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.
Trauma is an issue of equity: it impedes educational attainment on its own, and disproportionately targets students of color, students with disabilities, those living in poverty, LGBTQ+ students, and others who experience marginalization. Supporting young people’s right to full learning requires a foundational shift in the way we view difficult classroom behaviors and learning struggles. This article outlines key points and activities to consider when building trauma informed classroom that include inclusive learning strategies for educators.
This comprehensive course provides information geared towards educators to learn to recognize and respond to trauma in schools, understand its impact on students’ learning, behavior, and the importance of staff self-care.
Learn quick strategies for using book studies to advance trauma-responsive and healing-centered work in your school or district.
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This short course covers information needed to fulfill the mandate created by Illinois Public Act 103-0413, which was signed into law in August 2023. The law creates common definitions around trauma-responsive environments and provides an overview of the meaning of healing-centered.
This introductory course explores how trauma and racism intersect and equips educators with strategies to address systemic inequalities in education. This course is meant to lay the foundation for the other courses in this series: Personally-Mediated Racism, Institutional Racism, and Interpersonal Racism.
Trauma, Racism & Equity: Laying the Foundation for Awareness and Strategies Read More »
Explore strategies to create inclusive environments in schools while learning more about prejudice, bias, discrimination, racial assumptions, and disrupting harm to students of color in education.
Personally Mediated Racism: Awareness and Strategies Read More »
This comprehensive course equips educators with foundational understanding and awareness about racial trauma, community trauma, and ideas to address systemic inequities in educational settings. This also includes a section about staff self-care and collective care.
This short course is part of the Welcoming and Supporting Newcomer Youth Wellness in Schools learning series, the second of three courses that provides information about strategies to use with newcomers to build connections and community, promote safety, and to support and teach emotion regulation.
Welcoming & Supporting Newcomer Students and Families: Strategies for Support Read More »
Explore creating safe, trauma-informed school environments that promote healing and resilience for positive student outcomes in this comprehensive course.
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