This resource presents everyday preventative strategies that educators can implement in virtual settings to support students’ social-emotional and mental health needs associated with trauma.
This series of two reports summarizes research on the impact trauma from exposure to violence can have on children’s learning, behavior and relationships in school, offers a framework can help educators create trauma-sensitive learning environments; and provides a process and tools for creating trauma-sensitive schools. View Resource Organization: Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative
This brief describes components of a trauma-informed schools, as well as specific strategies organized through the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Framework. View Resource Organization: National Association of State Boards of Education
This brief introduces a Trauma-Informed Policy Framework to Create Supportive Learning Environments to help state officials create supportive learning environments that meet the needs of students with a history of traumatic experiences and ensure that all students succeed in school. A supportive learning environment is a school that provides a safe and positive school culture … Continue reading Responding to Trauma through Policies that Create Supportive Learning Environments
This brief provides tips and policy recommendations for implementing trauma-sensitive schools, including a discussion of the role of school psychologists in supporting trauma-sensitive schools, and opportunities to advance trauma-sensitive schools in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). View Resource Organization: National Association of School Psychologists
This toolkit from the West Virginia Department of Education provides guidance for educators, students, families, and community providers to support the mental and social-emotional well-being of students in West Virginia in the context of the opioid epidemic. View Resource Organizations: West Virginia Department of Education and West Virginia Behavior/Mental Health Technical Assistance Center
This training package offers a framework and roadmap for adopting a trauma-sensitive approach school- or district-wide. It includes resources for training school staff and leading a trauma-sensitive school. View Resource Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
This online learning system is designed to support schools in creating a trauma sensitive school in the context of a tiered system of supports. The learning modules provide foundational knowledge and skills, training on trauma-informed strategies and practices, and systems and policy considerations for supporting implementation. The online learning system also includes supplemental readings and … Continue reading Wisconsin’s Trauma Sensitive Schools Online Professional Development System
This resource presents a tiered approach to creating a trauma-informed school environment that addresses the needs of all students, staff, administrators, and families who might be at risk for experiencing the symptoms of traumatic stress. Organization: National Child Traumatic Stress Network View Resource