Speaking & Workshops
Engaging presentations and interactive workshops that bring research, practical strategies, and real-world experience togetherso you can support children’s behavior, social-emotional development, and learning success.
Real-World Strategies. Meaningful Impact.
Dr. Teri Rouse brings experience, warmth, and practical tools that audiences can use immediately to make a lasting difference for the children and families they serve.
Engaging & Relatable
Sessions that connect, inspire, and keep audiences engaged.
Practical & Actionable
Real strategies and tools you can use right away in real situations.
Evidence-Informed
Grounded in research, experience, and best practices.
Compassionate & Empowering
Delivered with warmth, understanding, and real-world perspective.
Tailored to Your Audience
Customized topics to meet the unique needs of your group.
Popular Workshop Topics
These can be customized to your group or organization, or custom workshops can be created.
Creating Calm in the Chaos: REAL Strategies That Reach Every Student
Practical, relationship-centered strategies for responding to anxiety, trauma, disengagement, emotional overload, and challenging behavior in schools.
Behavior Is Communication: Looking Beyond the Behavior to Understand the Child
An exploration of what behavior communicates and how adults can respond with curiosity, connection, and effective support instead of punishment and power struggles.
The REAL Framework: Turning Connection Into Meaningful Change
Dr. Teri’s signature approach - Relationships, Engagement, Attitude, and Lifelong Learning for helping children, families, educators, and organizations thrive.
Trauma at 7:30, 4:00, and 9:00: Understanding Trauma Across a Child’s Day
A powerful look at how trauma affects children at school, during transitions, at home, and at bedtime, and what caring adults can do to create safety and stability.
Relationships That Create Change: Connection as the Foundation for Growth
Why meaningful relationships are not “extra,” but the foundation for learning, trust, cooperation, resilience, and lasting behavioral change.
Supporting Children with Diverse Needs: Helping Every Child Thrive
Practical and respectful strategies for supporting autistic children, neurodivergent learners, children with developmental differences, and those who communicate in different ways.
Growing Hope and Resilience: Supporting Children While Sustaining Yourself
A compassionate session about building resilience in children while addressing caregiver and educator stress, emotional exhaustion, and burnout.
Untamed Chaos: Improving Communication, Resolving Conflict, and Restoring Peace
REAL-world strategies that help families move beyond yelling, frustration, and power struggles toward stronger communication, calmer homes, and more connected relationships.
Before the Bell Rings: What Children Need Before Learning Can Begin
A timely presentation connecting early intervention, behavior, family engagement, IDEA, Title I, and the real-life barriers children face before they ever enter the classroom.
The Day My Cape Tore: When Educators Are Tired of Being Superheroes
An honest, inspiring conversation about educator exhaustion, impossible expectations, rediscovering purpose, and recognizing that resilience does not mean carrying everything alone.
Watch my Interviews
Dr. Teri Rouse: Empowering Families
Dr. Teri Rouse: Effective Parenting and Behavioral Coaching
Dr. Teri Rouse's Inspiring Story of Overcoming Abuse to Create a New Life as a Best-Selling Author
Empowering Children to Find Their Voice with Dr. Teri Rouse
Let's Work Together to Make an Impact
In-person or virtual, Dr. Teri delivers warm, engaging, and evidence-informed sessions that leave audiences inspired, equipped, and ready to make a difference.
In-Person
Available for paid speaking engagements locally, nationally, and internationally.
Virtual
Available for virtual events world-wide.