Staffing & Preparation

Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators

The Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators is a resource that provides school administrators, teachers, staff, and concerned parents with basic information about working with traumatized children in the school system. The toolkit is made up of 10 fact sheets that discuss various aspects of trauma in schools and how educators and parents can respond. It describes how a child’s response to trauma can negatively affect learning and behavior in school, and how school administrators, teachers, and staff can help reduce the impact of trauma on the students in their care.

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Building Resilience Toolkit: Self-Care Guide for All Staff

This information is from the Traimer’s Guide for Staff Self-Care. Each section contains learning objectives to guide your attention to major points in the material. Answering questions for reflection after each section will help assess your progress toward achieving each learning objective. To obtain the maximum benefit from the material, we urge you to write thoughtful responses where they are sought, complete the inventories and lists, and respond to the questions for reflection. The module ends with you creating a custom self-care plan.

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Best Practices in Mental Health Screening: Mental Health Promotion – Tier 1 Services and Support

This is the second module of the Best Practices in Mental Health Screening training series about screening as a bigger part of a multi-tiered system of support system in schools and key pre-planning considerations. This module cover Mental Health Promotion – Tier 1 Services and Support.

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Being Antiracist

This site includes loads of information and ideas to use in schools, classrooms and team meetings, including conversation starters, videos and reflection around what it means to be being anti-racist, with the goal of school community members making conscious decisions to make frequent, consistent, equitable choices daily.

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Best Practices in Mental Health Screening: About Screening

This is the fourth module of the Best Practices in Mental Health Screening training series about screening as a bigger part of a multi-tiered system of support system in schools and key pre-planning considerations. Includes a district example of mental screening implmentation in one school disgrict, and includes information on screening for mental health and well-being in schools.

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ADDRESSING Model

This short video provides an overview of the ADDRESSING Model. Developed by Pamela Hays, the “ADDRESSING” model is a framework that facilitates recognition and understanding of the complexities of individual identity. According to Hays, consideration of age, developmental disabilities, acquired disabilities, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, indigenous group membership, nationality, and gender contributes to a complete understanding of cultural identity.

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Addressing Racism in the Classroom

This resource is intended to help educators understand how they might address the interplay of race and trauma and its effects on students in the classroom. After defining key terms, the guide outlines recommendations for educators and offers a list of supplemental resources. This guide is intended as a complement to two existing NCTSN resources—Position Statement on Racial Injustice and Trauma and Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators—and it should be implemented in accordance with individual school policies and procedures.

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