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A Trauma-Informed Future
As AI, workplace stress, and moral injury reshape our lives, we need a cohesive solution that will restore trust.
Trauma-informed care can't just live in theory or trainings anymore. It needs to be practical, actionable, and woven into everything we do—at work, at home, in our communities.
This podcast is for people who value trust and safety, who lead with humanity, and who want real strategies they can use in everyday life.
We're not here for more theory. We're here for real tools, honest conversations, and the kind of shifts that actually change how we show up.
When we show up, when we practice caring as the powerful skill it is, we don't just change individual interactions. We shift culture. We build the sustainable, equitable, and humane future we all deserve.
Because a trauma-informed future isn't just possible—it's already being built by people like you.
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A Trauma-Informed Future
Trauma-Informed Education with Alex Shevrin Venet
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What if trauma-informed education isn’t about managing students but transforming the systems they learn in?
In this episode, host of A Trauma-Informed Future podcast, Katie Kurtz sits down with educator, author, and trauma-informed education expert Alex Shevrin Venet to explore what it really means to make education trauma-informed. They unpack why equity and justice must be central, how schools can unintentionally create harm, the limits of “resilience” as a feel-good solution, and why trauma-informed practice requires us to rethink, not simply add onto-existing systems. Alex shares some seriously important takes on PBIS, educator burnout, boundaries, and why sometimes the most trauma-informed choice is to leave.
About Alex:
Alex Shevrin Venet is an educator, author, and professional development facilitator based in Vermont. She teaches graduate teacher education at Vermont State University. Previously, she was a teacher and leader at an alternative therapeutic school, community college instructor, and after school teacher in the upper elementary grades. Alex works with educators around the country to strengthen their trauma-informed education practices, with a focus on empowering teachers to create systemic change. She is the author of the bestselling book Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education, which has been integrated into teacher education programs in several states and has been cited in education research more than 350 times. Her follow-up book, Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Justice and Healing at School, provides teachers the tools to implement trauma-informed practices starting where they are.
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