A Trauma-Informed Resource for Strengthening Family-School Partnerships
A Trauma-Informed Resource for Strengthening Family-School Partnerships
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Youth & Family Voice
A Refuge for LGBTQ+ Young People
Learn about Student-run Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) clubs, which are a federally protected space for young people to survive and thrive in the increasingly hostile anti-LGBTQ+ climate in schools and across the country.
10 Practices to Support Youth Voice
Service-learning is an approach to teaching and learning where students use academic and civic knowledge and skills to address a genuine community need. When service-learning is used in or outside the classroom, it provides ample opportunities for young people to share their voices and experiences while addressing a genuine community need. Here are ways you can support youth voice within quality service-learning instruction.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
Set of surveys that track behaviors that can lead to poor health in students grades 9 through 12. Results help monitor health trends, identify emerging issues, and plan and evaluate programs that can help improve adolescent health.
VOYCE Project
Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) is a youth organizing alliance led by students of color from across Chicago. Through VOYCE, young people have been leading a movement to transform what safety means in schools and communities, advancing a vision for healing-centered schools and communities.
Tackling Unhealed Trauma: A guide to healing-centered engagement
Key insights from Shawn Ginwright’s social-emotional learning approach that equips educators, administrators, youth workers, caregivers, and students with culturally appropriate techniques to promote healing, self-esteem, and well-being, and also creates positive conditions for academic achievement.
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School Administrator Self-Assessment on Conscious Discipline
Administrator self-assessment to support implementation of conscious discipline; available for free & premium members, designed specifically for administrators.
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Praxis Project
Praxis Project centers community, builds power for health, justice, and racial equity. Site includes research and learning with options for participation in learning circles and other field building activities.
Parent Engagement Institute
A partnership between Palenque LSNA and the Southwest Organizing Project, the Parent Engagement Institute (PEI) builds the capacity of community organizations, parent leaders, and schools to replicate the Parent Mentor Program model and build transformative parent leadership in schools and communities across Illinois and beyond.
National Equity Project
The National Equity Project is a nonprofit, social impact organization committed to increasing the capacity of people to achieve thriving, self-determining, educated and just communities. Schools can find resources for racial justice and educational equity.
