Calling all educators, administrators, mental health providers, and more! Join our virtual book club series where we will discuss a new book every month on the second Tuesday of the month. In October, we will be discussing Relationships, Responsibility, and Regulation, by Kristin Sours and Pete Hall.

Don’t worry — you don’t have to read the book to join! We will talk about some key take-aways, our favorite parts, least favorite parts, and provide some opportunity for discussion with a trauma-informed lens.

About the Book

“Educators I’ve worked with appreciated the stories and straightforward explanations and practices.” - doc Martha

From the publisher: In this stirring follow-up to the award-winning Fostering Resilient Learners, Kristin Van Marter Souers and Pete Hall take you to the next level of trauma-invested practice. To get there, they explain, educators need to build a "nest"—a positive learning environment shaped by three new Rs of education: relationship, responsibility, and regulation.

Drawing from their extensive experience working with schools, students, and families throughout the country, the authors:

• Explain how to create a culture of safety in which everyone feels valued, important, and capable of learning.

• Describe the four areas of need—emotional, relational, physical, and control—that drive student behaviors and show how to meet these needs with interventions framed around the new three Rs.

• Illustrate trauma-invested practices in action through real scenarios that identify students' unmet needs, examine the situation from five stakeholder perspectives, and suggest interventions to support students and their families.

• Offer opportunities to challenge your beliefs and develop deeper and different ways of thinking about your role in your students' lives.

Educators have a unique opportunity to influence students' learning, attitudes, and futures. This book will invigorate your practice and equip you to empower those you serve—whatever their personal histories.