#66: Dr Lori Desautels, The Neuroscience of Trauma-Responsive Practice
About this episode
Dr. Lori Desautels discusses the importance of trauma-responsive practice in education and how it begins with understanding our own nervous systems.
Dr Lori Desautels is an educator, author, and assistant professor whose work in applied educational neuroscience has influenced schools and educators around the world. Through decades of teaching, research, and professional learning, Lori has helped shift the conversation from managing behaviour to understanding the nervous system, relationships, and the conditions that allow both children and adults to flourish. In this conversation, Lori and Megan explore what it truly means to embody trauma-responsive practice. They discuss the difference between understanding the science and living it, why awareness alone isn't enough, and how educators can build the capacity to regulate themselves before supporting others. Together, they unpack the role of multi-tiered systems of support, the importance of co-regulation, and why sustainable change happens when we care for the wellbeing of the adults alongside the young people they support. This is a thoughtful and hopeful conversation about the future of education. Lori reminds us that trauma-responsive practice isn't another initiative to implement, but a way of being that begins with our own nervous systems, relationships, and daily…
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