Classrooms Where Students and Teachers Thrive with Emily Daniels

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Episode 3: Season 3: As we gain a fuller understanding of what stress and overwhelm do to people, it has enormous relevance for classrooms. In this episode, Emily Daniels of The Regulated Classroom shares how she helps teachers create classroom environments where everyone feels a sense of felt safety. Emily has trained thousands of teachers and administrators in this framework, translating scientific research of trauma and resilience into practice. Participants say “This is the most hopeful thing I’ve done in education in 30 years.” When the whole group’s nervous systems are “regulated,” this creates a more fruitful environment for learning. The approach is a solution to educator burnout and overwhelm.
Resources and links:
Kinship: A Hub to Amplify the Power of Community: Check out this web site to learn about Beth Tener’s work, focused on designing for connection in groups and communities of all kinds. You can join the newsletter here.
The Regulated Classroom - Emily Daniels’ website where you can learn about her framework and trainings
Bottom-Up Trauma-Informed Teaching - Guidebook of classroom practices and exercises by Emily Daniels
Trauma and the Nervous System - YouTube video about Polyvagal Theory from Dr. Stephen Porges from the Polyvagal Institute
Thomas Kuhn - studied how paradigms shift
Dr Peter Levine - developer of Somatic Experiencing, a naturalistic and neurobiological approach to healing trauma
Dr. Bruce Perry - Neuroscience researcher and author of “What Happened to You?” with Oprah Winfrey
Resmaa Manakem - Author of My Grandmother’s Hands
For a transcript of this episode see: Kinship website
Audio editing by: Podcasting for Creatives