Center for Childhood Resilience

Understanding Trauma

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.

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Spotlight Dr. Patrice Payne: Advancing Racial Justice and Educational Equity Learning Series

Part of the Advancing Racial Justice and Educational Equity Learning Series. Learn from the experience and expertise of Dr. Patrice Payne, school administrator, and her 18-year journey in educational equity, gaining strategies and insights to advance equity and foster inclusive learning environments.

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You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup

Taking care of yourself is vital. It can be challenging to prioritize time for yourself when there are so many other people and things to take care of in life. But focusing on others, whether it’s family, students or friends, is difficult if you haven’t already taken care of your needs. We also need to call out the need for collective or community care, which is communal responsibility of the group rather than the lone task of an individual. By the end of this course, participants will be able to: understand the definitions of commonly used terms; increase knowledge about the ABCs of self-care; learn about collective care and healing-centered environments; complete your Action Plan with your self-care information.

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Brain Development in Children

This video emphasizes the critical period for brain growth from birth to age 5 and how experiences like nutrition, learning, and social interactions shape the brain. Trauma, such as abuse or neglect, can cause lasting effects by altering brain structure and strengthening negative connections.

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Modeling and Instruction – Social & Emotional Learning Initiating Playlist

Schools play an important role in supporting young people’s social and emotional development. Districts and schools engage in many different practices to grow and develop students’ and staff members’ social and emotional competencies to help them be successful. Broad areas of social and emotional competence are: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

The resources in this learning playlist focus on SEL instruction and modeling and are recommended for schools or districts starting in this work. Your school or district may be exploring this work and wondering where to begin.

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