Regulated Adults, Resilient Classrooms: Sustainable Wellness in Head Start
Head Start and Early Head Start professionals pour deeply into children, families, and teams every day — but sustainable care requires regulated, supported adults. This interactive session moves beyond surface-level self-care and explores how adult wellness, nervous system regulation, and intentional recovery practices directly impact classroom climate, relationships, and resilience. Participants will reflect on the real pressures of this work, practice simple regulation strategies they can use in the moment, and identify practical ways to build wellness into daily routines, team culture, and leadership practices. Through discussion, reflection, and a take-away wellness planning activity, participants will leave with realistic strategies to support themselves, strengthen co-regulation with children, and create more resilient Head Start classrooms and programs.
- Identify key signs of stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue in classroom settings.
- Explain how adult regulation directly impacts child behavior and development.
- Develop a realistic plan to support sustainable wellness within their classroom or program.