Meet Kimberly Smathers, MBA – ATN Board
Kimberly Smathers brings over 20 years of experience – as a business leader, advocate, consultant, and researcher – in person-centered approaches to enhancing health and well-being across the lifespan. As Principal and Owner of Flourishing Spark LLC, she partners with organizations to shape systems and environments to support flourishing for all – particularly those facing […]
Wine Tasting: Marietta, Georgia
HEY ATLANTA! You are invited to a WINE TASTING FUNDRAISER Saturday, October 14, 2023 Marietta Wine Market benefitting THE ATTACHMENT & TRAUMA NETWORK, INC. (ATN) Wine – Snacks – Live Music – Fun And a chance to learn more about how ATN’s programs provide healing and resilience for children impacted by trauma. At ATN, our […]
Movies that Matter: Wrestling Ghosts
A Discussion with Rick and Doris Bowman (Bowman Consulting) ATN completed its commemoration of Children’s Mental Health Month (May) and PTSD Month (June) with a final screening and discussion in a three-part series of Trauma-Informed Movies that Matter. On June 27, Rick and Doris Bowman of Bowman Consulting joined ATN representatives to lead a discussion […]
Movies that Matter: Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope
A Discussion with Melissa Sadin (Ducks and Lions) and Ginger Healy (ATN) ATN continues its commemoration of Children’s Mental Health Month (May) and PTSD Month (June) with the second screening and discussion in a three-part series of Trauma-Informed Movies that Matter. On June 8, Dr. Melissa Sadin – a lifelong educator, adoptive parent, speaker, author, […]
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris to Speak at #TSS2024ATN
The Attachment & Trauma Network, Inc. is pleased to announce that Dr. Burke Harris will be our keynote speaker on Friday, February 23, 2024 for the closing general session of the 7th annual Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is an award-winning physician, researcher and public health leader who has spent her career […]
My Why: A Tribute
When my mom died in 2021, I was catapulted into a foreign land of grief and hurt. Those who have lost close loved ones will recall the intensity of those first few days of grieving, when it is hard to eat or even breathe or to complete simple tasks – let alone the complicated logistics […]
Movies that Matter: Paper Tigers – A Discussion with Jim Sporleder
ATN is commemorating Children’s Mental Health Month (May) and PTSD Month (June) with three Movies that Matter. On May 11, ATN gathered for a Q&A with Jim Sporleder, the retired principal of Lincoln Alternative High School in Walla Walla, WA who is now a trauma-informed coach, consultant, and speaker. Lincoln is the subject of the […]
My Why: Healing from Trauma
My introduction to ATN was not as an educator, but as a survivor of childhood trauma. I had recently retired from a 40-year career in education and was searching for answers. The previous year, I had found myself on a therapist’s couch where a tsunami of repressed memories buried under layers of dissociative coping skills […]
Tracy’s 50th Birthday Bash
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACY! Thanks for sharing it with ATN! ATN Board Member, Tracy Leonard, decided to make a real impact (and some great memories) by hosting a fundraiser for ATN at Fenestra Winery in Livermore, CA. Many of Tracy’s friends and family, and friends of ATN in Bay Area came together for a night of […]
TSS2024 Call for Workshops —Is Closed
Thank you for the AMAZING interest in submitting a workshop for #TSS2024ATN. At this time our Call for Workshops is Closed. Our TSS2024 Agenda should be announced mid- to late- August. Watch this site next April for our call for workshop proposals for TSS2025. #TSS2024ATN will have both an in-person and virtual portion to the […]