Hardy Consulting, LLC · School & Organizational Training
Trauma-Informed Training for Schools & Educators
Building safe, healing-centered school communities — one staff, one classroom, one family at a time.
Request a Training Consultation →Your students aren't misbehaving.
They're communicating.
Adverse childhood experiences — abuse, neglect, poverty, violence, and loss — don't stay at the front door of your school. They walk into classrooms, sit at desks, and show up as the behaviors that exhaust and challenge your most dedicated teachers every single day.
Trauma-informed practice doesn't just help students. It transforms school culture, reduces disciplinary incidents, protects teacher wellbeing, and creates the conditions where every child — regardless of what they carry — can learn, grow, and thrive.
A whole-school approach, four tiers deep
Real change doesn't happen in one room. These four interconnected training tiers build trauma-responsiveness at every level of your school community — leadership, classroom, students, and home.
Please note: Virtual and in-person training options are available for all tiers. Training durations and workshop formats can be tailored to the specific needs, goals, and scheduling requirements of your school or organization.
Tier 1 — Leadership
Trauma-Informed School Leadership
Change starts at the top. This session equips principals, assistant principals, counselors, and school leaders with the frameworks, language, and tools to build trauma-informed culture from the inside out — shaping policy, protecting staff, and advocating for every student.
What We Cover
How ACEs and trauma affect school climate, attendance, and discipline data
Building trauma-sensitive policies, referral protocols, and de-escalation systems
Recognizing and addressing secondary traumatic stress in your staff
Using data to proactively identify and support at-risk students
Workshop and training duration can be tailored to the needs of your audience.
Tier 2 — Educators
Trauma-Informed Teaching: Understand, Respond & Restore
Your most important trauma responders aren't therapists — they're teachers. This full-day professional development session gives every educator and support staff member the knowledge, language, and practical strategies to recognize trauma responses, co-regulate with students, and rebuild connection after conflict.
What We Cover
The neuroscience of trauma — how it changes the brain and body (accessible, not clinical)
What trauma looks like in the elementary classroom: freeze, fight, flight, and fawn
Co-regulation, de-escalation, and relationship-repair techniques
Trauma-sensitive language, classroom design, and daily routines
Educator self-care and protecting against compassion fatigue
Mandatory reporting review within a trauma-informed framework
Workshop and training duration can be tailored to the needs of your audience.
Tier 3 — Students
Building Resilience: Student Social-Emotional Learning
Students don't need to name their trauma to begin healing. This six-session classroom module meets children where they are — building emotional vocabulary, coping skills, and a sense of safety without requiring disclosure. Strength-based, age-appropriate, and facilitated with teachers present.
Session Themes
My Feelings Are Information — naming and locating emotions in the body
Big Feelings, Big Choices — understanding reactions and calming strategies
My Coping Toolkit — breathing, grounding, movement, and sensory tools
My Safe People — identifying trusted adults and help-seeking skills
What Makes Me Strong — strengths, values, and community assets
Putting It Together — review, celebration, and sustaining skills
Workshop and training duration can be tailored to the needs of your audience.
Tier 4 — Families
Trauma-Informed Parenting & Caregiving
Healing doesn't stop at dismissal. This community session invites parents, guardians, and caregivers into the conversation — helping them understand trauma responses at home, communicate more effectively with their children, and partner with the school rather than feeling in opposition to it. Offered as an evening or weekend session to maximize family attendance.
What We Cover
What trauma is — and what it looks like in your child at home and at school
Why your child "acts out" — and what they're really trying to communicate
Simple co-regulation and connection strategies you can use at home today
How to partner with teachers and school staff effectively
Taking care of yourself so you can show up for them
Workshop and training duration can be tailored to the needs of your audience.
Choose your level of investment
Every school is at a different place in its trauma-informed journey. These packages let you start where you are and build from there.
Educator Focus
Tier 2 teacher PD only. The right entry point for schools beginning their trauma-informed journey.
Leadership + Staff
Tiers 1 & 2. Leadership half-day workshop plus full-day teacher professional development.
Whole School
Tiers 1, 2 & 3. Leadership, teachers, and student sessions. Includes participant materials.
Full Ecosystem
All four tiers — adds the parent and caregiver community session for whole-family impact.
All packages include a 30-day post-training Q&A window. Participant resource guides and/or materials and certificates of participation are included where applicable. Monthly follow-up consultation available as an add-on. Training may qualify for Title I, professional development, or mental health grant funding — vendor documentation available upon request.
You deserve a trainer with real clinical depth
Terricka Hardy, LCSW, BCD, brings 19 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and families affected by trauma — and has trained thousands of helping professionals nationally and internationally. Her work sits at the intersection of mental health, ethics, and self-care. As a Certified Resilience Coach and Compassion Fatigue Professional with experience on suicide prevention teams and working with seriously mentally ill and suicidal individuals, she brings a rare depth of clinical expertise that is both rigorous and deeply human — making her uniquely equipped to train the educators and leaders who show up for students every day.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
19 years of clinical practice in mental health and trauma-informed care
Board Certified Diplomate in Social Work (BCD)
The highest national clinical credential in the social work profession
Certified Resilience Coach
Trained to help individuals and organizations build sustainable resilience frameworks
Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional
Specialized expertise in secondary traumatic stress and educator wellbeing
Suicide Prevention Specialist
Served on suicide prevention teams with extensive clinical experience working with seriously mentally ill and suicidal individuals
NASW Code of Ethics — Self-Care Contributor
Led the 2021 revision adding self-care to the national code of ethics
Routledge Handbook Contributor (2019)
Published in The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Ethics and Values
Former NASW National Ethics Committee Member
National-level expertise in ethical practice across helping professions
"Definitely a success each year. Thank you for working with us annually. We appreciate you — our entire team always enjoys and benefits from your presentations. We look forward to many more successful years in partnership with you."
— Stephanie W., Assistant Executive Director, Memphis Jewish Rehabilitation Home
"Excellent training and the resilience planning workbook Terricka developed was an essential aspect, making the training both rich and practical."
— Dr. Phara F., Assistant Director of Early Education, Nashville Metro Action Committee
Built for schools and organizations like yours
These trainings are designed for public, charter, and Title I elementary and secondary schools, school districts, after-school programs, and community-based youth organizations — particularly those serving students who have experienced poverty, community violence, foster care, family instability, or other adverse childhood experiences.