Mathew Portell

Several months ago, I was asked to serve as a subject matter expert for SAMHSA! This week they released Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach, which I supported!

It warmed my heart to see Fall-Hamilton Elementary School featured as a case study for this work!

Metro Nashville Public Schools

Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach | SAMHSA Publications and Digital Products Download only This practical guide updates and expands the discussion presented in SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach Resource from 2014. The primary goal of this guide is to provide implementation strategies across multiple domains based on the original publicati...

As fellow educators, we appreciate you! In support of your awesomeness and Teacher Appreciation Week, we would like to offer you a 20% discount this week to our virtual conference Trauma Informed Educators Network Conference on June 22-23, 2023! Use the discount code "ThankYou" when registering! We have three amazing keynotes and twenty-five full sessions! It will be two amazing days of connection, collaboration, and learning!

You can register here: https://www.tienetwork.org/tienconference

Only two weeks left to get the early bird registration discount to the fourth annual Trauma Informed Educators Network Conference (virtual) on June 22-23, 2023! We have three amazing keynotes, twenty-four engaging sessions, and hundreds of fellow disrupters!

Register today to save $30!

https://www.tienetwork.org/tienconference

We love supporting schools, districts, and organizations with strategic planning and coaching around the transition to trauma-informed cultures. These are some of the kind words from today's session with an intermediate school district in Pennsylvania. 🫶🫶👊✊😍

You can visit us at www.tienetwork.org if you want support on your journey!

Trauma Informed Educators Network

BIG UPDATE!

The TIENetwork Conference planning team met tonight, and after some feedback, we decided to drastically cut the registration cost for our conference! This is in hopes that it creates more accessibility! Everything will remain the same about the conference, just the cost.

All participants will get full access to every recorded session from the conference! This will be over 30 hours of professional learning for only $169 early bird and $199 after March 1st!

If you already registered, we will refund you the difference between the new cost!

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Trauma Informed Educators Network Conference: Shifting Paradigms The TIENetwork Conference is back in 2023!

If you have heard me speak, you know I openly share my trauma-informed journey of being a principal very transparently. It is challenging to embrace the new paradigm if we cannot acknowledge the potential harm we might have caused by simply doing what we have always done.

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

Maya Angelou

Trauma Informed Educators Network

It is not too late! Come join me on the TeacherGoals Podcast!

New podcast alert! I'm so excited to join Ingrid Ross Cockhren as the co-host of the History. Culture. Trauma podcast! We are having conversations with leaders in the field while linking the three words in the title! Give it a listen, like, share, and/or review! PACEs Connection

Episode #59 of the Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast with Brad Watts is ready! Although a tough topic, we talked candidly about the impact of sibling sexual abuse. Give it a listen on your podcast platform of choice, like, share, and review.

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 wit