Dawn Kowalczyk is the Program Coordinator for the Promising Path to Success Coaching Team working with New Jersey’s Children’s System of Care to implement healing centered/trauma informed practices using the evidenced-based model, 6 Core Strategies© for Preventing Violence, Trauma, and the Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Behavioral Health Settings, as a framework for systems change. Dawn is a Certified Advanced Trainer in the Nurtured Heart Approach® and leads the statewide NHA Trainer Learning Community. She is an Air Force Veteran, former resource parent and a Division of Child Protection & Permanency (DCPP) adoptive parent. She has been in the behavioral health field for over 20 years with extensive clinical work as a licensed marriage and family therapist, as well as diverse administrative and supervisory experience.