Trauma
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Gain an understanding of trauma’s effect on student behavior, including techniques to appropriately address and prevent crises, in this guide from ...
Student Well-Being
Collection
VIDEOS: Guiding Students Through Trauma
These programs are using play therapy and an SEL approach to learning to help students adjust and adapt after trauma.
Student Well-Being
Video
How One Family Uses Play Therapy to Address Trauma
Adoption can be traumatic for adoptees. One family, working with a therapist, utilized play therapy to help their daughters adjust.
Student Well-Being
Video
Student Trauma Rates Are Higher Than Ever. How Play Therapy Can Help
One program is teaching students to manage their emotions and build their communication skills at a young age through play therapy.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
This Is What Happens to a Student’s Brain When Exposed to Gun Violence
Traumatized and hypervigilant brains cannot learn effectively, write a behavioral neuroscientist and a school psychologist.
Student Well-Being
Educators Can Help School Shooting Survivors Recover. A Sandy Hook Mom Explains How
Michele Gay said academic, mental health, and social supports are crucial for children who survive.
Student Well-Being
What the Research Says
Gun Violence Leaves a Lasting Imprint on Survivors. How Schools Can Help Students Recover
Most trauma support for students comes in the first year after a school shooting, but research suggests the effects last much longer.
School Climate & Safety
How Much Trauma Can Our Schools Withstand?
Despite a cascade of tragedy, educators report to work and care for our children. How do they get through it?
Student Well-Being
Spotlight
Spotlight on Mental Health
This Spotlight will help you assess the stressors affecting student mental health, explore mental well-being resources in schools, and more.
Teaching
Discussing Racist Violence With Students: 4 Best Practices
Teachers are tasked with discussing racism and violence following the Buffalo shooting. Here are best practices for tough conversations.
School Climate & Safety
Grief, Anger, Fear: How Teachers Can Help Students Cope With the Buffalo Shooting
After a gunman killed 10 people in a racist attack, teachers again wrestled with how to explain hate and mass violence to students.
Teaching
How U.S. Teachers Are Helping Ukrainian Students 'Half a World Apart'
Teachers at a U.S.-based virtual school share what it's like to teach students in a war-torn country.
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
Teacher Prep Should Include Classroom-Culture Training
Great teachers foster environments where students want to be.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
Schools Should Make Students' Wishes Come True. Here's How
We know what care for trauma looks like in health settings. What about in schools?