2018 VATE Conference: We Are The Change

The objective of this session is to make participants aware of the powerful impact the right book can have on a survivor of traumatic events. In the first part of this session I will tell the story of my own childhood trauma and tell how librarians and teachers spoke into my life with appropriate book recommendations.  In the second part I will demonstrate how teachers can build bridges to trouble students who incite conflict in the classroom and use that bridge to offer good reading selections. I will then challenge participants to discuss books that helped them survive childhood incidents.  Together we will build a resource for teachers and counselors so that teachers and counselors can get the right books into the hands of students struggling with trauma.