Marie Nelson, MEd

Marie Nelson, M.Ed. is a counselor with the Tyler Independent School District in Texas.  She is also the Trauma/Crisis Response Coordinator for her district of 17,000+ students.  As coordinator she has been heavily involved in research, training of administrators and Campus Trauma Response Teams, and has helped to develop the basic protocol for the district.  She also has participated in terrorism exercises and some emergency management training through the Texas Department of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
 
Her years of experience include classroom teaching, spending time as a Reading Specialist, and becoming certified as a Mediator in Education.  She has trained adult trainers in mediation as well as over 1,000 students in how to be mediators.  There was time spent in being a member of the Texas Attorney General's Board on Mediation Initiative as well as speaking extemporaneously before the Texas Attorney General's Task Force for Violence.
 
She is certified as a Trauma and Loss Consultant Supervisor through TLC.  She has co-authored with Dr. William Steele, Dee Ingle, and Patti Porter the Trauma Response Protocol Manual for Schools.  She is a member of the TLC faculty and presently serves on TLC's Advisory Board and TLC's Journal Board. You can reach Marie at nelsondemar7@aol.com