Trauma-Responsive Practices for Early Childhood Leaders

Julie Nicholson is Professor of Practice in the School of Education at Mills College and Co-Director at the Center for Equity in Early Childhood Education.Jen Leland is Director of Partnerships for Trauma Transformed (TT), a seven county trauma-informed regional system of care.Julie Kurtz is CEO at the Center for Optimal Brain Integration®. She coaches and trains on trauma-responsive and resilience building practices and social-emotional skills across the lifespan. She also operates a small private practice in California.LaWanda Wesley is Director of Quality Enhancement & Professional Development at the Early Childhood Education Department, Oakland Unified School District and Co-Director at the Center for Equity in Early Childhood Education.Sarah Nadiv is CEO at Global Health and Education Strategies.

• 1. Understanding State Dependent Functioning 2. Trauma-Responsive Organizational Continuum for the Early Childhood Field 3. Core Principle — Build Mutually Respectful and Trusting Relationships 4. Core Principle — Acknowledge Systems of Privilege and Oppression and Take Actions to Disrupt Inequity 5. Core Principle — Create Environments that Reinforce Messages of Safety and Predictability 6. Core Principle — Intentionally Promote Coping, Resilience and Healing 7. Core Principle — Using Evidence to Build Insights and Learn Collaboratively 8. Case Study 9. Conclusion 10. Resources