Evolution of a Synergetic Educator Spring 2025

Discover the missing pieces in working with daily challenges in teaching and learning with our unique approach!

Registration Deadline is February 2, 2025, 12pm Mountain Time (Denver)

Are you finding that some students remain stuck in challenging behaviors despite your best efforts? Or perhaps you’re dedicated to fostering a classroom where every student can thrive but finding that traditional methods aren’t delivering the results you hoped for ….

Then join us for the Evolution of a Synergetic Educator program – it’s more than just a set of new tools! It’s about empowering you with a deep understanding of what’s occurring with your students and in your classrooms. Insight into the root causes and underlying dynamics inform our easy-to-use practical strategies for addressing today’s challenges. 

 We’ll empower you to step into being the educator you set out to be before the realities of teaching got in the way. By filling in the missing pieces that traditional approaches often overlook, you’ll be prepared to create lasting positive change in your classroom and your students’ lives, in ways that feel authentic and congruent for you.

 We’ll guide you through the process, with science, practice, and application support; YOU choose what fits you and your students! 

Here’s What Sets Us Apart:

  1. Addressing Root Causes, Not Just Symptoms: Traditional approaches to student behavior often miss the mark, sometimes even escalating situations. Our program teaches you how to recognize brain and body states that influence student behavior, allowing you to intervene with the right strategy at the right time.
  2. Creating Felt Safety and Belonging: Safety and belonging aren’t just about a welcoming environment—they start in the brain. Our program teaches you how to foster an atmosphere where you can help your students develop a felt sense of safety and belonging, leading to better self-regulation and a readiness to learn.
  3. Empower Students Through Regulation: Regulation is most effective when it’s integrated throughout the day, not just during scheduled brain breaks. We teach you how to guide students in understanding their own activation and behavior, helping them take responsibility for their behavior and regulation.
  4. Shifting Resistance into Readiness: Collaborating with colleagues can be challenging, especially when resistance to change is high. Our revolutionary Developmental Mindsets Paradigm™ offers strategies to shift resistance into readiness, creating a ripple effect that transforms school culture into one that prioritizes regulation, safety, and belonging for all. 
  5. Bridging Gaps in Social-Emotional Learning (SEL): Traditional SEL programs often overlook critical elements like interoceptive awareness and the ability to adapt strategies to different environments. We teach you how to integrate these missing pieces, helping students use SEL skills independently and effectively.
  6. Transforming Student-Adult Relationships: Power struggles and miscommunication can derail student-adult interactions. Our program equips you with tools to navigate these complex dynamics, fostering trust, respect, and mutual understanding that lead to positive changes in your classroom and students’ lives. 

Join the Evolution of a Synergetic Educator program to gain the skills and insights needed to create lasting, meaningful change for your students, classrooms, and schools. Transform education, while balancing student and educator well-being, so everyone is getting what they need to thrive!

Scroll down for program details including cost, learning objectives, and important dates!

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Program Details: 

This program is offered as two different cohorts to fit your unique experiences and needs: (1) 20-Hour, Student-Centered Focus cohort OR (2) 25-hour Dual Focus cohort with a focus on both students and adults. Both cohorts will also participate in group consultation during the program.

Student-Centered Focus Cohort (20 hours)

Focus on students and creating empowering spaces and classroom settings for student growth and well-being. Dive deep into the intricacies of the learning environment, equipped with the latest research in neuroscience and nervous system regulation. A push for educators to keep doing more brings with it feelings of overwhelm and exhaustion. It’s time to learn how to scaffold shifts in student behavior WHILE supporting the well-being of educators. It’s been a zero-sum game for too long; this shouldn’t be an either/or situation; the well-being of both students and educators is essential. Explore how different “myths” in education are getting in the way of modeling healthy behaviors for students and creating burnout for educators! Uncover what is really happening for students during moments of dysregulation and how you can use brain-aligned strategies that support a return to learning. Discover sustainable practices that support both you and your students!

  • Manage daily stress effectively.
  • Understand student dysregulation and learn how to navigate these challenging moments.
  • Recognize and integrate missing elements in universal and social-emotional learning programs.
  • Establish regulatory-focused environments for student empowerment.
  • Utilize brain and body state awareness to guide strategies.
  • Identify critical factors affecting relationships between students and adults, including common causes of escalation that often result in getting stuck in unproductive interaction patterns.

Dual Focus Cohort – Working with Students and School Staff (25 hours)

This program is designed specifically for those who work with students and school staff, including school counselors, psychologists, social workers, SEL specialists, behavior coaches, and administrators. The cohort is tailored to meet your needs, as we understand the unique challenges of supporting students and colleagues. We know that it can feel like you’re swimming upstream. Grounded in neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, we will explore what happens between students and educators in moments of dysregulation while learning how to communicate this to promote collaboration. With a deepened understanding of the dynamics, we will explore the “resistance” and hurdles that arise when working with different perspectives and levels of readiness for this work, and effective ways to navigate them. You’ll discover how to manage stress, foster resilience, and maintain a balanced perspective, all while prioritizing your regulatory needs so the demands of your role don’t take a toll on your well-being!

