Policies

Trauma-Informed Programs & Practices for Schools (TIPPS)

This guide gives school and district leaders, teachers, and other
professional staff a comprehensive overview of trauma-informed
schools and strategies. The guide provides background on adversity, trauma, and the role of schools, describes a system framework for trauma-informed schools and offer a series of guiding principles and strategies that
align with 10 Trauma-Informed Programs and Practices in Schools
(TIPPS) pillars, which are based in research on adversity and resilience.

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TransYouth Family Allies

Many educators and administrators have limited prior experience with accommodating transgender and gender-variant youth. This website helps when planning for the best interests of the child, as well as for helping other students, parents, teachers, staff, school boards, and the media understand the circumstances and your school’s response. Their materials are available as both web pages and printable PDFs. You may print, link to, or distribute these documents by mail or electronically (without additions or modifications per their copyright notice).

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Stop Bullying

StopBullying.gov is a U.S. Department of Education federal website that provides information on prevention and intervention for children, teens, and adults to respond to bullying. Under the resources tab, Get Help Now, provides specific strategies and tools to inform and guide individuals to help end or prevent bullying.

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Principles of an Anti-Racist, Trauma-Informed Organization

This guide offers actionable principles that organizations and child-serving systems can implement to move toward the fundamental transformation of becoming anti-racist and trauma-informed. This list of principles is a companion document to the Being Anti-Racist is Central to Trauma- Informed Care: Principles of an Anti-Racist, Trauma-Informed Organization resource, which includes further explanation and strategies for how organizations can put these principles into action.

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PBIS – Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports

The PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) tools page offers a comprehensive collection of resources to support the implementation and sustainability of PBIS in schools. It includes guides, assessments, data tools, and training materials to promote positive behavior, enhance school climate, and improve student outcomes. The repository of tools, assessments, and resources is searchable by keyword.

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Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative

This organization provides trainings on childhood adversity and resilience, historical trauma, burnout, and trauma-informed care have reached 1,200 people from community-based organizations, hospitals, FQHCs, schools, foundations, and more. They also are the region’s hub for the ACE Interface Train-the-Trainer curriculum, a nationally recognized program developed by Dr. Rob Anda and Laura Porter. We have trained four cohorts of presenters and now have four master trainers and 85 presenters.

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Helping Traumatized Kids Learn

This website houses lots of information, resources, videos, and tools to use in schools engaging in this work. Resources on the site are organized to support your inquiry into the following questions: What is a trauma-sensitive school? Why are trauma-sensitive schools needed? and How do we create a trauma-sensitive school?

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Healing Through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice

Read about the initiative that supports city, county, and state governments and communities in moving from commitment to action for health, racial equity, and justice using the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformationâ„¢ framework. Healing Through Policy is an initiative of the American Public Health Association, the de Beaumont Foundation, and the National Collaborative for Health Equity, in collaboration with Results for America.

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