Trauma
Science
Finding Hope in the Face of Climate Change: Why Some Teachers Focus on Solutions
Learning about climate change can make students feel anxious or hopeless. A solution-focused teaching approach gives them a reason for hope.
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Join Ryan Lee-James, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, director of the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy, with Renée Boynton-Jarrett, MD, ScD., Vital Village Community Engagement Network; Neena McConnico, Ph.D, LMHC, Child Witness to Violence Project; and Sondra
Teaching
Opinion
Helping Our Students Achieve 'Post-Traumatic Growth'
Asking children to write about and discuss what it was like to live through the pandemic is one way to tend to students' needs.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
What 9/11 Can Teach Us Today
We can only guess at what weighs on other people. Hurts and wounds are not always visible on the outside.
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We’ve handpicked some research-based resources that provide more mental health information as well as tips shown to boost positive outcomes
Teaching
Opinion
12 Ways to Support Afghan Refugee Students
Four teachers with experience teaching refugee students share their suggestions.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Video
Supporting Grieving Students: Advice From Parents and Counselors (Videos)
Parents and counselors offer advice for educators helping students through the grief and losses of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teaching & Learning
Video
A Widowed Mother’s Advice for Teachers
A mother who helped her son through the loss of her husband and daughter offers advice to teachers working with students who are grieving.
Teaching & Learning
How Schools Can Support Grieving Kids
The founder of a summer program for kids who are grieving offers advice on how schools can provide similar support to their students.
Teaching & Learning
Video
Addressing Students’ Grief and Anxiety
After six of her students lost parents over the summer, a school counselor offers advice for educators trying to meet the needs of students.
Teaching & Learning
Video
How to Become Trauma-Informed
A school counselor discusses how her school has helped teachers with their own mental health, and empowered them to help their students too.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Thousands of Kids Lost Parents to COVID-19. Schools Must Prepare to Help the Grieving
While some may view the back-to-school season as a return to “normal,” for those students who’ve lost someone, it will feel anything but.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Spotlight
Spotlight on Student Mental Health
In this Spotlight, evaluate what schools can do to shift their approach to mental health supports, assess new statistics for child abuse, plus more.
Law & Courts
The Opioid Crisis Hit Schools Hard. Now They Want Drug Companies to Pay Up
School districts have collectively spent at least $127 billion on services for students affected by opioid addiction, recent court filings say.