When Trauma Comes to School:
The Grief Tower Method for International Schools

Globally mobile students carry more loss than most adults around them realize, and it stacks.

The Grief Tower explains how it accumulates and what happens when it topples.

Learn:
  • classroom triage,
  • the Grief Tower method, and
  • how to help students start processing what they've been carrying. 

In this self-guided course, you will:
🖥️ Watch 5 videos
📝 Apply 2+ hours of guided practice
✅ Check for learning with an online quiz
📌 Keep 3 posters
🔎 Explore curated resources to go deeper

A certificate of completion is available upon request - contact info@tcktraining.com.

Format

Self-Guided

Recording Duration

50 minutes

Instructors

Tanya Crossman,
Elizabeth Vahey Smith &
Lauren Wells

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CEUs available upon completion of this course from ACSI.

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Meet the instructor

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Tanya Crossman

Director of Research and Education Services

Tanya is an Adult TCK from a corporate background and a leading expert in the field of modern Third Culture Kids and issues facing cross-cultural families, with nearly 20 years of hands-on experience. She is the author of Misunderstood: The Impact of Growing Up Overseas in the 21st Century and co-author of Thongs or Flip Flops? Australian kids overseas and what comes next. Tanya's key roles at TCK Training are providing services to international schools and leading our research work, along with presenting virtually and in-person around the world. Learn more about Tanya's work at tanyacrossman.com.

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Lauren Wells

Chief Executive Officer

Lauren is the Founder and CEO of TCK Training and author of Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids, What Made That Feel So Hard: The Unstacking Method, and more. An Adult Third Culture Kid (ATCK) who spent her teenage years living in Tanzania, East Africa, Lauren has worked with over 1,000 parents and TCK caregivers and has trained staff from over 80 organizations. 

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Elizabeth Vahey Smith

Chief Operating Officer

Author of The Practice of Processing, Elizabeth is a skilled communicator and trauma-informed educator who helps transform abstract concepts into practical steps, equipping, encouraging, and empowering people to reach their goals. Elizabeth is a mom of two worldschooling TCKs.

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