Trauma Informed Restorative Supports and Interventions
(TIRSI)

This training series was developed in collaboration with the Maple Run School District to support educators in their understanding of the "Rules of the Brain" — specifically how stress and trauma effect the brain, learning, behavior, and relationships. We created this series to "level up" educators with the essential knowledge related to trauma informed education and restorative approaches to accountability. This series is the result of our team's own extensive training in the subject, collaboration with experts in the field, and lived experiences of our educator partners applying this learning in their classrooms or school context. 

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Context for this Training

The amount and intensity of behaviors that educators are seeing in the past few years has increased dramatically, creating additional stress for educators, classmates and families. The skills and tools that worked previously for educators are often insufficient for the challenges presented. The result for many educators is a significant decrease in experiences of efficacy, competency and wellness. Educator well-being and a deep understanding of trauma and resiliency are key tools for beginning to meet those needs and prevent burnout. In this way, training in trauma and the brain is central to creating restorative communities of care, dignity and accountability where ALL members can thrive.

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Vision for Change

What will be different as a result? Through active participation and using the opportunities to apply course content to their school, upon completion, participants will be prepared to:

• Deepen your understanding of trauma as it relates to yourself and your context.

• Utilize this understanding in the moment to more effectively respond to student behaviors restoratively and proactively.

• Develop trauma informed restorative structures and approaches in your educational space to create the conditions for student engagement.

• Bring increased compassion and understanding to your own and others’ unexpected, unsafe and inappropriate behaviors in order to build a collective culture of care.

Achievement Based Outcomes 

Included below are Achievement-based Objectives. They describe what participants will actually do. By the end of the workshop, participants will have:

• Reflected on Dr. Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential model and “rules of the brain” and their implications on learning, responding to behavior,  and creating universal supports.

• Examined the impact of stress and trauma on the brain — in the moment and over time 

• Assessed school wide or classroom triggers and developed change ideas to mitigate their impact.

• Empowered ourselves to self-regulate and examined ways to empower youth.

• Explored and identified specific trauma informed restorative approaches to use right away to build our own and our students’ “ballast.”

• Examined and practiced restorative communication and in the moment responses to disruption and harm.

Please write to info@starlingcollaborative.org if you'd like to learn more.