Author name: Meredith White-McMahon, EdD

Meredith White-McMahon, EdD, is a veteran educator of troubled and troubling children and youth. She has been teaching for 33 years at all levels (K-12), as well as supervising University Masters-level school counselor practicums. She currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

White-McMahon has contributed to the development of numerous scientific writings and textbooks currently used in the university setting. In 2011 she co-authored The Hopeful Brain: Relational Repair for Disconnected Children and Youth, which incorporates brain-based strategies that are practical, effective and supportive of youth. Her experience as an educator has earned her wide respect for innovative and positive supports in the transformation of challenging youth.

A certified Response Abilities Pathways (RAP) trainer for Reclaiming Youth International, a Senior Trainer of The PersonBrain Model™ and a Senior LSCI Trainer for the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute, White-McMahon also provides training and consultation services in crisis intervention and relational areas such as attachment, trauma, attention, depression, anxiety, and oppositional-defiance.

Strategies for helping traumatized children

Healing Children’s Trauma: How Parents, Caregivers and Teachers Can Help

Meredith White-McMahon, EdD / September 20, 2012

You don’t have to be a therapist to help a traumatized child heal. An educator specializing in childhood trauma shares practical strategies—from safe routines to healthy stress outlets—that caregivers and teachers can use alongside professional treatment.

responsive and understanding relationships can help reverse trauma damage.

Childhood Trauma and Grief, Mental Health, Trauma and Grief

The Many Faces of Trauma: Understanding Abused Children

Meredith White-McMahon, EdD / September 20, 2012

Trauma doesn’t just hurt a child emotionally—it can reshape the architecture of their developing brain. An educator explains how early abuse disrupts brain development and shapes lasting patterns of fear and disconnection, and why new relationships can help reverse the damage.