We are honored to have Dr. Glynetta Fletcher keynoting our January What Boys Need as Males Conference. Her new book, He Is Not a Gladiator, will have just been published. Dr. Fletcher is Program Director of the Gurian Institute. She leads boys and girls learn differently professional development and also specializes in trauma-informed education.
The Conference is free but you need to register to participate. Registration is easy. Please go to https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/. On that site you can learn more about the conference and register. Now here is more about Dr. Fletcher and her topic at the Conference.
He Is Not A Gladiator: Trauma-Informed Strategies for Helping Boys At Risk Grow Up with Resilience
Dr. Fletcher will focus on trauma-informed classrooms with a powerful eye towards empathy and resilience-building. She will help teachers and others, including parents, to develop trauma sensitive environments across the socioeconomic and school spectrum. She will discuss the impact trauma has on the brains of children at various ages, and boys specifically. Participants will learn practical strategies for building strong relationships and attachments with traumatized children, as well as those raised in poverty.
Dr. Fletcher will tell her own story: A product of childhood trauma, she scores a 10 on the Adverse Childhood Experiences, ACE survey. She will also include information and inspiration from her book, He Is Not A Gladiator, in her keynote.
Dr. Glynetta Fletcher (“Fletch”) is a strategist, educator, and advocate retired from LA Unified School District who is dedicated to reshaping how we support boys in today’s complex world. With a background in organizational leadership and educational equity, Fletch brings over twenty years of experience working in schools supporting students that deserve the most yet too often receive the least.
Currently the Program Director of the Gurian Institute, Fletch’s work focuses on teaching teachers how boys and girls learn differently so that they can move beyond surface-level solutions into lasting impact. Known for blending research with lived experience, Fletch is not afraid to name hard truths or ask the uncomfortable questions that lead to transformation.
At the core of her work is a belief that supporting boys and girls isn’t about fixing them—it’s about creating environments that allow them to be seen, heard, and challenged in the right ways. Fletch speaks nationally on topics such as the emotional development of boys, school culture reform, trauma-informed systems, and leadership accountability and does so with the clarity, humor, and depth this work demands.
The What Boys Need As Males Conference is free but you need to register to participate. Please go to https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/ to learn more and register. Please reach out to info@gurianinstitute.com with any questions.
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