Trauma Responsive

Classroom WISE

A free self-paced online course, video library featuring practicing teachers and students, comprehensive resource collection and website for K-12 educators on mental health literacy. Resources include topics such as understanding and supporting students experiencing adversity, the impact of trauma and adversity on learning behavior, and classroom strategies to support students.

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Classroom Wise Video Library

This library is a compilation of brief videos embedded in the Classroom WISE online course about creating safe and supportive classrooms. Videos include topics such as how to make students feel welcome and supported, using active listening and praise, restorative practices, and developing rules and routines.

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Child Opportunity Index (COI)

The Child Opportunity Index (COI) measures and maps the quality of resources and conditions like these that matter for children’s healthy development in the neighborhoods where they live. Schools and community providers can use COI’s databases, which provide a composite index of children’s neighborhood opportunity that contains data for every neighborhood (census tract) in the U.S. from every year for 2012 through 2021. It is comprised of 44 indicators in three domains (education, health and environment, and social and economic) and 14 subdomains.

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Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators

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.

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Center for Safe & Resilient Schools and Workplaces

Center for Safe & Resilient Schoolsare leaders in creating trauma-informed school systems, with training and consultation in research-and evidence-based interventions that promote crisis prevention, response, and recovery. They cover the spectrum of support, from threat assessment to crisis response and long-term recovery, and their interventions and trainings support the entire school community, from mental health providers on campus to classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, school leaders, and staff.

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Center on PBIS | Resource: Supporting and Responding to Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Needs: Evidence-Based Practices for Educators

The Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) provides technical assistance to schools and educational agencies to implement, sustain, and scale PBIS frameworks. A range of free resources, including assessments, guides, tools, and showcases model demonstrations of tiered PBIS implementation. Additionally, the Center hosts annual forums and promotes real-world examples to create affirming, culturally supportive learning environments, ultimately enhancing social, emotional, academic, and behavioral outcomes for students.

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