The video series “Learn to be a People Person” by author Paul McGee offers practical guidance on improving communication skills, handling negative people, boosting resilience, motivating others, and managing conflict, helping viewers enhance their personal and professional interactions.
A short video from the point of view of Jacob, a pre-teen who worries a lot and avoids things that might trigger his worry, like watching the news about crime in his neighborhood. It can be used to help youth understand their own anxiety and treatment, including exposure. This video is Part 2 of Jacob’s story. Part 1 can be found here: https://youtu.be/4RSdV9R8wXQ
What does it take to build a healing-centered school district? Healing is much more than any one program – it’s the environment, relationships, & orientation we bring to work every day. From reevaluating school district policies to developing trauma training for staff to providing healing supports to administrators, we’ve launched initiatives to become more healing-centered. Join Liz Dozier and Maurice Swinney for a discussion on the learnings from our journey – from successful signs of healing to the obstacles & challenges.
Learning from Building a Healing Centered District Read More »
This brief video provides guidance on why doing no harm with the language we use is important as we work with diverse groups of students, staff and families.
Kimberlé Crenshaw, a civil rights advocate and professor at UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, talks about intersectional theory, the study of how overlapping or intersecting social identities—and particularly minority identities—relate to systems and structures of discrimination. This video provides a clear and concise way to explain what intersectionality is and why it is important for schools to understand it.
This video, part of Center for Childhood Resilience’s Introduction to Trauma course, provides an overivew of how trauma impacts young people’s brain development, and the consequences it has on learning and the ability to form relationships.
Information on creating calm spaces in classrooms and schools.
90-minute documentary – eight transgender kids, ranging in ages from 9 to 19, speak with striking candor and remarkable insight about their deeply personal experiences.
This video, which is part of the Center for Childhood Resilience’s CBT course, provides an overview of using exposure in the treatment with youth with anxiety.
News story about Springfield IL schools using peace rooms in high schools to ensure students have a safe space to talk about what they’re going through.
District 186 opens new peace rooms in three high schools Read More »
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