Name: Trauma Informed Design for the Classroom
Start: 2025-02-20T09:00:00-0700
End: 2025-02-20T10:00:00-0700

Welcome to CATCA 2025! We are excited to see you soon but here are a few reminders...

1. Adding a session to your schedule does not guarantee your attendance. Room capacities are in effect and sessions will be accessed on a physical first come, first served basis on the day of the event. Alternatively, If you are ’Waitlisted", this only means that there are a number of interested delegates beyond the capacity limits for this session - get there early to secure your seat!

2. As we attempt to make CATCA 2025 as amazing as possible, there may be changes made to the schedule up until the day before - Please check your schedule for any time or venue changes or possible cancellations.

3. Please check session description for possible fees associated with materials for some of the art sessions. These will be paid directly to the presenter.

4. Do remember that there might be sessions not at our main venue, do look carefully where the session is at.

A floor plan showing the rooms in RDP that we’re using for convention is available here.

All pre-recording videos will be up until May 31st.

Thursday February 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST

RDP Room 2301

Trauma Informed Design for the Classroom: transform your environment to create a safer space that encourages learning

Trauma informed design is a way of creating or adapting space to promote safety, trust, confidence, and dignity. When applied in a classroom, this principle positively influences mood and behaviour, and allows your students – and you! - to relax, concentrate, and avoid re-traumatization.
In this introduction to trauma informed design, you’ll explore how to assess your classroom with a trauma informed lens, and you’ll get ideas on how to quickly and effectively transform your space through color, light, sound, seating, art, and biophilia.

Speakers

Sara Konig

Sara began music lessons when she was 8…and hated every minute of it. It wasn’t until high school when her band teacher taught her how to ‘happy practice’ that music became one of the foundation pieces of her life. Now, as a music educator and researcher, lecturing in colleges... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
RDP Room 2301

Health and Wellness (TQS 3), Division 1 (Gr 1-3), Division 2 (Gr 4-6), Division 3 (Gr 7-9) | Fostering Effective Relationships (TQS/LQS 1), Division 1 (Gr 1-3), Division 2 (Gr 4-6), Division 3 (Gr 7-9)

CATCA 2025

Sara Konig

Attendees (24)

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