Fostering Student Resilience
Six Strategies to Promote Student Resilience
Trauma, Resilience, and Cross-Sector Approaches to Supporting Kids
Mary Donnelly-Crocker, Executive Director of Young and Healthy Pasadena, shares the basics of how trauma affects individuals and communities and explores building resilience through cross-sector partnerships.
Postvention is Prevention: Considerations for Responding to Youth Suicide
Supporting the Social and Emotional Needs of Educators and Students
This three-part webinar series, hosted by REL West, the Region 15 Comprehensive Center, and the National Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety, explores strategies for schools and districts to support the social and emotional needs of educators and students as we navigate the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing Trauma
Trauma-Informed Strategies for Building Relationships With Students
Now You See Us: Youth Helping Adults to Better Understand Youth Behaviors
This is a youth-led session on mental health and resilience aimed at helping educators and health care providers better understand youth behaviors, featuring an interview with the youth facilitators.
The Importance of Trauma-Informed Practices
Dr. Leora Wolf-Prusan and Dr. Martha Merchant, two national experts in trauma and resilience, discuss why trauma-informed practices are important for students and share ideas for educators to better support struggling students.
Voices From the Field: Trauma-Informed Approaches
Dr. Martha Merchant, a national expert in trauma, discusses how trauma affects student learning, behavior, health, and development and advocates for adults to understand these patterns to prevent further escalation.
Addressing the Effects of Trauma in Schools
This three-part webinar series explores the impact of trauma on brain development, strategies for positive youth engagement, and the vital role of supporting youth-serving adults in sustaining this work.
Webinar 1: Trauma and Resilience 101
This is an introduction to the concepts of trauma and resilience and how brain science research can shape personalized learning environments and inform student support practices and policies.
Webinar 3: Self and Collective Care of Youth-Serving Adults
Presenters discuss the importance of supporting the social and emotional well-being of youth-serving adults and building a culture of care for both youth and the adults who work with them.
What Does Trauma-Informed Practice Look Like in Schools?
District student services staff and counselors share various approaches to supporting students who have experienced trauma, address key challenges in their districts, and discuss the programs and services that have been recently implemented.
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