It is my sincerest hope that you gained some valuable information from this series. There is so more to be said on the topic, certainly, but these sessions do cover the largest, most important points.
If you, or a group, would like to have a more complete training, I - on behalf of the Tioga County Teacher's Center - would be more than happy to present a more complete version of the Emotional Poverty Training in person. Just email me at bdougherty@nvcs.stier.org and we can make arrangements for a 4 hour conference.
During my Master's I wrote a paper that I presented at a Cortland State conference, and I opened with a quote from George Wood:
We take for granted that our schools are communities, when in fact they are merely
institutions that can become communities only if we work at it. But with proper
attention to all the individuals within the school, we can create for students an experience
that demonstrates what it means to be a compassionate, involved citizen. For it is only
within a community, not an institution, that we learn how to hold fast to such principles
as working for the common good, empathy, and self-respect.
Emotional Poverty prohibits many of these facets that most of us in education would agree with. I hope we can all do a few things to help create stronger, healthier communities for all using these ideas from Ruby Payne, Chapter 10:
teach students about a regulated, integrated brain and how to calm themselves
validate students to help them build strong inner selves
lessen emotional noise in the classroom
use emotional triage to better address the needs of our populations
be aware or our own emotional realities
keep consequences a reality, but change the approach - don't shame, reframe!
Thank you so much for your participation!