Profile Information
Location
Eustis, FL
Country
United States
Postal Code
32726
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
I work with school districts and community agencies that serve children with unique learning needs and their families from ages birth to three. Our primary focus is to assist the districts Pre-K ESE contact.
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
I volunteer for A Voice for the Innocent, Crisis Text Line, and my local school district. I have also volunteered at my local community theater.
I work for Technical Assistance and Training Systems, which is a discretionary grant project from the DOE but housed at UCF. I have worked in Early Childhood Education for 21 years.
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
As an early childhood educator and someone with a high ACE score herself, I have an increasing passion for working in trauma-informed care and for creating a safe space within my classroom. When I left the classroom, I began training teachers and focused on safety and relationship building as foundations for classroom management. I have been trained in Conscious Discipline and incorporate many other teachings and programs into the work that I do.
I want to help parents and older children understand trauma so that they are able to build on their resilience and overcome their ACEs. My teenage daughter's friends have expanded my interest from early childhood to helping adolescents.
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
I am not part of a community-based initiative.