Supporting LGBTQ Youth
Professional development opportunities and tools for teachers around supporting LGBTQ youth.
Professional Development
Support for Teachers Affected by Trauma
Support for Teachers Affected by Trauma (STAT) is a self-paced course designed to help educators understand Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS, recognize its symptoms in themselves, and mitigate its effects. There is a cost for the online course.
School Based Adoption Competency for Mental Health Professionals
Free, web-based training: National Training Initiative’s School Based Adoption Competency for Mental Health Professionals developed by the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) It is important for educators and school mental health professionals to understand that children who have been separated from a birth parent and caregiver or who have experienced displacement are unique. The training consists of 8 modules and provides the foundational knowledge, values, skills, and resources for school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and school-based therapists to effectively support the mental health and well-being of children experiencing foster care, adoption, kinship care, and/or significant separation and loss of birth family, community, and culture.
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Reimagine Justice Illinois
Organization within Illinois that provides advocacy, professional development, needs assessment, action planning and implementation to communties and organizations wanting to develop adult social and emotional leanring, restorative practices, clutire and climate work in schools, bullying prevention, and healing-centered work.
Rainbows for All Children
Rainbows’s mission is to create a community that connects children with the support they need to navigate grief and heal from loss. Rainbows provides training and support groups to schools around programs and resources for schools to support students dealing with grief and loss.
Race Forward for Racial Equity
Race Forward provides training to help people develop skills and strategies to understand, challenge, and address structural and institutional racial inequities. Their website has lots of resources, including videos, podcasts and toolkits to help individuals and communities, including schools build knowledge and skills around dismantling racism.
Professional Preparation & Self-Care
The Coalition to Support Grieving Students provides educators with resources and guidance to support grieving students effectively. It offers practical strategies, professional development modules, and comprehensive tools to help school communities address grief and foster a compassionate environment for students experiencing loss. Information also includes professional learning around staff self-care when supporting students with grief.
Psychological First Aid
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidenced-informed strategy that school communities can implement after crises to support students, staff and families. It includes a 5-hour online, interactive course that puts the participant in the role of a provider in a post-disaster scene. This course is for individuals new to disaster response who want to learn the core goals of PFA, as well as for seasoned practitioners who want a review.
Organizational Wellness Coaching
Racial healing & liberatory coaching with school leaders and leadership teams (looking at the how of culture & climate in mind). Organizational culture – how do we treat each other, how do we repair and connect.
New Root
NewRoot provides innovative, experiential programs focused on building leadership, social-emotional learning, and community engagement among young people. Their resources and activities aim to empower youth to create positive social change and develop essential life skills. Restorative Justice Practices, coaching & supports are part of the process.
