Article about how our ancestors’ experiences might change your personality, helping build anxiety or resilience by altering the epigenetic expressions of genes in the brain, and provides context around historical and generational trauma.
Grandma’s Experiences Leave a Mark on Your Genes Read More »
Futures Without Violence is a health and social justice nonprofit with a simple mission: to heal those among us who are traumatized by violence today – and to create healthy families and communities free of violence tomorrow. Their website includes resources about social justice and healing from trauma.
Look to Illinois School District 214 for ideas to make educational equity a reality in your district. SD 214 addresses educational equity through 5 pillars: Systemic; Employment and Retention; Professional Learning for Student Success; Student Voice, Climate, and Culture; and Family and Community Engagement.
Learn how exclusionary discipline practices like suspensions and expulsions can increase misbehavior and negatively impact school climate, particularly among Black students, who face disproportionate rates of these punishments. Discover how restorative practices, which focus on conflict resolution and community building, can address the root causes of misbehavior, reduce racial disparities, and improve overall school climate and academic engagement.
Fostering Belonging, Transforming Schools: The Impact of Restorative Practices Read More »
This is the 2016 online version of Fostering Resilient Learners, which helps cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and educational settings.
Essentials for Childhood famework proposes strategies and resources communities can consider to promote the types of relationships and environments that help children grow up to be healthy and productive citizens so that they, in turn, can build stronger and safer families and communities for their children.
Essentials for Childhood Framework and Resources Read More »
Website to help schools in their equity by providing a broad range of services — research and evaluation, professional learning, technical assistance, and policy guidance — that are tailored to the needs of our clients. A nonpartisan partner, WestEd generates knowledge and apply evidence and expertise to improve policies, systems, and practices.
The “doll test” is a psychological experiment designed in the 1940s in the USA to test the degree of marginalization felt by African American children caused by prejudice, discrimination and racial segregation. Given the considerable increase of the phenomenon of migration in Europe in recent years the filmmakers decided to re-create the test with Italian children in 2016.
This 4-session recorded webinar series includes handouts and resources on educator well-being and to support educators tap into their resiliency skills, increase self-compassion, create self-care routines, build a practice of gratitude and appreciation and celebrate – even those small successes – to support wellbeing.
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