Post di Katherine Schlatter, EdD, EdM, ALM, MCHES®

How the #book become a collaborative team project from it's start as a class project to it's current format 📚   The Team at THENCE moved on to introduce the origins of the project, the book and the ecosystem built around the book that can serve as a valuable resource for teachers, specifically the #TraumaInformedGuide. Check out the blog post for more! ⬇️ #THENCEcosystems #Displaced #GoshwaysJourney #TIGERStool

Of all the endorsements we have received in recent days, the MOST meaningful is this one ⤵ Surya Y. joined our little team of instructional designers, educators, illustrators communicators, & programmers THENCE a few months ago.    Slowly she began to share her story of leaving Afghanistan, transiting through Pakistan, and resuming her university studies through the online pursuit of a Bachelor's Degree American University of Afghanistan (AUAF).   Surya is studying to become a software engineer. Here, at THENCE, she’s already brought her programming skills to our ecosystems.   As it so happens, one ecosystem supports 📚 the book DISPLACED, Goshway’s Journey 📚 It is a book which Surya Y. says has important lessons and even intersections with her own life as an Asylum Seeker in Switzerland. WATCH & LISTEN BELOW ⤵ #THENCEcosystems #Displaced #GoshwaysJourney #Displacement #Refugee #AsylumSeeker #TIGERStool #TraumaInformedGuide #StrenghtBased

We’re thrilled to be in San Diego for American Library Association Conference! It's all very inspiring! Days full of meetings & making new connections! 😊 We’re ALSO presenting our new #book Displaced, Goshway's Journey 📚 It’s a story about a child who is forced to flee their home during armed conflict. A children’s book for all ages including the ADULTS in their lives. WHY this book? WHY NOW? ⤵ This non-fiction graphic novel is a first, combining illustrations with QR codes to bring readers the audio version, a dramatized radio play with minimal movement animation and subtitles. It’s ACCESIBLE, it’s family friendly, it includes guides for educators and parents to talk about the concepts of DISPLACEMENT, TRAUMA, RESILIENCE, & REDISCOVERING INNER STRENGTHS! Excited to meet new people and bring home new ideas! ✨ Write us here ⬇️ Let’s connect! #ALAAC24 #LibraryConference #THENCEcosystems #Displaced #GoshwaysJourney #TIGERStool #TraumaInformedGuide #StrenghtBased

🎉 So this happened... OUR BOOK LAUNCH!!!! We are thrilled to announce that "Displaced, Goshway’s Journey" a non-fiction graphic novel is now available for order 📖 This is a story of a child who is forced to flee their home due to armed conflict...#Displacement is a shockingly common experience among children and their families and this is why we chose #WorldRefugeeDay to highlight the more than 43 million children experiencing displacement due to armed conflict, persecution or disaster. Also Displaced was created to help give voice to those who have experienced displacement such as our very own full stack engineer Surya Y., a THENCE team member who shared her personal experiences of fleeing her home in Afghanistan and the parallels she felt with Goshway’s Journey. Our entire team showed up for the kickoff of our book tour season (dates coming soon). Author and founder of THENCE Katherine Schlatter, EdD, EdM, ALM, MCHES®, Andrea Patterson THENCE co-founder, Nikita Tse the illustrator of the book, Miguel Lourenco graphic designer and animator, Giulia Galimberti project manager and social media head, Helina Seyoum editor and DEIA subject matter expert shared how this story came together with embedded technology and an online ecosystem of supplemental materials to inform, educate and bring discussion to the topic of children’s journeys following a displacement event. Order the #book here ➡️ https://qr1.be/CD51 We hope you love it!❤️ #THENCEcosystems

📚Our book is on its way! 📚 ➡️ Purchase will be available this thursday, you can pre-order here: https://lnkd.in/dvseSRuW We are also organizing an 💥OPEN LAUNCH DISCUSSION for Thursday💥  Stay tuned for details!! Our non-fiction graphic novel is a first of its kind combining illustrations with QR codes to bring readers a dramatized radio play with simple animation and subtitles. Supplemental historical material and trauma informed guides for educators and recovering survivors, which we call “TIGERS Tools” are also available with the e-book or print book membership at displaced.thence.us #THENCEcosystems #Displaced #Book #BookRelease #BookCommunity #JuneBooks #BookLaunch #BookLovers #Books #TIGERSTool

🔥Go Healthy & Co had the opportunity to present its progress and achievements during a pitch at Future Health Pavillon, receiving valuable feedback from Giuseppe Oppedisano Aurora Chisté Shaun Sanders, J.D. ☀️A special thank to WMF - We Make Future for providing us with a dedicated space and desk and supporting the startup ecosystem. 🚀Once again, we have demonstrated the hard work of these past months and our continuous commitment to improving mental well-being. 🔝Go Healthy or Go Home! Joy Bordini Simone Moawad #wemakethefuture #sturtup #progress #innovation

What can we learn from a story? ⤵ “More than 180,000 migrants have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2022” (in cityandstateny.com by Sahalie Donaldson). As the children of these migrants, many recovering from forced #displacement are embarking on their third year of education this coming Fall semester, we ask how pre-service teachers might benefit from spending time with a narrative that centers the challenging journey of youth who have experienced forced displacement, homelessness, housing instability and food insecurity, all while rebuilding their scholastic lives. 📚 Displaced, Goshway’s Journey is a timely tale of a boy who is forced to flee the violence and the geopolitics of his region. While the story takes place in the 1970s, it unfolds around how he and his family make a new life and scramble to resume their children’s education. The narrative is a compelling story that traces a boy’s emotional journey as well as his development beyond trauma, anger, aggression and survival. 🎯 The story and it’s accompanying curriculum aims to awaken knowledge of strengths-based healing and is accompanied with a guide for #TraumaInformedTeaching and the rediscovery of re-emerging strengths. It is complete with discussion questions designed to prompt metacognitive development for those who are committed to best supporting asylum seekers and their children struggling with layers of challenges in their new environment. Discover more and pre-order here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/dvseSRuW #THENCEcosystems #Displaced #Book #BookRelease #BookCommunity #JuneBooks