Julia Beaty and Lorilei Swanson present:
Building Best Practices for Engaging Families in Trauma-Responsive School Communities
This workshop addresses the impact of ACEs and traumatic experiences on student learning and behavior with an emphasis on students from vulnerable families. It focuses on the importance of developing skills for all school staff to respond to trauma effectively. Family engagement is essential in building resilience in youth to promote change and break the cycle of trauma. A best practices framework for working with families to promote equity and reduce the impact of trauma will be presented. Participants will gain hands on experience applying the framework principles to mitigate the impact of trauma impacted students. The information in this workshop will be particularly relevant considering the impact of COVID-19 school closings as all students and families have experienced some level of trauma during this pandemic.
A Bilingual Regional Liaison, Julia is passionate about ensuring that both English- and Spanish-speaking children and families whose lives are impacted by disabilities and complex developmental trauma have access to multiple systemic supports. As a clinically licensed Social Worker, Julia has worked with children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as children impacted by developmental trauma. A Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) Practitioner, Julia has provided TBRI® Caregiver training for caregivers and professionals, both domestically and internationally.
Lorilei Swanson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor with a PhD in Educational Leadership. She has a lifelong passion for strengthening families with previous work experience at Family Art Therapy Center, the National Dropout Prevention Center, the International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education, and the School District of Oconee. Lorilei is a recent graduate of the SC Education Policy Fellowship Program. Her leadership experience includes serving as SCAMFT President and School Improvement Council Chair at Walhalla High School, earning the SIC Advocate of the Year Award with fellow SIC member Dora Leonard in 2016. In 2018, the Walhalla High SIC earned the Dick and Tunky Riley Award for SIC Excellence under the leadership of Lorilei and co-chair Jessica Duke.
