Trauma-Informed Mentoring
I went to an event meant for mentors of elementary school children! It was a lot of old people. The event was at the middle school, and hosted by Susie Merrick, who really likes what Big Picture does. She was super happy to see me. The speaker was Alex Shevrin Venet, who does a lot of work in various schools and places teaching about things like trauma-informed practices in schools. She was SUPER cool and interesting, and I totally have a crush on what she does with her life. I want to learn everything I can from this woman. So. Cool. She started off by having us tell our table-mates the highlight from our day (and the worst part too) and then allowed us a little wiggle time to get our bodies ready to focus. I really liked that even though most of the people attending weren't in school still, the focus on getting ourselves ready to learn was still there. She gave us a quick talk on the basics of trauma. Most of what she talked about I already knew, but here's a summarized v...