The Lighthouse Classroom

Activities for Exploring the Five Senses Activities for mindful looking, listening, tasting, touching, and sniffing.

What can one teacher really do about trauma? When training teachers on trauma-informed classroom strategies, the most frequent pushback I hear is “I don’t have enough time or resources.” Maybe this is because we start with d…

7 Outstanding K–8 Flexible Classrooms Even kinders loved it.

Five Ways to Support Students Affected by Trauma Teachers can help students recognize their strengths and build resilience.

Phew! It's Normal. An Age by Age Guide for What to Expect From Kids & Teens - And What They Need From Us - Being a kid or a teen is not for lightweights - it's tough out there! Here's an age by age guide to what is normal behaviour for children from birth to teen

Oprah explores revolutionary approach to childhood trauma - WDEF Oprah Winfrey is shifting her perspective on how childhood trauma impacts people’s lives. For Sunday’s “60 Minutes,” Winfrey traveled to Milwaukee, where she grew up, to learn about a revolutionary approach in the city to early trauma. She spoke to Dr. Bruce Perry, a world-renowned expert in...