[Image: Cover slide from ‘Brave Space Storytime: Navigating our obstacles with children’s stories’]

Brave Space Storytime

Join the Center for Cognitive Diversity for a discussion with Ashia Ray of Raising Luminaries on how incorporate trauma-informed practices into story time.

Video Recording

A recording of Saturday,November 13, 2021 guest lecture with Ashia Ray of Raising Luminaries and April Brown of the Center for Cognitive Diversity.

Slides

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Speakers

April Brown

[She/her] April is a parent, educator, child advocator, and coach for the Center of Cognitive Diversity supporting educators in shifting from a compliance-based model of education to one of liberation and place-based experiences. April is a co-founder of the Student Ignition Society, a growing community of educators developing social-justice-oriented practices in early childhood education.

Ashia Ray

[They/She] Ashia is a multiracial Autistic disability rights educator and the Head Custodian of Raising Luminaries, founder of Books for Littles, and co-founder of the Student Ignition Society. They are an Autistic mom born and raised on the traditional lands of the Wampanoag and Massachusett people, currently homeschooling a 7- and 9-year-old.

Additional Resources:

• 5 Types of Children’s Books to Combat Bias
• Trauma Informed Microcourse For both caregivers & teachers – follow this free asynchronous micro-course at your own pace.
• Self-Affirming Art Activity via Revolutionary Humans
• Kids Stories About Restorative Justice
• The Mourning Doves – Photo documentary on single parenting & homeschooling a child with PTSD in a family created through transracial adoption.
• Trauma-Informaed Parenting in a Pandemic
• Kids books Validating Big Feelings
• Validating Stories for Adopted Kids
• #AccessIsLove
• 5 Things Every Kid Should Know About Disability
• All My Sons Deserve Respect: Why Complex Black Boy Representation Matters
• How to Read ‘Pretty Salma’ – preparing kids to identify coercion and grooming
• Validating Stories for Kids Experiencing Domestic Violence
• The Center for Cognitive Diversity’s Resources for Students, Educators & Caregivers
• Validating Stories for Kids with Incarcerated Family
• When Schools Cause Trauma
• Podcast: 3 Creepy Parenting Habits That Keep Us from Raising Resilient Leaders
• How to talk about hard topics iwth kids – building courage & resilience with bedtime stories
• The Student Ignition Society
• I’m autistic. I just turned 36 — the average age when people like me die.
• Center for Cognitive Diversity Youtube Channel

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