Attachment and Trauma Network

by Ingrid Cockhren, MEd, ATN Board Member and Co-Lead Advocacy Task Force Recently, the Associated Press published an article focusing on an investigation into adopted children and residential treatment centers, or RTCs, titled “Adopted and Locked Away; Kids Promised Forever Homes Instead Confined in For-profit Institutions.” Although this investigation raises legitimate conc...

Tori Mabry is a government affairs professional (macro social worker), ACEs trainer, and community advocate based in Richmond, Virginia. Her work focuses on the intersection of advocacy, community engagement, and systems-level change, with a passion for advancing trauma-informed approaches across every sector of society. She believes policy impacts every aspect of life, espec...

Amanda Foust is a certified high-performance neurocoach, speaker, host of the Wake Up To Your Life Podcast, and higher education psychology instructor whose work centers on the intersection of neuroscience, trauma, and coaching. She holds a Master of Education in Neuroscience and Trauma from Tabor College and a Bachelor’s degree in Leadership from Indiana Wesleyan […]

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Trauma-Sensitive Schools recognize that we must take care of the adults nervous systems to be able to maintain the connection and co-regulation that is at the core of this relational work.  It’s much like the well-known instruction to put your own oxygen mask on before helping others. As Educators we’ve come into our profession to […]

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https://attachmenttraumanetwork.org/foundations/  Every day, school leaders, teachers, counselors, and youth-serving professionals work to change student outcomes—and, ultimately, change lives. We know children need support. We know adults can make a difference. The question is: How do we build learning environments where students feel safe, supported, regulated, and rea...