Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal works at every level of government to stand up for the LGBTQ+ community and everyone living with HIV.
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IEP and 504 Accommodations for Trauma or PTSD
Support and ideas for writing, advocating for and implementing IEPs and 504 Plans for students who require accommodations for trauma or PTSD.
Helping Traumatized Kids Learn
This website houses lots of information, resources, videos, and tools to use in schools engaging in this work. Resources on the site are organized to support your inquiry into the following questions: What is a trauma-sensitive school? Why are trauma-sensitive schools needed? and How do we create a trauma-sensitive school?
Guided Meditations
Find lots of guided meditations -on this website to use with students, families, and in staff meetings and trainings.
Evidence Based Practices for Equity in Schools
Website to help schools in their equity by providing a broad range of services — research and evaluation, professional learning, technical assistance, and policy guidance — that are tailored to the needs of our clients. A nonpartisan partner, WestEd generates knowledge and apply evidence and expertise to improve policies, systems, and practices.
Community Resilience Framework
The Community Resilience (CR) Framework bridges cross-disciplinary research in social determinants, early childhood development, neurobiology, and disaster preparedness and response to analyze the complex interactions between public systems, policies, and community outcomes.
Coalition for Immigant Mental Health
Illinois-based site for resources and information to support refugee/immigrant/asylee populations in communities.
Being Antiracist
This site includes loads of information and ideas to use in schools, classrooms and team meetings, including conversation starters, videos and reflection around what it means to be being anti-racist, with the goal of school community members making conscious decisions to make frequent, consistent, equitable choices daily.
Audre Lorde Project
The Audre Lorde Project works with LGBTQ+ people of color organizations and communities across differences of race/ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, and life experiences in order to develop and implement culturally specific and effective programs and services reflecting the needs of our communities. Though based, in NY, schools and communities can be inspired with ideas from ALP’s community organization and social justice work to support and keep LGBTQ+ young people safe.
Parent Engagement Institute
A partnership between Palenque LSNA and the Southwest Organizing Project, the Parent Engagement Institute (PEI) builds the capacity of community organizations, parent leaders, and schools to replicate the Parent Mentor Program model and build transformative parent leadership in schools and communities across Illinois and beyond.