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Image by Allison Acosta To read more of Allison Acosta's article, please click here. As part of the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action at Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS , fourth graders studied the importance of representation in books and the book bans that have escalated throughout the United States since 2021. We are pleased to share this powerful story and hope other schools engage students in similar activities. Before the Week of Action , the fourth grade teaching team of...

Stock Photo via Getty Images Anxiety disorders among children and teens are linked to an increased likelihood of developing an anxiety disorder or depression in the future, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. To read more of Elena Ferrarin's article, please click here. The loss of parents or other primary caregivers — among the most tragic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for students — has sparked a need to provide bereavement support in schools. The pandemic...

Learn4Life helped Hector D. transform an idea into a business plan LOS ANGELES (February 21, 2023) – While occasionally working for his father’s landscaping business, high school student Hector D. realized that protection against sharp tools, thorny shrubs, biting insects and brutal heat could be improved with better gear. He had the idea for a technical vest that would protect workers that he is calling Arbolero – combining the Spanish word for tree and a bolero vest. Now his teachers in...

"It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD", a new book by PACEs Connection member Mary Giuiliani, launches next week. For a preview of what the longtime student of ACEs science, now PACEs science, shares in her revealing “teaching memoir”, tune into our ‘History. Culture. Trauma.’ podcast for a lively conversation between Giuilani and hosts Ingrid Cockhren and Mathew Portell this Thursday at 1 p.m. PT. In the book—chock-full of quotes from top experts on the...

Gain new tools to support the mental health and wellness of young people on your campus with a free webinar series from the San Diego County Office of Education in partnership with Scripps Health and the Transforming Mental Health Initiative at Rady Children's Hospital. District and school administrators, teachers, nurses, social workers, counselors, and other staff who support the mental health and wellness of students are welcome to attend the virtual lunchtime sessions. Register to join...

Ridofranz/iStock) Excerpted from " Identity Affirming Classrooms: Spaces that Center Humanity " by Erica Buchanan-Rivera. Published by Routledge. To read the MindShift article, please click here. Decolonize Your Mind and Classroom A third-grade teacher attempted to take a brown crayon out of my hand and exchange it for a peach color after she noticed my depiction of Jesus as a Black man— yes, a lot of Crayola curriculum back in those days . Little did the teacher know, my house was full of...

Dearborn (Mich.) Public Schools took delivery of its first electric school bus last week. Photo courtesy of Blue Bird To read more of Joann Muller , Jennifer A. Kingson , and Alex Fitzpatrick 's article, please click here. The days of diesel-chugging big yellow school buses could be numbered, Joann reports today, thanks to government incentives making it easier for districts to electrify their fleets. Federal and state governments are practically giving away electric school buses, Joann...

Hi Everyone! The good news is after seven years, with a five-year break (AKA stall-out), I have finally finished my new book and have titled it: It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD Although my book won't be available to the general public until its launch date on Feb 21 st , 2023, I am offering FREE advance reader copies to a limited amount of people this week. Below is a summary of what my book's about and how to qualify to get a free copy this week.

Photo by aldomurillo/iStock. To read more of Roxanne Chang and ChrisAnna Mink's article, please click here. A recently passed California law, SB1016 , signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September, should make it easier for DL and other children affected by FASD to access special education services. The law requires the California State Board of Education to include “fetal alcohol spectrum disorders” in the definition of “other health impairment ,” one of 13 specified eligibility criteria for...

Sometimes conferences feel like work but if you’re lucky once in a while they feel like a family reunion. This was the case with my recent trip to Overland Park Kansas, just outside Kansas City, for the ESSDACK Bridging to Resilience conference November 9-11. This is the 3rd or 4th time I have had the opportunity to attend this small but mighty trauma-informed schools conference (I can’t seem to remember exactly how many I have attended due to the time warp created by the pandemic). In their...

New!! 48-HOUR HISTORICAL TRAUMA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION in collaboration with THE INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL TRAUMA ASSOCIATION We are the only entity offering a comprehensive, 48-hour Historical Trauma Specialist Certification Program. The Program is broken into 6 levels and is built on a foundation of BIPOC cultures and neurobiology. It is taught from a multicultural perspective, injecting traditions and ideology from various cultures from around the world. In this inclusive study we rely...

By Dylan Lukes and Christopher Cleveland, Photo: Wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock, Housing Matters, November 9, 2022 Starting in 1935, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) began ranking neighborhoods around the US based on a calculation of loan risk that explicitly associated white populations with low risk and Black populations with high risk. HOLC graded areas from A (minimal risk) to D (hazardous). They color-coded these grades onto maps that banks and lenders used to inform their...