Trauma-Informed Practices to Support Learning & Wellness

Hope 4 The Wounded is dedicated to equipping, encouraging, and empowering educators, child advocacy professionals, & community organizations with doable, practitioner-developed trauma-informed practices & strategies for learning & wellness through the following offerings:

All training is customized to meet your needs, audience, & budget.  Our passion is to come alongside organizations to not only provide information but to launch that information into working strategies best suited to you!  We believe in a comprehensive approach that supports the empowerment, growth, & wellness of all stakeholders!  If you'd like more information or to check availability, please feel free to submit the "contact us" form.

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Meet Our Consultant Team!

For years, Dr. Joe and Dardi have provided the bulk of our professional learning and speaking sessions. However, knowing we can't do it all, we've added some incredibly qualified consultants to our team! We are confident that their unique expertise and perspectives combined with their belief in the benefit of our material will be appreciated by audiences. We are honored to introduce:

Miranda A. Beard

Miranda A. Beard is an author, state and national motivational speaker and conference presenter.
She was the 2016-2017 president of the National Schools Boards Association (NSBA) based in
the Washington, DC area. She was elected to her leadership role in April 2016 by NSBA’s 150-member Delegate Assembly in Boston, Massachusetts. In her role as president and NSBA director, she traveled to 44 states in the U.S. as a leading voice and advocate for equity and excellence in education for more than 50 million children in our nation’s schools. She represented 90 thousand school board members on a national education tour to Central and Western Europe and traveled on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic in January 2018 to help the “Life Touch Organization” build a school for children in the impoverished community of Rio Grande.

Miranda was first elected to the NSBA Board of Directors in April 2011 as a director representing the Southern Region; in 2012, she was re-elected to a three-year term.

Miranda is the past president of the Laurel School District Board of Trustees and past president of the Mississippi School Boards Association. She has 20 years of board leadership experience on the local, state and national levels....click button for full bio:

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Dr. Raul Hinojosa

RaĂșl Hinojosa III, Ed.D. was born in Texas but lived his early years in the Dominican Republic and, therefore, is fully bilingual. He has served as an educator and administrator for thirty-two years at public schools, private schools, charter schools, and international schools. The fourteen schools Dr. Hinojosa has served are located in New York, Texas, Qatar, Kazakhstan, and Costa Rica. Additionally, he was a consultant on the building and design of schools in New York, California, and China. In the past three years, RaĂșl took a school through COVID-19 and has focused on mental health and emotional wellness as a school principal of 900 students PK-8th grade.         

RaĂșl has earned many awards including “Educator of the Year”, the Leadership Excellence Award, and two Annenberg School Reform Awards. He was also elected to Chair the Deans of Academic Affairs in Education City, Qatar. In 2017, Dr. Hinojosa was inducted into the Timm Tyrus Honor Registry for his lifetime achievements in education. 

RaĂșl lives in Texas with his wife, Patricia. They have two grown children and two grandchildren.

Where We've Been

We'd love to add your organization to our "Warriors of Hope" map! While we have many virtual offerings for training, we thoroughly enjoy getting to work with teams from schools & communities in person.  

John Hernandez 

Director of Student Services, East Central ISD, San Antonio, TX

“I knew something was missing with the term “at-risk”. After listening to Dr. H at a conference in San Antonio, his term “wounded student” helped me connect the dots. Wounded kids are beyond at-risk, so the preventative aspect of our at-risk interventions were not tending to the social/emotional and sometimes physical needs of children who have experienced trauma. At East Central ISD, we have developed the EC Cares focus group in response to this need. We utilize a chart to identify wounded/EC Cares students (note: H4W provides a sample template to clients), and we have found that once we identified students and provide appropriate support, there’s been an increase in attendance verses those who have not been identified. We have begun making this a district-wide initiative. EC Cares has positively impacted the culture of the district to meet the needs of all of our students and staff. It takes a village!”  

C. Wayne Lovell, PhD

Mountain Education Charter HS, Cleveland, GA

"Having the opportunity to provide a district level professional development, completely focused on the wounded student, has been a hallmark experience for our organization. Without question, Dr. Hendershott’s time with our system set the tone for
this school year. Thank you Dr.
Hendershott for your passion,
dedication, and insight." 

Kathleen Seto, BA (Hons). Dip Tch, MEd, EdD

Principal, Fairvale HS, New South Wales, Australia

"The teachers at Fairvale High school, Australia, were positive and enthusiastic in their feedback about Joe Hendershott's presentation. In particular, they said - "It was important to establish the foundation in understanding the difference  between 'at risk' and 'wounded' and how to identify and support wounded students. That every moment is a teachable moment was powerful; the need for empathy in emotionally connecting to students and asking 'what' questions instead of 'why' was a powerful reminder. Joe's stories intertwined with theory enabled teachers to sit and listen to him for four hours, reflect on their current teaching practice and come away enriched and inspired to be more compassionate and caring for our students....We found Joe to be a genuine and creative person enabling us to think outside the box and empowering us to bring about real change. We loved the inspiring stories that showcased real change and the alternative plans to assist wounded students and not relying only on the rule book. The phrase 'what's true for me is true for them!' was excellent."  

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