English with native speakers, and to learn more about other countries cultures, as well as teaching techniques from the English speaking world, so that they can pass this knowledge onto their
Episode #60: Jill Speering - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Jill Speering is a 35-year career educator who taught kindergarten and first-grade students to read through writing and publishing their stories into classroom books. During her teaching career, Speering received many accolades including Distinguished Educator of the Year for Middle Tennessee and Master Teacher under the Career Ladder program.
Although Jill suffered many failures throughout her
Episode #59: Brad Watts - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Brad is a licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and the author of the Amazon best-selling book "Sibling Sexual Abuse: A Guide to Confronting America's Silent Epidemic." Brad specializes in working with individuals and families where sibling sexual abuse has occurred. Brad conducts training with communities and groups across the US.
Episode #58: Calvin Price - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Calvin Price is a native of Nashville, TN, and graduated from Middle Tennessee State University. He currently works in Supply Chain Management for the Nissan vehicle plant in Smyrna, TN. He is the father of one son whom he loves very much (Kairee Price, pronounced "Ky-ree"). He also serves as a part-time youth advocate for Youth Advocate Programs Davidson County since 2021. In his spare time, I e
Episode #57: Julie Beem - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Julie Beem has been the Executive Director of the Attachment & Trauma Network since 2009 and an active member and volunteer since 2005. Julie lives in the Atlanta area and is the mom to four and grandmother to three. Her youngest daughter, adopted internationally more than 20 years ago was the reason she sought and found support and education from the other parents at ATN. Julie left her former ca
Episode #56: Nate Postlethwait - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
A few years ago Nate walked away from a highly successful career in real estate to give himself a reset and find more understanding in his life. He sold his home and everything with it and traveled throughout the world for several months. During his travels, he began publicly sharing his journey of healing from childhood trauma and the battles with his mental health. Quickly, a community began to
Episode #55: Jesse Kohler & Dr. Chris Mason - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Jesse Kohler is Executive Director of the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice (CTIPP). Jesse is a passionate advocate and leader in the trauma-informed space who works on systems change to provide comprehensive support for individuals, families, and communities so that, someday, all people have the opportunity and support necessary to reach their full potential.
Christine Mason, PhD, a
Episode #54: Diane Gould - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Diane wanted to become a social worker at age 10 when she read a book about Jane Addams. She received a master's degree in social work at Jane Addams School of Social Work in the 1980s. She has worked in many schools and in social service agencies supporting special education students and families for many years. She has always had an interest in human behavior and became a Board Certified Behavi
Episode #53: Karen Gross - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Karen Gross is an author and educator who specializes in student success and the impact of trauma on learning and psychosocial development. She is the author of prize-winning adult books and a children's book series titled Lady Lucy's Quest. She is a former college president and former senior policy advisor to the US Department of Education. She writes, speaks, and teaches frequently. Currently, s
Episode #52: Michael Gaskell - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Michael Gaskell is Principal at Hammarskjold Middle School in East Brunswick, NJ. following experience as a special educator and assistant principal in Paramus, NJ. He continues to model the pursuit of lifelong learning as he serves to mentors new principals through the New Jersey Leaders to Leaders program. An NJPSA Stars recipient, he has been published in over 2 dozen articles in education
Episode #51: Equity in Education
Episode #51 of the Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast hosted by Mathew Portell from Paradigm Shift Education where an expert panel will discuss equity in education. We will talk about the historical impact, current topics, and even look into the future with Dr. Ricki Gibbs, Dr. Tracey Benson, and Ingrid Cockhren!
Episode #49: Dr. Warren Larkin - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Prior to founding Warren Larkin Associates in 2017, Warren spent 24
years in the NHS, working predominantly with individuals and families
experiencing serious mental health difficulties. First as an assistant
working on the long-stay psychiatric wards at Prestwich Hospital and
then as Clinical Psychologist in Manchester working in a service
created to provide and research the impact of CBT and Fam
Episode #50: Allie Szczecinski - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Allie is a wife, mom, special educator. children's book author, and social-emotional learning coach. She mentors new teachers, creates visual, hands-on resources for students, and lives for coffee. With a master's degree and over 12 years of professional experience, she is a go-to resource for educators everywhere!
