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We are very excited to announce that Echo has been chosen to host the Paper Tigers Educational Premier at our conference March 16 & 17.

 

 

Paper Tigers, the movie, follows a year in the life of the students and teachers at Lincoln High School – an alternative high school in Walla Walla, WA – that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students. Directed by Jamie Redford, the film examines how this school has become a promising model for breaking the cycles of poverty, violence and other toxic stress that affect many of our families and communities.

 

At the conference, we will be screening some of the video segments that make up the Paper Tigers Educational Video Toolkit. Topics include, “What are Adverse Childhood Experiences;” "How To Connect With Students;”  "Lighthouse Parenting;” and “The Biology of Toxic Stress.”

 

And while we’re on the subject of the conference, one of our keynote speakers, Susan Craig, was recently featured in an article explaining why a childhood trauma conference targeting educators is so important:

 

"I go to a lot of research conferences on childhood trauma and the people that are there tend to be either researchers, or sometimes mental health experts and psychologists. Even when I raise questions about why teachers aren’t invited, it’s like they fall back on me with “Well, teachers teach, they don’t deal with mental health.” My argument is that yes, teachers do teach, and one of the ways out of the effects of trauma is to help them teach in a manner that works for the brain to overcome trauma."

 

We hope you have booked your seat for the conference already, but if not, register here and join us for what is shaping up to be our best conference yet!

 

Calendar

See our Upcoming Events section

for more details.

 

Mar 16 & 17, 2016

Changing the Paradigm Conference:

Building Trauma Informed Schools & Communities

 

Apr 2 - June 11, 2016

Saturday Parenting

Class Series

 

Apr 23 & 24, 2016

Weekend Intensive

 

Wed, June 29, 2016

Seeking Safety

 

Ongoing:

 

Sat, Jan 9 - Mar 12, 2016

Saturday Parenting

Class Series