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We can’t impact how kids learn in school until we first address how they feel. We must first heal the trauma that disrupts processing the information in the cortex in the brain. The best prescription to heal the brain, body, and soul is love and safety”. Relationships anchored in love and safety is the most powerful medication to foster healing from trauma”.
Dr. DaMond Holt is an author, researcher, clinician, and national trauma expert, a Certified Traumatologist through the Traumatology Institute, a Certified Mental Health Specialist, a Trauma Crisis Specialist through the American School Counselor’s Association, and a Licensed Restorative Practice/ Justice Trainer through IIRP. He is a Board-Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner through the American Academy of Functional Health who specializes in Alternative Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Naturopathic, Clinical Nutrition, and Functional Medicine. Dr. Holt is Board Certified through the American Association of Drugless Practitioners in Holistic Medicine and a member of the Institute of Functional Medicine.
Dr. Holt is the founder and designer of TRS (TRAUMA RESILIENT SCHOOLS). This ecosystem program is a 4-step trauma training program that promotes shifting schools, agencies, and organizations from trauma-informed care to trauma-resilient organizations.
TRS also anchors and infuses programs such as PBIS, Equity, Social Emotional Learning, Restorative Practices, Family Engagement, Bullying Prevention, and MTSS into the trauma-resilient ecosystem.
Dr. Holt is Amen’s University Licensed Brain Health Trainer. His work and research are an asset-based approach to trauma that has a strong focus on resilience above trauma instead of a deficit-based approach. Chronic Stress, Complex Trauma, PTSD, and Long-Term Grief can have neurological and psychological effects that can impair brain development in children, adolescence, and adults. We must ensure that individuals with trauma are supported with the latest and most robust strategies for not just surviving trauma but thriving above trauma.