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What does the Research Say? Hundreds of Independent Studies Confirm: SEL Benefits Students

The benefits of social and emotional learning (SEL) are well-researched, with evidence demonstrating that an education that promotes SEL yields positive outcomes for students, adults, and school communities. The findings in this paper come from hundreds of independent studies across multiple fields and sources that show SEL leads to beneficial outcomes related to: social and emotional skills, academic performance, mental wellness, healthy behaviors, school climate and safety, and lifetime outcomes.

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Trauma Experiences of LGBTQ+ Victims: Victimization, Discrimination, and Other Stressful Experiences

A recent study (2021)of victimization and help-seeking among Illinois residents found individuals who identified as LGBTQ+ were more likely to report having been victimized at some point in their lifetime than non-LGBTQ+ individuals. This report includes recommendations for how systems and employers can support LGBTQ+ victims and/or prevent additional trauma are provided and future research directions are discussed.

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Levels of Racism: a theoretical framwork and a gardner’s tale

Article presents a theoretic framework for understanding racism on 3 levels: institutionalized, personally mediated, and internalized. This framework is useful for raising new hypotheses about the basis of race-associated differences in health outcomes, as well as for designing effective interventions to eliminate those differences, and provides allegories to help illustrate the impacts of the different levels of racism.

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Ke ala i ka Mauliola: Native Hawaiian Youth Experiences with Historical Trauma

This qualitative study used Indigenous talk story interviews with 34 NH ʻōpio (youth) and ka lawelawe (service providers) to explore how NH ʻōpio understand and experience historical trauma. Eight themes and 35 sub-themes were identified covering individual, community, and systemic domains representing the first step in addressing NH historical trauma.

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Fostering Belonging, Transforming Schools: The Impact of Restorative Practices

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.

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Effectiveness of Restorative Justice in US K-12 Schools: a Review of Quantitative Research

This 2020 article provides an overview of restorative justice (RJ) in US K-12 schools, discusses implementation challenges, and summarizes the most recent two decades of quantitative studies regarding the effectiveness of RJ at achieving a range of outcomes. While RJ has become increasingly popular, there is still relatively little quantitative research regarding its effective-ness. Still, available evidence suggests that RJ programs can improve school climates and reduce student misbehavior and school discipline. Results are more mixed regarding RJ’s impact on bullying, student absenteeism, and academic performance.

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Adapting and Implementing a School-Based Resilience-Building Curriculum Among Low-Income Racial and Ethnic Minority Students

Journal review (2017) of adapting and Implementing a school-based resilience-building curriculum among low-income racial and ethnic minority students. Addresses esilience-building and trauma-informed preventive classroom intervention for youth.

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Cultivating Positive Teacher–Student Relationships: Preliminary Evaluation of the Establish–Maintain–Restore (EMR) Method

Strong teacher–student relationships have long been considered a foundational aspect of a positive school experience. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effects of the establish–maintain–restore (EMR) method for improving teacher–student relationships and students’ classroom behavior while providing elementary teachers with structured professional development and follow-up support.

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