How Trauma Affects the Brain - Dr. Bernard Franklin

Dr. Bernard Franklin has taught courses, led workshops and consulted on “Trauma, Resilience and Neuroscience ” and is a member of Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative.  His  final research  paper was entitled: Trauma-Informed  Teaching  and Learning:  Brain Science Informing Education Reform.   In addition, Franklin has trained with the Trauma Recovery Associates, Healing the Mind, Body, & Spirit:  A Therapeutic Response to Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Neglect.  Franklin has an MS in Counseling and Behavioral Studies (1989, University of South Alabama), and a Ph.D. in Counseling and Higher Education Administration, with an outside emphasis in Family Studies (1996, K-State).

Franklin became involved in the space of trauma, resilience, social/emotional learning, and neuroscience following the death of his mother in 2003, his wife in 2004, and his younger brother 3 years later.  Of his four children, three sons and a daughter, his daughter experienced significant trauma following her mother’s death,…