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Trauma Informed Education
We have finally completed our one day seminar on trauma informed education. We will be in Los Angeles in February, New York in early March and Michigan in April. We have attached brochures for each of these presentations Hope to see you there!
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Trauma Informed Education
I am up in New York this week doing trauma informed education training for PESI. If anyone is interested in hanging out and sharing ideas I will be in white plains on wednesday, plainview on thursday and in Manhattan on thursday evening/friday. See attached brochure
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Trauma-sensitive teacher
This is a good article that identifies key reasons why educators need to be trauma-informed.
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Turnaround for Children releases new paper and announces hiring for key positions
Michael Lamb, Executive Director, Washington D.C., Turnaround for Children sent the following message about a new paper, Building Blocks for Learning, just released by Turnaround and three new positions it is seeking to fill. Take a look: "Hi friends and colleagues, it’s an exciting time for Turnaround in Washington, D.C. as we work towards our vision that one day all children in the US attend schools that prepare them for the lives they choose. In addition to our exciting work in schools,...
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Two "Better Normal" community discussions this week: Education Upended & Federal Coronavirus Funding for State Trauma-Informed Efforts
EDUCATION UPENDED Register for this Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kfumgrDItGdE1oKiCrlJbvmgJqJ-U8kG3 Friday, May 15, 2020 — Energizing a Trauma-Informed Response to COVID-19: Using and Advocating for Federal Funds Federal funds are flowing to states that could be used in support of schools and other systems becoming trauma-informed and equipped to build resilience in the face of the pandemic. The National Trauma Campaign , sponsored by CTIPP , is recruiting and supporting...
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U.S. Department of Education begins investigation into discrimination against Native students in Montana’s Wolf Point School District (newsmaven.io)
After years of documented instances of anti-Native racism — including the use of racial slurs and harmful stereotypes by white administrators, faculty, and staff — in a school where 94 percent of Native students are below proficiency in reading, compared to 49 percent of white students, the U.S. Department of Education is starting an investigation into discrimination against Native students in Montana’s Wolf Point School District. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office...
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Using Big Data with a Warm Hand-off to Help Students
This piece is about how big data can be a service provider -- and there can be a warm handoff. We can use data and technology to improve education and healthcare and many other fields.
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What Happens When Schools Close for the Academic Year? tcpress.com]
By Karen Gross, Teachers College Press, March 20, 2020 Just as we are hearing about positive research efforts to combat the coronavirus in the relative near term, we are learning that some statewide school systems may stay closed through the end of the 2019–2020 school year. As of this writing, one state—Kansas—has affirmatively closed all its schools until the next academic year. Other states will likely follow in the coming days, including California, Arizona and Texas. The critical...
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Why and How Teachers Can Become Better Prepared for Trauma in Schools
Below is the text of an article appearing in Forest of the Rain Productions with a special thanks to Dr. Michael Robinson. Link to piece is: https://forestoftheraineducation.weebly.com/we-donrsquot-teach-educators-enough-about-trauma-we-should-do-more-karen-gross.html TEXT: Hardly a week goes by without some trauma in the US. Some events are nature made; some are human-made. There appear to be fewer and fewer “safe” places and spaces. The usually “safe” places – schools, universities,...
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Re: For parents who want to talk to schools
Hello Ariane, I have some suggestions: Chapter 4 of The Connected Child (attached with permission) shows the disarming of fear to create felt safety in what I think is an approachable way that is easy to share with teachers. An Article of "Trauma Informed Classrooms" from Adoption Advocate (attached with permission) gives some practical framework to what is needed in a classroom setting TBRI® Animate: Toxic Stress & The Brain - is helpful as well. I provide resources for Southern...
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Re: [Indiana] Teachers’ group wants mandatory kindergarten, trauma-informed care [wishtv.com]
Thanks for sharing, Indiana is building momentum around Trauma-informed schools, and communities. I have had the opportunity to meet and work with some amazing educators and community leaders who are committed to implementing trauma-informed practices into their daily routine.
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Re: [Indiana] Teachers’ group wants mandatory kindergarten, trauma-informed care [wishtv.com]
I'm pleased to know that, Jim. I've lived in Indiana most of my life (born and raised here) and would like to learn more about the educators and community leaders in the state who are implementing trauma-informed practices.
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Re: [Indiana] Teachers’ group wants mandatory kindergarten, trauma-informed care [wishtv.com]
Jim, would you be willing to share the names of some of these people and organizations you have worked with in Indiana?
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Re: [Indiana] Teachers’ group wants mandatory kindergarten, trauma-informed care [wishtv.com]
Here are some great contacts for you Laura: These people are doing amazing work around Trauma Informed practices. Phil Lederach - District Administrator... Hamilton Southeastern Schools Fisher, IN plederach@hse.k12.in.us Janie Ulmer - Alternative School Director...Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Fisher, IN julmer@hse.k12.in.us Ashley Krumbach - Dept of Child Services, Indianapolis ashley.krumbach@dcs.in.gov JauNae Hanger - President, Children's' Policy & Law Initiative of Indiana...
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Re: [Indiana] Teachers’ group wants mandatory kindergarten, trauma-informed care [wishtv.com]
Jim, thank you so much for this information!
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Re: Pilot Program... Can a Picture Book Promote Mindfulness?
Here is an attachment a teacher made to show other teachers the success of our program. I would be happy to talk to you on the phone if you like.
