Compassionate Strategies and Using Data to Support Social-Emotional Well-Being

Compassionate Strategies and Using Data to Support Social-Emotional Well-Being

presented by Kyla Curtright & Christy Anana

Educators will learn about Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary School's journey and vision for supporting the social-emotional well-being of its students. We will provide an overview of the various school wide supports included in Quil Ceda Tulalip's Compassion Plan, which is based on the principles within the OSPI book- The Heart of Learning: Compassion, Resiliency and Academic Success. Workshop attendees will learn why Compassionate strategies are important and effective in their work with students who have had adverse childhood experiences (ACE's) to help mitigate the impact of trauma in students' lives. We will demonstrate specific strategies to try which can be brought to your own school.  We will discuss how to measure the effectiveness of these strategies. Furthermore, attendees will learn what types of data can be used to track the effectiveness of social/emotional/behavior interventions and teaching. We will discuss how to use data to modify interventions as needed.

Presenter Biographies:
Kyla M. Curtright, Ed.S., M.Ed., NCSP, is a nationally certified school psychologist and is dual certified in school psychology and school counseling. She just completed her ninth year as a school psychologist and has been working at Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary for four years providing typical school psychology support in the area of Special Education along with additional support building-wide in the area of social-emotional well-being. She has a passion for finding ways to measure the positive impact of Compassionate strategies and other interventions on student behavior and social-emotional well-being and has developed successful ways of looking at data to target and adjust teaching strategies that will increase resiliency and social emotional well-being for all students.

Christy Lynn Anana, M.Ed., NBCT, RYT, is a nationally board certified school counselor at Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary, registered yoga teacher, and author of 3 books:  I Can Feel Better: A Tapping Story, A Finder of Lost Things, and Toni and the Five Best Days to Run Away. She is passionate about learning new ways to help students let go of stress and trauma. She is continuously looking for ways to help students do their best, make good friends, and have room in their bodies for happy feelings/thoughts. Christy is the recipient of the Washington State School Counselor of the Year Award for 2016.