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Teresa Posakony
Founder
Resources
Trauma-Informed Care and Healing-Centered Practices
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Some Favorite Books
Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve by Stanley Rosenberg
Body, Breath, and Being by Carolyn Nicholls
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Building Resilience in Children and Teens by Ken Ginsburg
How Emotions are Made by Lisa Feldman-Barrett
It Didn't Start with You by Mark Wolynn
Moving Beyond Posture by Judith Aston
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
The Four Pivots by Shawn Ginwright
SelfReg by Stuart Shanker
Trauma and the Unbound Body by Judith Blackstone
What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D Perry
When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate M.D.
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Some Favorite Websites
Community Resilience Initiative – Wonderful materials for building trauma-informed and resilient communities.
ACES Too High – Get your ACEs and Resilience Score and find resources.
Zero to Three - Excellent resources on Early childhood connections and parenting.
Center on the Developing Child - Harvard site, all videos and their briefs are excellent.
Alberta Family Wellness Initiative - Videos and free online trauma-informed care course, 30 hours.
Conscious Discipline - Conscious Discipline resources for schools.
Sesame Street in Communities - Sesame Street Community Toolkits on Trauma and Resilience
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) - CDC website prevention guidelines, research and resources.
PACES Connection - A community of practice and social network for resilient communities.
Neural Education - Offers programs for teachers integrating brain science and education.
Participatory Leadership Resources​
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Some Favorite Books​
The Circle Way- A Leader in Every Chair by Christina Baldwin & Ann Linnea
The World Café: Shaping Our Future through Conversations that Matter by Juanita Brown & David Isaacs
Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking Human Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change by David and Srivastva Cooperrider
The Tao of Holding Space by Chris Corrigan
Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity by Peggy Holman
The Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision Making by Sam Kaner, et. al.
Wave Rider: Leadership for High Performance in a Self-Organizing World by Harrison Owen
The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change by Dianna Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom,
Leadership and the New Science by Margaret Wheatley
Walk Out Walk On by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze
Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future by Margaret Wheatley
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Some Favorite Websites​
Art of Hosting – Global community for participatory leadership and hosting conversations that matter..
Liberating Structures – Bring out the creativity and brilliance of your team or meeting. Find engaging and fun dialogue practices.
Open Space Technology – Support groups in self-organizing swiftly and effectively around what they care about.
The World Café – An excellent participatory process where we meet around small tables of 4-5 people with questions that matter.
The Circle Way – Circle methodology is core to my practice and life. Beautiful video and downloadable resources for circle basics.