Episode #48: Lachanda Garrison - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
achanda Garrison is a 2nd grade teacher leader at Bahrain Elementary School in Manama, Bahrain. Lachanda believes weaving her students’ stories and identities into lessons is the best instructional tool, ensuring all students receive an equitable education. She meets students’ needs by being trauma-informed, resilience-focused, and culturally responsive so students can learn and thrive both insi
Episode #47: Dr. Bruce Perry - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Bruce Perry, a child psychiatrist and neuroscientist, is the principal of the Neurosequential Network, senior fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy, and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago. He is the author, of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, a bestselling book based on his work with maltreated children, and Born for Love, about the ess
Episode #46: Dr. Melissa Sadin - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Sadin has served as a special education teacher, a gifted education teacher, and a building administrator. Most recently she served as a director of special education. Dr. Sadin has been vice-president of her local School Board and is recognized as a Master School Board Member. She has conducted research on the perceptions of teachers working to create trauma-informed classrooms. Dr. Sadin
Episode #45: Dr. Tracey Benson - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Tracey A. Benson, CEO of Tracey A. Benson Consulting and founder of the Anti-Racist Leadership Institute, received his doctorate in Education Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Masters of School Administration from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He has served as an assistant professor of educational leadership, principal coach, high school principal, mi
Episode #44: Cissy White - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Cissy White works to support individuals and initiatives making trauma-informed change with survivors of trauma who are Parenting with ACEs. Cissy joined ACEs Connection first as a free-lance writer and has worked as a Community Facilitator for the Northeast Region and as the Parenting with ACEs Community Manager. In 2014, Cissy opened up about being a trauma survivor on her Heal Write Now blog, h
Episode #43: Dr. Kelley Munger and Megan Marcus - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Kelley Munger and Megan Marcus
All learning happens through relationships, and our education system has the potential to grow whole children. But educators’ social-emotional development is a critical foundation to student social-emotional development.
Educators cannot possibly address the social-emotional needs of students or be truly “trauma-informed” if they have not processed and acknowl
Episode #42: Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz works with schools and communities across the US to solve poverty, heal trauma, and build ecosystems of resilience through relationships. She is a Co-Founder of the ESSDACK Resilience team and her team partners with Youth Core Ministries out of Greensburg Kansas to build and sustain poverty resolution projects across Kansas and Illinois. Currently, they are working with over
Episode #41: Jenna White - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Jenna is a parent leader who lives in just outside of Washington DC in northern Virginia. The mother of two boys, she was always active in schools and parent organizations such as the PTA. When her younger son was profoundly shaped by developmental trauma, she started a journey to become a fierce advocate for trauma informed schools. Today she serves in many roles and sits on many committees.
Episode #40: LaToya Nelson - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
LaToya Nelson is a trauma informed educator who is focused on healing centered learning. She is a caregiver to three children and a wife to one, introverted, lover all of all things advocacy and unicorns. She does her best to normalize blended, same sex families. Humanizing children is her jam. Her daughter is her reason, she is the reason this field chose her, so she can enter a classroom where
Episode #39: Lauren Spigelmyer - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Over the past 10 years, I've helped SOOOO many people learn about the brain and how it impacts learning and well-being, which in turn changes behavior. With my master's degree in education and a background in coaching, I thrive on building brain and research-based, child-driven training and courses. Being an adventurer, I love to find nontraditional solutions and make sure that boundaries are push
Episode 38: Dr. Marcus Matthews - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Dr. Marcus Matthews is an author, educational leader, and motivational speaker. He is executive director of Matthews-Fayne Foundation – a nonprofit that provides youth education initiatives, services, and resources. He is also a faculty member at American College of Mental Health Education in Baltimore, MD and assistant principal at Nicholas Hobbs Academy in Bartlett, TN.
Matthews holds a doctorat
Episode #37: Dr. Dennis Carter - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Armed with a belief that every student can succeed, Smyth County Schools Superintendent Dennis Carter, Ed.D., works to ensure that children thrive in school and in the community. A former special education classroom teacher, he witnessed first-hand the potential growth and development in every student. He also sees the barriers that students face, preventing them from reaching their full potenti
Episode #36: Panel of Experts - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
This episode was unique as I engaged three authors and experts in the field, Dr. Lori Desautels, Dr. Mona Delahooke, and Dr. Eric Rossen, in a conversation that spanned from the neuroscience into classroom practices.
Episode #35: James Moffett - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
James Moffett was the principal of Derby Hills Elementary School in Derby, Kansas, a fully functioning trauma informed school. Throughout his career, Moffett has taught various demographic groups, observing the differences and similarities in effective instructional and behavioral strategies. Ultimately, James realized what we all know, meaningful relationships enhance behavior and academic succes
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