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Rehumaning Childhood

Rehumaning isn't just a personal practice — it's a systems and settings one. Through her consulting shop, First Quarter Strategies, Stephanie works with education and youth development professionals to create the conditions kids and their grown-ups need to thrive.

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Speaking

Stephanie offers keynotes and talks on well-being that help adults and young people understand the overwhelm of modern life and ways to protect the human essentials we need to thrive. Stephanie's talks braid the latest research with her lived experience and Native Hawaiian heritage, creating experiences that are both informative and intimate.

Stephanie Malia Krauss public speaking appearance

Popular Keynotes

• Overcoming Overwhelm
• Rehumaning Childhood and Our Lives
• Beyond College and Career Ready
• Whole Child Practices for Whole Life Thriving

Common Engagements
• Education and Youth Development Conferences
• District and School Convocations and Institutes
• Staff Training and Professional Development Days
• Membership Organization and Association Meetings

• Corporate Well-Being Events 

Formats
• In-Person 
• Virtual 
• Panels

Consulting

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Rehumaning School

Strategic guidance and training for leaders transforming schools and afterschool programs to address overwhelm and protect what makes us human.

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Rehumaning Summer

Capacity-building support for camps and summer programs that want to strengthen offerings and better prepare and care for youth in changing and challenging times.

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Rehumaning Services

Strategic advising for clinical, social service, and pediatric health partners who want to rehuman their systems of care and better protect young people’s human essentials.

Stephanie Malia Krauss presenting to a leadership group in Hawaii

If you're wondering whether rehumaning could work in your system, school, or setting—it can. Stephanie is ready to help you figure out where to start.

Professional Learning 

Staff Trainings

These single or multi-day workshops combine the research, principles, and practices of How We Thrive, Whole Child, Whole Life, and/or Making It, with facilitated exercises focused on immediate application and future planning.

Rehumaning Retreats

These single or multi-day immersive retreats engage groups in experiencing and reflecting on the 14 human essentials needed to navigate the dangerous weather conditions of modern life and thrive.

Book Studies

These guided book studies bring participants through a praxis process — learning plus action — focused on caring for kids and ourselves in a challenging world.

PLC on Rehumaning

This PLC is an experiential learning process, well-suited for teams that feel depleted or burned out, where participants learn about rehumaning and support each other as they protect and prioritize human essentials at work and in life.

PLC on Thriving

This PLC is a structured, collaborative experience where participants explore the science of thriving and whole person development and work together to develop an actionable portrait of a thriving youth.

PLC on Future Readiness

This PLC is a structured, collaborative experience where participants work together, under expert leadership and facilitation, to go beyond college and career readiness strategies to prioritize young people having long, livable, lovable lives.

Some of Stephanie's Past Clients

YTFG logo, Youth Transition Funders Group
The Forum for Youth Investment logo
Jobs For the Future (JFF) logo
Forum for Community Solutions, Aspen Institute logo
Education Northwest logo
Redlich Horwitz Foundation logo with RHF initials
RAIKES FOUNDATION logo
Camp Fire logo
Pacific American Foundation logo
Commonwealth Learning Partnership logo
SoLD Alliance logo
KnowledgeWorks logo
Children's Defense Fund logo
MID-PACIFIC Kupu Hou Academy logo
Children's Funding Project logo
4-H National Council logo
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation logo
4-H Nebraska logo
Partnership for the Future of Learning logo
The University of Texas at Austin College of Education logo
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