Includes all aspects of the Student-Centered Focus cohort, PLUS:

  • Assist in creating regulatory-focused environments that foster a sense of safety and belonging for both students and school staff.
  • Support school staff using the revolutionary Developmental Mindsets Paradigm™ to facilitate growth and build capacity at your site.
  • Foster a positive culture and climate by deepening your understanding of the dynamics creating challenges as you work to move through barriers hindering progress.

Click here to compare the two cohort details and decide which one is right for you!

When: February 3, 2025 – May 12, 2025

Where: Learn from anywhere! This program is entirely online.

Cost: Student-Centered Focus $349 USD | Dual Focus $459 USD 

Click here for monthly payment options!

Registration Deadline: February 2, 2025, 12pm Mountain Time (Denver)

Important Class Dates by Cohort: 

Student-Centered Focus Class Dates: 

  • Class 1: LIVE Webinar – Preparing Brains to Learn, February 3, 2025, 5-7pm Mountain Time (Denver)*
  • Class 2: Recorded Lesson – Developing Self-Regulation and Interoception, February 10, 2025
  • Class 3: Recorded Lesson – Brain-Aligned Strategies, February 17, 2025
  • Class 4: LIVE Webinar – Growing Windows of Tolerance & Shifting Perceptions, March 10, 2025, 5-7pm Mountain Time (Denver)*
  • Class 5: Recorded Lesson – Practical Classroom Strategies for Creating Regulatory Environments, March 17, 2025
  • Class 6: Recorded Lesson – The Neurobiology of Regulating Ourselves and Others, March 24, 2025
  • Class 7: LIVE Webinar – Relationship Dynamics and Challenges, April 7, 2025, 5-7pm Mountain Time (Denver)*
  • Class 8: Recorded Lesson – Relationship Dynamics and Individual Differences, April 14, 2025
  • Class 9: Recorded Lesson – Balancing Challenge and Support in Layered Social-Emotional, Behavior Support Plans, April 21, 2025
  • Class 10: LIVE webinar – Tying Things Together and Moving Forward, May 12, 2025, 5-7pm Mountain Time (Denver)*

Dual Focus Class Dates:

  • Class 1: LIVE Webinar – Preparing Brains to Learn, February 3, 2025, 5-7pm Mountain Time (Denver)*
  • Class 2: Recorded Lesson – Developing Self-Regulation and Interoception, February 10, 2025
  • Class 3: Recorded Lesson – Brain-Aligned Strategies, February 17, 2025
  • Class 4: LIVE Webinar – The Developmental Mindsets Paradigm™: Working with Educators from a Developmental Perspective, March 3, 2025, 5-7pm Mountain Time (Denver)*
  • Class 5: LIVE Webinar – Growing Windows of Tolerance & Shifting Perceptions, March 10, 2025, 5-7pm Mountain Time (Denver)*
  • Class 6: Recorded Lesson – Practical Classroom Strategies for Creating Regulatory Environments, March 17, 2025
  • Class 7: Recorded Lesson – The Neurobiology of Regulating Ourselves and Others, March 24, 2025
  • Class 8: LIVE Webinar – Relationship Dynamics and Challenges, April 7, 2025, 5-7pm Mountain Time (Denver)*
  • Class 9: Recorded Lesson – Relationship Dynamics and Individual Differences, April 14, 2025
  • Class 10: Recorded Lesson – Balancing Challenge and Support in Layered Social-Emotional, Behavior Support Plans, April 21, 2025
  • Class 11: LIVE webinar – Tying Things Together and Moving Forward, May 12, 2025, 5-7pm Mountain Time (Denver)*

*You will have access to the program content until December 2027 to continue to revisit and apply these teachings to your work!

Program Learning Objectives by Cohort: Click the links below to read the full program learning objectives and class focuses for each cohort.

Online Consultation Groups: Throughout this program, you will be supported in applying everything you are learning to your classroom or educational setting through group consultation. Upon registering for the program, you will have the opportunity to complete a questionnaire about your consultation needs and availability.

If you would like to preview the group consultation scheduling options, you may use the links below to do so:

Instructor: Judith Norman, MA, MS, LPC, RPT-S*

*Judith is Licensed as both a Professional and School Counselor. Judith is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and is also Certified as a Synergetic Play Therapy® Teacher and Supervisor, and in EMDR therapy, along with being trained in Mindfulness in Education. She has been utilizing the tenets of Synergetic Play Therapy® in educational settings for the past 10 years, leading to the development of social-emotional, trauma-informed programming to support students and educators.

Continuing Education Credit: Participants receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the program and can also earn 1 or 2 credits from Colorado State University Click here for more information.

Refund Policy: Cancellations received one month from the start date will receive a full refund. Cancellations received less than one month from the start of the program will receive a full refund minus a $100.00 administrative fee. Cancellation once the program begins will forfeit the entire payment. However, payment can be applied towards a future offering of the program (within two years). If an emergency arises, please contact the Institute.

Additional information

Select your Cohort:

Student-Centered Focus – $359 USD, Dual Focus – $459 USD

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