Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime Read More »
It takes a lot of discipline to remember and to notice what is going well in your life, what is beautiful, and to notice where there is love, where there is grace. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky is Founder and Director of The Trauma Stewardship Institute.
This brief video, part of Center for Childhood Resilience’s Introduction to Trauma course, explains SAMSHA’s definition of trauma, which helps us understand how trauma can impact students in our schools.
This video is based on the “compass” from Glenn Singleton’s book: Courageous Conversations About Race. It was created to help us understand how we each process and engage with information about race. Using this compass is also a way to understand the reactions of others during difficult conversations. Knowing which quadrant you are in can help you have more productive conversations.
This video explores the effects of trauma on children, highlighting signs such as emotional distress, behavioral changes, and relationship difficulties, while emphasizing the importance of recognizing these signs and providing a supportive, safe environment for healing.
This video is helpful to use when talking about grief with high school students. Writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares wisdom about life and death. Her candid approach to something that will affect us all, she encourages us to shift how we approach grief. “A grieving person is going to laugh again and smile again,” she says. “They’re going to move forward. But that doesn’t mean that they’ve moved on.”
We Don’t “Move on” from Grief. We Move Forward with it. Read More »
This video is part three of the “Three Core Concepts in Early Development” series from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University and the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child.
This video highlights the importance of supportive and nurturing relationships in schools and the positive effect this has on students’ social, emotional and academic outcomes.
A helpful video using the voices of youth on what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use new ones and support your trans friends and students.
Watch this video to get an idea of what a trauma sensitive secondary school looks like.
What Does a Trauma-Sensitive Middle/High School Look Like? Read More »
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