Growing at Home

02/28/2025

Home - is becoming comfortable and falling in love with the familiar.

02/26/2025

Growing is presenting at Carpe Diem!

01/06/2025

So you know that big stress affects behavior. Maybe you've learned about ACEs and why relationships matter. Now What? Are you ready to discover what to do about big behavior—no matter your role in education? If so, join Ms. Jen's live show to learn practical ideas for your trauma-sensitive classro...

01/06/2025

So excited about Ms. Jen Alexander’s YouTube Live session. Join-in the fun, gather new practical info and get your questions answered

You guessed it—now it's four days until our first YouTube Live on Fri., Jan., 10 @ 5:30 pm Central!

Here's the link where it will be, and the great news is that you can subscribe now!

https://www.youtube.com/

In honor of being four days out, I'm going to highlight four co-authors who are a wonderful part of our work in building trauma-sensitive schools.

1. Anna Paravano at Growing at Home is a trauma-informed designer an educator. We're excited that she'll be joining us on a future live!

2. Jennifer Dickey from LotusCognitive Solutions Group is an educator an executive function coach, and we love partnering with her!

3. Traci Ludwig, psychotherapist who utilizes trauma-sensitive yoga in her practice, is another person we are lucky to work with! Stay tuned!

4. is a leader in anti-racist UDL, and we are thankful to get to create with her. More info. coming soon!

ID: Graphic stating it's 4 ays until Ms. Jen's YouTube Live

02/19/2024

02/18/2024

I hope you can join-in as I’ll be sharing:
Strategies for Creating Trauma-Informed Spaces for Children and the Adults Who Care for Them

12/09/2023

Quick guides are now available at Pretty Little Poppy Marketplace on Fig in Downtown Lancaster!

Great gift for the education professionals in your life.

10/28/2023

https://www.facebook.com/100064741897362/posts/736511675183556/?mibextid=cr9u03

10/02/2023

Take a listen to Anna Paravano from Growing at Home and me on ATN's Regulated and Relational podcast where we discuss important considerations when creating a regulating classroom evironment.

Listen for free wherever you like to access podcasts. 🙂

Here's one link from Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=569693384813112

ID: Image describing episode 57 of the podcast

07/30/2023

Counter-intuitive but wise and authentic.
Sometimes that’s what it takes to make room for yourself

Art | Pekka Halonen

07/28/2023

07/15/2023

A good snippet on the importance of recognizing that things/objects have meaning and can serve to ground us, remind of us who we are without controlling us and our space.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=670484221617658&id=100059682572394&mibextid=DcJ9fc

Annie Midori Atherton doesn’t love the look of mismatched junk, but the mess satisfies a deeper emotional need, she writes.⁠
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“Cramming our spaces with painful tokens from the past can seem wrong,” Atherton continues. But “when I reflect on the most memorable periods of my life, they’re not completely devoid of sadness; sorrow and disappointment often linger close by joy and belonging, giving the latter their weight. I want my home to reflect this nuance … Not only is clearing our spaces of all signs of grief impossible to sustain, but if every room is scrubbed of all suffering, it will also be scrubbed of its depth.”⁠
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During one of Atherton’s last visits to her father, he gave her an antique wooden high chair from his childhood home. “The thought that my dad, who looked taller than usual reclined in bed, had once sat in this tiny chair was baffling. We took it home for my daughter, who had just started eating solid foods. Several days later, my dad was gone. The high chair was still there,” Atherton continues. “Most of my relations, my father included, did not lead particularly big lives. Their names are not carved into buildings or attached to scholarships. Only a handful of people think of them still, and one of those people is me. But their personal possessions remain and say: Someone was here. As I go about my day, folding laundry, or thinking through what needs to be done, my clutter reminds me of the people who have filled my life and, now, my apartment.”⁠

Read more: https://theatln.tc/U1yp635X
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📸: Meron Menghistab for The Atlantic