Trauma & Healing Awareness

Why Are People Afraid of Multicultural Children’s Books?

This webinar explores why people fear multicultural children’s books, emphasizing the importance of decolonizing imaginations to provide diverse narratives and counteract systemic racism. He highlights historical and contemporary examples of censorship and book banning, underscoring the critical need for inclusive literature in fostering empathy and understanding among young readers.

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Welcoming Schools

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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Trauma-Informed Skills for Educators

Trauma-Informed Skills for Educators (TISE), is a self-paced, user-friendly e-learning course designed to help K-12 educators recognize trauma and support students who may be affected by trauma. TISE contains eight modules. Modules 1–4 educate users about trauma and resilience. Modules 5–8 focus on building the skills needed to create a positive school climate, communicate in a trauma-informed way, de-escalate situations in the classroom, and collaborate with staff members to build a trauma-responsive school environment. There is a cost for this training.

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Trauma-Sensitive Schools Training Package

The Trauma-Sensitive Schools Training Package offers school and district administrators and staff a framework and roadmap for adopting a trauma-sensitive approach school- or district wide. The Training Package includes a variety of resources for educating school staff about trauma and trauma-sensitive practices and for providing school leaders with a step-by-step process for implementing a universal, trauma-informed approach using package materials.

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