Transformative Principal

Karen Gross is an author and educator, as well as an advisor and consultant to nonprofit schools, organizations, and governments; instructor of continuing education at Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work; visiting professor at Bennington College; former president of Southern Vermont College; former senior policy advisor to the United States Department of Education; and author of the sidequel, Breakaway Learners: Strategies for Post-Secondary Success with At-Risk Students and the trauma-sensitive children’s book series, Lady Lucy’s Quest. Visit Karen’s website at www.karengrosseducation.com. Name it - start by recognizing that it exists. What is traumatic for one may not be traumatic for another. Tame it - Strategies to deal with those. Invisible and it never goes away. Fight, flight, freeze, faint, fawn. activities that activate the senses allows the brain to reset. Example of strategies - stand on one leg. All of the senses have activities that are tied to them. Frame it Gotta do something to activate th