In this episode, Lisa Powers conducts an enlightening, meaningful interview with Susan Barrett and Kimberly Yanek, longtime contributors to the National Center for PBIS. The interview focuses on wellness and its significance to everyone in the school community. The participants discuss practical ways as well as resources designed to create educational spaces where everyone feels both connected and a sense of belonging. To paraphrase a key point from Susan, wellness is the “oxygen in the room” and includes all the “micro moments” that take place between people. You may need to listen twice to take it all in!

Resources

MTSS Comprehensive Guide 

PBIS.org

•  Tiered Fidelity Inventory Resource
•  Teaching Matrix
•  Supporting and Responding

Article

• Moving Beyond Self-Care: What Happens if Your Oxygen Mask Isn’t Dropping? Barrett, Yanek, and others (US Dept of Education.gov)   You will need an ERIC account to access this article.

Book Recommendations

• The Advice Trap by Michael Bungay Stanier
• The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Daniel    Maté and Gabor Maté
• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
• Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
• Author Eckhart Tolle