Dr. Lonna Housman-Moline
Dr. Lonna Housman-Moline
General/SPED educator for 33+ years; DEBH Past-President; University of St. Thomas (MN)
Lessons Learned
- Develop a trusting relationship with the students
- Critical to be aware of signs of maltreatment and reporting them. Feel comfortable with reporting even suspicions-you don’t need to be the one making the final decision but so important to make the call
- Use wellness/resiliency strategies that empower (students/teachers/self). For example: self-compassion, self-expression, exercise, art, reframing, guided meditation, rest/sleep, peer support groups
- Be aware of your own triggers
Resources Developed
Suggested Resources
- Fostering Resilient Learners :Strategies for Creating Trauma Sensitive Classroom, Kristin Souers
- Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation: Trauma Invested Practices, Souers and Hall
- The Deepest Well: Healing Long-term Effects of Childhood Trauma, Nadine Burke Harris
- The Body Keep the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
- Building a Trauma-Informed Compassionate Classroom, Jennifer Bashant
- Thomas Hubl Teacher & Author
- Why You Feel Lost in Life: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma & How to Heal
- Trauma Super Conferences (online)
Collaborative Areas of Interest
- Guiding/supporting educational staff who work with youth who have experienced, are experiencing, or are at risk for trauma
- Working with staff experiencing secondary trauma
- Implementation of evidence-based wellness strategies
Posted:
6 August, 2025
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