Prior to beginning my doctoral journey, I had a strong interest in Trauma Informed Educational practices. Working with young students who had already experienced so much negativity had an impact on their behaviors. As a firm believer that behavior is a form of communication for our early learners I wanted to know how I could help them be more successful in the classroom since the typical response in schools is to remove the student from the classroom following big episodes but then they miss out on so much learning. While in Kansas City I was able to complete the TraumaSmart program and then when I moved to St. Louis I used many of those same techniques in my kindergarten classroom. This last year I was able to complete Mental Health First Aid training at my school. I provided a ink to more information on why we need trauma education for teachers and an article on what this might look like.