Workshops, Coaching, & Consultation for K-12 Administrators & Educators and Faculty in Teacher Preparation Programs
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Jennifer De Lapp
Founder, CEO, & Curriculum Developer
Lead Facilitator
Education and Experience
Education
The Degrees
PhD in Education, Double Specialty:
Trauma-Informed & Special Education
National University, 2020 - Present
MA Education: Special Education
San Jose State University, 2004
BA Psychology
UC Santa Cruz, 2000
AA Liberal Arts
De Anza College, 1997
Beyond the Degrees
Professional Qualifications
California Chapter of Council for Exceptional Children Webinar: Infusing Teaching Programs with Trauma-Sensitive Lenses
7th Annual Women in Leadership Conference Presenter: Global Applications for Trauma-Sensitive Practices
National Society of Leadership and Success Member
Center for Reaching & Teaching the Whole Child: Teacher Educator Institute, 2nd Year
VESC, Northcentral University
Webinar Presenter: What Every Educator Needs to Know About TraumaKappa Delta Pi, International Education Honor Society Member
National Society of Leadership and Success Member
Council for Exceptional Children
Blogger: Trauma-Informed Practices: What Educators Need to KnowCalifornia Council on Teacher Education Spring 2022 Research Monograph, Article Published:
Infusing Trauma-Sensitive Lenses into Teacher Preparation ProgramsCalifornia Council on Teacher Education 2022 SPAN Conference,
Roundtable Presenter: Infusing Teacher Preparation Programs with Trauma-Informed LensesHigh School Special Education Teacher
“Outstanding Performance Award” 2010
“Teacher of the Year” 2010
Mild/Moderate Credential
CLAD Credential
SJSU Certification- Education Practices for Alternative Settings & Institutional Settings
Special Education Paraeducator
YWCA: Domestic Violence Training
Experience
The Truth Behind the Knowledge
History of Multigenerational Trauma, Disorganized Attachment, Structural Dissociation, and Complex, Chronic, and Acute Trauma
Removed from home at 15 into short-term mental health facilities, group homes, foster homes, and long-term residential institutions.
Working and living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
A deep and abiding responsibility to those who were lost, whose voices were forever silenced.
An educational, personal, and professional life spent building evidence to support and extend my instinctual work regarding effective practices for educating youth experiencing multiple levels of trauma.
A deliberate broadening of my education to include research in disciplines impacting educational practice such as neurobiology, epigenetics, developmental psychology and systems theories, resilience, critical theory, cultural anthropology, and trauma research.
A lifetime spent furthering my education and collaborating with others to find effective, viable early education trauma prevention methods to alter the landscape of special education
Trauma is not a disability or pathological illness.
Early intervention can prevent a child from developing either.