Joy Holden is a long-time member of the Margaretville Central School staff. She was a special education teacher for 19 years and then transitioned into an administrative role in 2017. Joy's responsibility as Director of Pupil Services is to support all students with learning and accessing school programming, including being the CSE/CPSE/504 chairperson and Dignity Act Coordinator. Recently, Joy has been taking the lead in training staff on supportive responses to students when they are struggling emotionally and unable to use socially appropriate coping strategies. In 2022, Joy was certified to train staff for Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS). She is enthusiastically working towards training all staff on the principles of TCIS.  

In this episode, we discuss how to identify a child who is in a trauma response and what we can do within a school setting to help that child. We also explore the stress, trauma, and burnout of adults in the school system particularly since Covid-19, and specific techniques teachers can lean on to reduce burnout and frustration. As an aid in this school, I particularly enjoyed this episode and a chance to learn more about my supervisor. To bring trauma-sensitive training to your school reach out to me here.

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