Universal SEB Screening Resources
Professional learning and associated information about universal social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) screening and tools.
Professional Development
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.
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.
Supporting LGBTQ Youth
Professional development opportunities and tools for teachers around supporting LGBTQ youth.
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.
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.