The pioneering work of former principal Jim Sporleder was featured in the award-winning documentary "Paper Tigers" as he rolled out a different approach to discipline at Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, Washington. The discoveries he made and the changes he witnessed became the foundations of his book, The Trauma-Informed School, and today he devotes all his energies to helping schools around the country become Trauma Responsive - places not only of learning, but of healing. In this episode, Sporleder explains why and how disciplinary policies and approaches across the nation must be changed.

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Produced by Jamie Howell at Howell at the Moon Productions.