Winter Education Issues Forum: Trauma
Informed Teaching and Counseling
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
5:30- 7:30 P.M.
Lincoln Park Student Center, Room 314
The panel of experts will discuss causes and
symptoms of child trauma and how it can impact students' learning and academic
performance. The panel will focus on chronic trauma, particularly related
to poverty-impacted stressors and violence, and will offer strategies for both
teachers and counselors to help effectively work with students affected by
trauma.
Topics to be discussed include:
•
Understanding
multiple causes of trauma
•
Identifying
trauma symptoms in students
•
Building
systems of support in schools
•
Developing
classroom interventions and clinical services
•
Addressing
prevention and advocacy
•
Self-care
for teachers and counselors
The panel includes:
•
Dr. Tara
Gill, Clinical Psychologist, Center for Childhood Resilience, Ann & Robert
H. Lurie Children's Hospital
•
Michael
Moriarty, NBCT, former high school math teacher, Professional Development
Facilitator, Quest Center, Chicago Teachers Union Foundation
•
James
Smith, MA, LPC, Counselor/Case Manager, John Cook Elementary School, CPS
2 CPDUs are available. For more information
and to register for the forum, please contact Dr. Diane Horwitz at dhorwit1@depaul.edu.
