Julie Kurtz is the Founder for Center for Optimal Brain Integration®. She is an author, therapist, national speaker and expert consulting and training internationally on trauma and social-emotional resilience. She has over 30 years of experience working with adults, youth and families who have experienced trauma and toxic stress.

 

She is the Co-Author of:

1. Trauma-Informed Practices for Early Childhood Educators: Relationship-Based Approaches that Support Healing and Build Resilience in Young Children 

2. Culturally Responsive Self-Care for Early Childhood Educators 

3. Trauma Informed Practices for Early Childhood Educators: Creating and Sustaining Healing and Engaged Organizations 

4. Trauma-Responsive Family Engagement in Early Childhood: Practices for Equity and Resilience 

5. Supporting Young Children to Cope, Build Resilience and Heal from Trauma through Play: A Practical Guide for Early Childhood Educators

6. Coming in 2024: Reducing Stress in Schools (Harvard Education Press)

She is the Co-Author of the award winning children's books:

1. Understanding My Brain: Becoming Human(E)! (Children ages 5-10)

2. Understanding My Brain: Becoming Human(E)! (Children ages 4-8)

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Julie Kurtz is the creator of the phone/tablet Application (APP) Trigger Stop: Sensory and Emotional Check-In designed specifically for children ages 3-8 years to promote sensory and emotional literacy and to support self-regulation. 

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You can find these products and others on COBI’s product page.

1. Books

2. Trigger Stop Phone and Tablet App for Children Ages 3-8