Trauma & Healing Supports

Emotional Wellness Toolkit

How you feel can affect your ability to carry out everyday activities, your relationships, and your overall mental health. How you react to your experiences and feelings can change over time. Emotional wellness is the ability to successfully handle life’s stresses and adapt to change and difficult times. On this website flip the cards for checklists on how to improve your health in each area, such as sleep and reducing stress. Click on the images to read articles about each topic. You can also print the checklists separately or all together to share with others or as a reminder to yourself.

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Healing Centered Engagement: an Overview

This course is an introduction to healing-centered engagement, which is strengths-based, advances a collective view of healing, and re-centers culture as a central feature in well-being. It requires us to shift our thinking a bit. This framework supports the well-being of all students, and especially those whose anxiety is a result of trauma exposure. This course was developed by Dr. Ginwright and his team at Flourish Agenda.

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School Wellness Resiliency Toolkit

The Resiliency Toolkit is a resource designed to promote resiliency in safe and supportive school and caregiving environments. This curated collection offers developmentally appropriate knowledge, tools, and guidance to help students, caregivers, and school personnel navigate both everyday challenges and broader systemic issues. The toolkit brings together best practices, reliable information, and trusted external resources to empower users as they identify needs, explore effective strategies, and access additional support.

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A Love Letter and Support Guide for Families Navigating Harmful Immigration Raids and Policies

“A Love Letter and Support Guide for Families Navigating Harmful Immigration Raids and Policies.” This guide was created for immigrant parents, and shaped by the insights and experiences of families impacted by immigration enforcement throughout the country. The guide highlights their experiences and offers advice, providing parents with mental health resources for themselves and their children. This love letter to immigrant parents invites parents to reflect on their own mental health, guides them through safety planning, and offers tips on how to talk to and support their children.

This resource is available in both English and Spanish

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Building a Trans Inclusive School Environment

Transphobia, or discrimination against transgender people, can and does occur in spaces where youth deserve to feel safe and included, such as school. School staff are responsible for fostering a school climate that supports learning and healthy development. Research shows that a student’s sense of belonging improves academic outcomes, increases continuing enrollment, and protects mental health.

This course provides steps you can take to help make your school more safe and inclusive.

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Calm Down Corner

One way to help children learn how to self-regulate is by providing them with calm down corners. A calm down corner is a designated space in a home or classroom with the sole intent of being a safe space for a child to go to when they feel their emotions are running too high and they need to regain their emotional and physical control. Gain some tips for creating a calm down corner in this short article.

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