This video features teachers who have implemented trauma-informed strategies in their schools and classrooms to support students. It includes discussion of how these schools have communicated to staff about these efforts and training they have used.
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This framework presents a tiered approach to creating a trauma-informed school environment that addresses the needs of all students, staff, administrators, and families who might be at risk for experiencing the symptoms of traumatic stress. This framework offers a vision of a trauma-informed school, adhering to the “4 Rs”.
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Keeping our school campuses safe from active shooters or intruders is one component of a school emergency plan. Part of being prepared is planning safety drills. The type of drills or exercises your school conducts should map on to your school emergency operations plan. This fact sheet provides guidance on steps to consider when performing an active shooter/ intruder drill.
Compiled resources developed by NCTSN, including webinars, toolkits, and handouts, related to children and youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities who have experienced trauma.
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The Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators is a resource that provides school administrators, teachers, staff, and concerned parents with basic information about working with traumatized children in the school system. The toolkit is made up of 10 fact sheets that discuss various aspects of trauma in schools and how educators and parents can respond. It describes how a child’s response to trauma can negatively affect learning and behavior in school, and how school administrators, teachers, and staff can help reduce the impact of trauma on the students in their care.
This resource provides an overview of the concepts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and childhood trauma, highlights the gaps that remain in our understanding of the impact of childhood trauma and adversity on mental and physical health, and describes how these terms (childhood trauma vs. adversity) differ. This resource also offers providers, family advocates, and policymakers recommendations for ways in which ACEs and other childhood trauma-related concepts and resources can be combined to advance care for children and families who have experienced trauma. (2021)
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Systems and organizations must shift beyond performative action toward becoming antiracist and trauma-informed. This resource offers actionable principles and strategies that organizations can implement to make this move toward fundamental transformation. The goal of this resource is to light a fire in the bellies of systems, their leaders, and their agents to adopt conscious efforts and actions that promote equity, healing, and justice. This cannot be achieved by inspiring systems to simply think differently about individuals negotiating racism in their daily lives – they must act differently.
Provides resources to help children heal after a crisis, using the S.A.F.E.T.Y. framework.
This resource is intended to help educators understand how they might address the interplay of race and trauma and its effects on students in the classroom. After defining key terms, the guide outlines recommendations for educators and offers a list of supplemental resources. This guide is intended as a complement to two existing NCTSN resources—Position Statement on Racial Injustice and Trauma and Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators—and it should be implemented in accordance with individual school policies and procedures.
A Trauma-Informed Resource for Strengthening Family-School Partnerships
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