The central challenge for us all, as therapeutic educators, is to discover the child’s truth, to openly acknowledge it, and to keep telling ourselves the child’s …
We are the Therapeutic Team
changing the trajectory of life We know what the children are saying even when they are saying something else, and we know how they are feeling about it well before …
Empathy – IEP Goals
Empathy is the capacity to understand, experience and care about the emotions of others. This involves the ability to perceive emotion in others, the capacity to …
Supporting Trauma-Impacted Students Returning to School
It is incumbent upon educators to develop increased trauma sensitivity as they welcome the return of children back to school buildings. When we see students …
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Compassion Fatigue: Educator and Clinician Resilience Guide
Working in education (especially in therapeutic programs) will wear you down and wear you out unless you do something about it to ensure that, instead; working in …
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Compassion Fatigue and Resilience With Staff in Therapeutic Program
Almost anyone can learn the methods associated with the Brain Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children (BBTIPC), but what people underestimate is how much …
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Options for Creating a Resilience Plan: From Protect to Revitalize
For information about how to use this resource and how to create a resilience plan, refer to the Compassion Fatigue Resilience Guide, including the Resilience Plan …
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Signs and Symptoms of Work Engagement and Compassion Satisfaction
Work engagement and compassion satisfaction are protective factors in the prevention of job burnout and compassion fatigue, so we should strive to achieve high levels …
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Signs and Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue
People who work with trauma-impacted children, emotionally impacted children, and children who are highly emotionally reactive are vulnerable to the development of …
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Risk Factors for Compassion Fatigue
The lists within this document are not psychometric measures of risk for compassion fatigue. There is no way to derive a score or quantifiable risk level. It is for …
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Minimizing Compassion Fatigue
Strengths and Protective Factors for Minimizing Compassion Fatigue Compassion fatigue is a stress condition with stress responses falling into two broad categories, …
May You Be
A Compassion Meditation for Therapeutic Staff May you be thoughtful, patient, generous and supportive. May you inspire hope; may you always imagine the …