Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176)

"Teaching is literacy and numeracy but, most importantly, it's showing up with your whole heart. It's walking kids--and yourself--through the hardest conversations about trauma, loss, grief, racism, or violence. As we work to piece together our education system in the fallout from global pandemic, the focus must be on the teachers. If the people in charge--those teachers--aren't OK, the students don't stand a chance. Dr. Jody Carrington and Laurie McIntosh bring together theory and practice, weaving the science of human development with real-life stories and tangible strategies told by those most qualified to share them--our teachers"