Targeted Trauma-Informed Programming

Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems: Guidance from the Field

Comprehensive school mental health systems provide an array of supports and services that promote positive school climate, social and emotional learning, and mental health and well-being, while reducing the prevalence and severity of mental illness. This 2019 guide from National Center for School Mental Health offers collective insight and guidance to local communities and states to advance comprehensive school mental health systems. Contents were informed by examination of national best practices and performance standards, local and state exemplars, and recommendations provided by federal/national, state, local and private leaders.

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Welcoming & Supporting Newcomer Students and Families: Application of Tiered Support

This short course is part of the Welcoming and Supporting Newcomer Youth Wellness in Schools learning series, the third of three courses that provides fundamental knowledge key to working with newcomers, as well as strategies to support these students and their families. Learn about applying trauma-informed practices to Tier 2 interventions, gain knowledge around resources for crises, and how to build self-care and community care into this work.

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What Anxiety Feels Like

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 how anxiety affects them. This video is Part 1 of Jacob’s story. Part 1 can be found here: https://youtu.be/DnuRZH0fMdk

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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents impacted by trauma and their parents or caregivers. Research shows that TF-CBT successfully resolves a broad array of emotional and behavioral difficulties associated with single, multiple and complex trauma experiences. This is the official TF-CBT National Therapist Certification Program, in which clinicians can become certified in the TF-CBT treatment model. Website also houses resources to support this work, such as TF-CBT Implementation Guide for Youth with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities.

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Tier 2 Behavior Intervention Guide

This website provides information and guidance on implementing Tier 2 supports. Tier 2 supports refers to the practices and systems that enable targeted interventions for students who are not successful with Tier 1 supports alone. The focus at Tier 2 is supporting students who are at risk for developing more serious unwanted behaviors before they start. Essentially, intervention at this level is more targeted than Tier 1 but less intensive than Tier 3.

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Therapist Aid

The Therapist Aid website houses worksheets, audio, scripts and activities that you can search by topics, such as anxiety, depression, anger and trauma. This website requires user registration. Most resources are free but users need an account.

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