The Importance of Family Engagement: Students with Disabilties
Guide to engagement with families of students with disabilties
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Learning & Instruction
The Power of Student-Teacher Relationships
Two-page guide to help guide teachers in building and maintaining postive relationships with their students, with tips on setting clear expectations, keeping perspective on meaning behind behaviors, and getting to know students.
The Psychological Effects of the Conflicting Stories We Hear
Researchers have a term for the sense of security that arises when the way that our caregivers help us make sense of the world is consistent with how the world actually is: “epistemic trust.” This epistemic trust—being able to rely on the validity of what we experience and what we see and hear as related to us by those in a position of authority—is at our developmental core how we come to feel secure within ourselves, to trust others, and to feel at home in a world that makes sense. This information can be extrapolated for educators as they navigate a highly political environments and news stories with their students.
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Talking to Children about Racism: The Time is Now
Article about the importance on talking about race and racism with children
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Talking with Youth about Anti-Asian American/Pacific Islander Hate
An article about a survey by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and CASEL revealed that during the COVID-19 crisis, U.S. teachers predominantly felt anxious, fearful, and overwhelmed. The article highlights the need for better emotional support and well-being initiatives for educators.
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Teacher-Parent Communication Strategies to Start the Year Off Right
By prioritizing communication with families at the start of the school year, educators can foster strong parent engagement, break down barriers, and provide support for all students. This bundle of articles offer ideas for family engagement.
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Teachers Are Anxious and Overwhelmed. They Need SEL Now More Than Ever
As research tells us that 85 percent of teachers report that work-life imbalance was affecting their ability to teach and at least 30 percent of teachers leave the profession within their first five years of teaching, this article asserts that educators’ emotions matter for five primary reasons and supports the need for adult SEL.
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STRONG – Supporting Transition Resilience in Newcomer Groups
Supporting Transition Resilience of Newcomer Groups (STRONG) is an evidence-informed, school-based intervention for newcomer (refugee and immigrant) youth (K-12th grades) to support their transition to a new school and community.
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Supporting Students, Staff, and Families Impacted by Anti-AANHPI Racism
The National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) compiled the following list of websites and free resources to help support youth, families, schools, and communities impacted by anti-AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) racism.
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Tackling Unhealed Trauma: A guide to healing-centered engagement
Key insights from Shawn Ginwright’s social-emotional learning approach that equips educators, administrators, youth workers, caregivers, and students with culturally appropriate techniques to promote healing, self-esteem, and well-being, and also creates positive conditions for academic achievement.
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