Family & Community Partnership

Welcoming & Supporting Newcomer Students and Families: Laying the Foundation for Support

December 5, 2024

This short course is part of the Welcoming and Supporting Newcomer Youth Wellness in Schools learning series, the first of three courses that provides fundamental knowledge key to working with newcomers, as well as strategies to support these students and their families. Learn about citizenship pathways, work authorization, and public benefits terminology, analyze migration factors, and supportive strategies for school communities.

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Anti-Racist Language and Guidance

August 8, 2024

This brief guide created by Center for Childhood Resilience helps schools and organizations use anti-racist language in their work, engagement with students and families, and materials.

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Youth Truth Student Survey Professional Development

August 5, 2024

Not for profit organization that uses info from youth surveys to report on power of collaboration, relationships and youth voice. Provides PD to schools and districts to deepen understanding of using student voice and other stakeholder feedback to accelerate change.

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Youth Voice Toolkit

August 5, 2024

Youth Voice Toolkit to help youth make decisions, reflect on learning, plan for action, and advocate for change in the communities they belong to.

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Youth Voice: Youth with Special Healthcare Needs

August 5, 2024

DSCC partners with youth and their families to help them be well-prepared and have a smooth transition. DSCC believes youth should have a strong voice in this process to share what matters most to them. DSCC’s Youth Advisory Council gives youth a platform to freely share their input to promote more successful transitions to adulthood.

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What We Can Do About Toxic Stress

August 5, 2024

This Infographic provides information in both a narrative and visual way about how communities can invest in things that support children and fanmilies experiencing toxic stress so they can go from surviving to coping to resilience.

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Widening the Lens on ACEs: The Role of Community in Trauma, Resilience, and Thriving

August 5, 2024

Report explores how the lens of community resilience can support community building initiatives and systems-level change that can prevent trauma, mitigate its impact, and interrupt its transmission from one generation to the next.

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Welcoming Schools

August 5, 2024

One of the best ways to welcome students and families into your school community is to integrate high-quality texts into your classroom and school libraries. Welcoming Schools offers recommendations for diverse books for schools, libraries and home. Find books that reflect the rich diversity of people in your school and the world.

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Welcoming Schools for LGBTQ Students

August 5, 2024

HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is a comprehensive bias-based bullying prevention program that provides LGBTQ+ and gender-inclusive professional development training, lesson plans, booklists and resources specifically designed for educators and youth-serving professionals. In addition to working with individual schools, the Welcoming Schools team works with districts to increase the internal capacity for districts to improve school climate by training facilitators within the district to deliver Welcoming Schools content to district educators.

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Trauma Experiences of LGBTQ+ Victims: Victimization, Discrimination, and Other Stressful Experiences

August 5, 2024

A recent study (2021)of victimization and help-seeking among Illinois residents found individuals who identified as LGBTQ+ were more likely to report having been victimized at some point in their lifetime than non-LGBTQ+ individuals. This report includes recommendations for how systems and employers can support LGBTQ+ victims and/or prevent additional trauma are provided and future research directions are discussed.

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