Hi Julie, 

Your professional development on working with children who have suffered trauma will assist you in developing your understandings of the needs and developing  relationships with children who have experienced trauma. This will also improve your ability and understanding of how to create a supportive environment in your classroom for those students. Perhaps you could expand more on some of the strategies you have developed from the PD or how this program has informed your  practice.

I found your discussion of yoga in the classroom from your assignment interesting.

Hi Julie, 

I think seeking and completing extra training in teaching children with trauma is extremely important, kudos to you. I Agree with Nicola, you might want to add a statement or two on what you learnt in the course that directly relates to teaching. 

Your discussion of the importance of scaffolding in your essay in regards to cognitive development was concise and I agree with your statement regarding activation of prior knowledge. 

Hey Julie, 

It is so great to see how you have completed so much extra training and personal and professional development. I am positive this will be so helpful in future practise. The SMART training seems very broad, covering many aspects of the adolescent brain. I am too interested in learning more about the brain and the child/student, as I am sure background knowledge of how the brain functions will further assist me in understanding patterns of behaviour and appropriate learning or teaching strategies that could be implemented within my future classrooms. What did you take from the SMART training? Is there anything in particular that you learnt that has stuck by you? I would love to hear your thoughts :)