📖 Episodic Synopsis

In this episode of Classroom Narratives: Healing in Education, Dr. Joey Weisler speaks with Dr. Alexander Fields—Assistant Professor of counselor education at Florida Atlantic University, licensed professional counselor, and nationally certified counselor. Together, they explore Dr. Fields' groundbreaking work in suicide prevention among young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs), his BEAM curriculum (Bias Exploration and Awareness in Mental health diagnosis), and why systemic change is urgently needed in both education and mental health care.

Listeners will hear practical strategies for trauma-informed classrooms, stories that reveal the hidden signs students use when they can’t verbalize distress, and insights on how to challenge professional and personal bias in order to provi ...