Helping Students After a School Shooting
This site contains information and compiled resources to help school staff support students after a school shooting.
Whole School Trauma Programming
Girls Leadership Website
Free webinars and resources around SEL competencies for educators and out of school programs working with girls grades K-12
Family Engagement Toolkit: Continuous Improvement Through an Equity Lens
This toolkit provides districts and schools with practical planning and evaluation tools that support efforts to engage all families, particularly those of underrepresented and underserved students.
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Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
Alex Shevrin Venet talks about her book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Creating a School Peace Room
This tool describes how Peace Rooms can be used in secondary school settings and ways to include students in the process of creating one. Includes examples of peace rooms in high schools, and info on how to include students in creation of peace rooms.
Building Trauma Informed Schools
A resource collection compiled by and for Parent Centers. Coordinated by the Region 2 Parent Technical Assistance Center.
Centering Student Experience: A Playbook for Improving Student Outcomes by Centering Student Experience
Regardless of role, we each have a part to play in shaping the conditions that impact student learning and improving the experiences of students. This playbook, which is a curated culmination of actionable best practices, tools, and resources created by the BELE Network — can serve as a first step or a guide to going deeper. It is designed to be a tool used across the education space to leverage research-backed, role-specific resources that offer a path to bring practices and policies that center student experience to the classroom.
Beyond the ACE Score: Perspectives from the NCTSN on Child Trauma and Adversity Screening and Impact
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.
Brown vs. Board and the Doll Test
This article describes how the Doll Test, conducted by psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark, communicated the influence of race, color and status on the self-esteem of children
Amygdala Hijack
Ever been in a conversation where you left with your heart racing, neck red, and you are ready to fight (or flight?). You have your amygdala to thank for that. When your amygdala is hijacked, this is not the time for a confrontation. It’s nearly impossible to connect with others when this is happening. Use this video to help students and staff understand more about anxiety and brain science.
