Nurtured Heart Approach

Diving Deeper with NHA Expert Nicole Lalumiere

Restorative Practices: The Science of Relationships

Restorative practices is a term widely used in our educational system. What does it even mean? Restorative practice is the science of community, relationships, and belonging. We can use restorative practices to create relationships that foster belonging, voice, and agency for our students. Restorative practices are trauma-responsive and help students develop SEL skills. Join us to deepen your understanding and application of this framework.

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Nicole Lalumiere:

Nicole Lalumiere is a 14 year educator and restorative practitioner. She started her career empowering student voice as an English teacher. She currently works as a PBIS teacher supporting students who face challenges with school behavior and the teachers who work with them. She holds a Masters Degree in Restorative Practices and is a Nurtured Heart Approach Certified Trainer.

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Date: Thursday, April 27th 2023

Time: 5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Prior NHA training is encouraged but not required to attend. MUHSD staff will be compensated for attendance. Registration will close on Wednesday the 26th at 4:00 p.m. Join us on Zoom!

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Viviana Barajas, M.A., Ed., PPS Nurtured Heart Approach Advanced Trainer

Viviana Barajas is a first-generation Mexican-American who was born and raised in California. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Human Development at UC San Diego, and received her Master’s in Educational Counseling from California State University, Stanislaus. She is the proud mother of two amazing boys and has always had a passion for helping underserved populations and for finding opportunities to promote positive relationships. Her experience includes early childhood education, non-profit community work, domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy, early intervention and prevention services for children and families, foster youth advocacy, residential treatment facility training and support, and program development. For the past 8 years, Viviana has been working exclusively to integrate the Nurtured Heart Approach as an Advanced Certified Trainer into school and agency settings and has grown a successful independent consulting business. Viviana has created a Nurtured Heart Approach mental health high school course for teens, is a certified instructor in Teen Mental Health First Aid, and is the creator of Greatness Project, a non-profit organization in the making to provide a platform for youth to share this life-changing method with other youth and adults. Her Greatness Project includes youth who are homeless, displaced, in the foster care system, and recently released youth from juvenile detention centers and in an alternative educational setting. For the past four years, she has led parent workshops through Modesto Junior College for resource families in Stanislaus County, including CASA workers, social workers, residential treatment staff, teachers, counselors, administrators, families, and community partners. She has professionally trained thousands of adult professionals, parents, and students in San Joaquin, Fresno, Kings, Stanislaus, and Merced Counties, with no plans to slow down. She has been consulting with MUHSD for 3 years.