Should You Use Daily Emotional Check-ins with Students?
Emotional check-ins. You’ve seen them on TpT, checked out blogs about them, read in them in books. This daily tool is all the rage in a...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- May 15, 2021
- 4 min
What should be on a teacher resume! The real skills it takes to be a trauma informed educator.
This blog is not going to be a list of credentials you need or courses you should take. In fact, it’s the complete opposite. The stuff...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Mar 20, 2021
- 2 min
4 Crazy Easy Ways to Set Up An Impactful Trauma-Supportive Classroom!
Want the secret to creating a transformativeTrauma Supportive Classroom? I know you do! That’s why I’m outlining, step by step, how to...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
3 Ways to Support True Risk Taking in Your Classroom
Want to know a secret? It's kind of a big deal... In this article, I'm revealing a huge pice of the Safe Space Method for creating...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Mar 6, 2021
- 2 min
What's the difference between being trauma-informed and trauma-supportive?
This one’s gonna be short and sweet, friends! Even though it’s short, don’t underestimate the info, okay? If you know my story, you know...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
Want to know a teacher professional development activity that works?
Have you ever been in a teachers professional development session and said, “oh yes!”? Left feeling tingly and swirling with new ideas?...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Switch Up Your Escalation Response with these 3 Tips
Want a quick win for supporting a student in crisis with a trauma informed lens? Want more behavior management strategies? Here ya go!...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Dec 29, 2020
- 4 min
The Complete List of Everything You Need for a Student Re-Entry Plan
So, this year is crazy and we’re either full time, hybrid, or virtual….and fluctuating between all three! Where does that leave our kids...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Dec 29, 2020
- 3 min
Your Official Guide to Creating a Trauma Supportive Cool Down Space
There’s a reason the name of my business is Safe Space Teaching. It’s not just because I love alliteration, although that’s...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Your Complete Guide to Reboot Your Self Care in 5 Days
Need a pick-me-up? Want to jazz up that old, boring self care routine you’ve got? Or maybe you want to actually start taking care of...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
The Secret to a Trauma Informed Classroom
Want to know a secret? I have one phrase that supports everything I do in my trauma informed classroom. When I’m feeling overwhelmed,...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
Trauma Informed Morning Meeting
How do you start your day with students? Maybe you put out morning work to review yesterday’s math lesson. Perhaps you have a fun...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
Teachers, stop teaching empathy!
Got your attention? Good! No, I don’t think you should stop teaching empathy altogether.
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Jul 12, 2020
- 2 min
Why STEM is the perfect fit in a Trauma Supportive Classroom!
Do you have trauma affected students in your classroom? Chances are, that’s a yes...even if you don’t know for sure! Do you use STEM...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Jun 29, 2020
- 4 min
De-escalation Techniques & Questions
Escalations, we do our best to avoid them, but they are an inevitable part of any classroom and require specialized behavior plans....
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Jun 22, 2020
- 5 min
Trauma Informed Hierarchy of Skills
We’ve all seen Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It’s an integral part of any teacher prep program, and for good reason. It’s true! We know...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Jun 15, 2020
- 4 min
Building Community at School
One thing I know for sure is that the job of “teacher” can be lonely. There’s so much to do, so many things to manage and most times we...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- May 28, 2020
- 4 min
Why Be Trauma-Informed?
If one of your students starts throwing materials across the room, what do you do? Yell? Call for backup? Evacuate the class? Will you...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
Community Call & Office Hours Premiere!
Hey tribe! I’ve been thinking about the feeling I get after a creative conversation with a colleague. It’s something along the lines of...
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Rachel Freeman, Safe Space Teaching
- Apr 18, 2020
- 2 min
Using Podcasts in the Classroom for Social Emotional Learning
Listen up! I don't know about you, but I am in love with podcasts. To be honest, I never knew what they were until about a year ago....
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