The amazing Carol Salva and I will be moderating a discussion on trauma-informed teaching with educator/author Elise White Diaz on October 14th, 3:30 PM Pacific Time.

The webinar will be free, and last one-hour.  It will also be available for later viewing.  You can register for it here.

Elise is the author of an excellent book titled Discover, Connect, Respond: A Practical Approach Trauma-Informed Instruction.

You can more about her work at What does a trauma-informed classroom look like for culturally and linguistically diverse students? and at QSSSA Anywhere and Everywhere.

The webinar is sponsored by Seidlitz Education. As Katie Hull and I have stated several times in our books, the only two professional development organizations we recommend to teachers are Seidlitz and the National Writing Project.

Though the topics and ideas discussed during the webinar will not be exclusively related to English Language Learners, certainly ELLs and all students from immigrant families are living in a trauma-filled environment as they and their families are dealing with today’s political challenges and ICE raids.

The webinar will be focused on strategies educators can use to support our students and their families in this time of crisis.