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The Traumatic Impact of Racism on Young People and How to Talk About It [Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg]
Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg (Keynote speaker from the recent Creating a Resilient Community Conference) shared the excerpt from his book Reaching Teens titled The Traumatic Impact of Racism on Young People and How to Talk About It. This is a valuable resource for anyone interacting with youth and we are providing the excerpt as an attachment here for you to read and share. Also, Dr. Ginsburg will be coming back to our community (virtually) and you’ll be invited to his workshop. Look out for the...
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CALL FOR CHAPTERS Developing Trauma-Informed Teachers: Creating Classrooms that Foster Equity, Resiliency, and Asset-Based Approaches
We are excited to announce a call for an edited book entitled, Developing Trauma-Informed Teachers Creating Classrooms that Foster Equity, Resiliency, and Asset-Based Approaches. The text will be published by IAP Press. This text will provide readers with a more informed understanding of how educator preparation programs are providing teacher candidates with the knowledge and practical skills to effectively utilize trauma-informed practices that are rooted in an asset-based approach to...
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A Zoom Course on How to Create Trauma Responsive Institutions
I am teaching at three hour affordable Zoom course at Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work on how to create trauma response schools, organizations and businesses. It is July 31 and it is easy to enroll and you get a discount code for my new book (which ties in) titled: Trauma Doesn't Stop at the School Door (just released from Teachers College Press, June 2020). Here's a link to the course: https://ssw-web.rutgers.edu/ssw/ce/index.php?m=catalog&f=4 I cannot think of a time in which we...
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Ancillary and Animating Products to Help Children Upon School Reopening
I have written an adult book titled (sadly but aptly): Trauma Doesn't Stop at the School Door: Strategies and Solutions for Educators, PreK-12. It is available at Teachers College Press and Amazon as an ebook and paperback. What I have now created, by popular demand, is a set of items that animate the trauma responsive suggestions within the book. There are many concrete suggestions already within the book that are transportable to a reader's home institution and adjusted for culture and...
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Safety, Health, and Back-to-School Plans in a Pandemic with School Nurse, Robin Cogan: A Better Normal Discussion on August 4th, 12 p.m. PST (3p.m. EST)
Please join ACEs Connection member and school nurse, writer, and public speaker, Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN for a discussion about the pandemic as it relates to family planning around back-to-school (or not) plans. The conversation with be hosted by Parenting with ACEs Community Manager, @Cissy White (ACEs Connection Staff) and facilitated by @Alison Cebulla (ACEs Connection Staff) , the Northeast Region Community Facilitator. Many of us are still not sure if our schools will open this fall...
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Addressing students' social, emotional and behavioral stress -- not truama -- when they return to school [smartbrief.com]
By Howie Knoff, SmartBrief, August 31, 2020 Throughout this pandemic, the American public has sometimes had to choose between science and beliefs, between objective data and personal testimonials. And while the medical, social, economic and educational toll from the COVID-19 virus is unprecedented, some of the effects have been politicized by our leaders, and sensationalized by the press. Sadly, the latter has occurred when discussing the emotional status of our students as districts prepare...
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Press Release: No-Cost “Mind Matters Minutes” Builds Resilience in Youth
BERKELEY, CA (January 14, 2021) - Young people, especially in these times, can be stressed and anxious. Are you seeing this in the youth you serve? What about those youth who have experienced prior trauma or ACEs? Would building resilience skills help them? The Dibble Institute is pleased to announce Mind Matters Minutes , a free, virtual self-regulation series, created especially for today’s youth. Mind Matters Minutes provide teachers and youth workers with nine no-cost short video...
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Can Schools Be a Place for Healing Trauma
The answer is yes and three educators, all members of Delta Kappa Gamma (the women educators' honor association), will engage in a Zoom conversation. Suggested donation of $3 (going to Nu Zeta Chapter) requested. Date is March 20 at noon. Join us. Join in. Important topic in today's trauma filled world.
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Restarting Schools and Non-Profits Optimally
Reopening schools/organizations/non-profits/governments/businesses come fall will not be easy. Some take-away strategies for successful reopenings are addressed in a webinar June 19th at noon (EST). Powerpoints available after attendance to serve a a go-forward guide. Join us. Sponsored by DKG International (altho donations graciously accepted). While the focus is educational settings, the import is broader. Here is link to register; it is also embedded in the flyer. See you there I hope. ...
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Reopening Schools: Free Webinar on June 19th from noon -- 2:00 est
How to reopen schools in Fall 2021 optimally
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Building a Restorative Restart to School in the Fall
As we look towards the reopening of in-person instruction in the fall, planning and reimagining for a restorative restart to our school systems that emphasizes student and educator mental health is a priority. In addition, there is a windfall of one-time funding coming to districts from federal and local funds for just this purpose. Recently a wise educator said to me, ‘you know, if you want to get to the hearts and minds of school leaders to make changes for the fall you need to do so by...
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American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)
Established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of Nambé Pueblo, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books. Dr. Jean Mendoza joined AICL as a co-editor in 2016. Please visit the website by clicking here, https://americanindiansinchild.../best-books.html?m=1 American Indians in Children's Literature is used by Native and non-Native parents, librarians, teachers, editors, professors, and students. It is...
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Press 3 for a pep talk from kindergartners. A new hotline gives you options for joy (npr.org)
Amid a crush of heavy news from around the world, who couldn't use some sage advice right now? Call a new hotline, and you'll get just that — encouraging words from a resilient group of kindergartners. Kids' voices will prompt you with a menu of options: If you're feeling mad, frustrated or nervous, press 1. If you need words of encouragement and life advice, press 2. If you need a pep talk from kindergartners, press 3. If you need to hear kids laughing with delight, press 4. For...
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COVID Woes Prompt More States to Require Financial Literacy Classes [pewtrusts.org]
By Elaine S. Povich, Photo: Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun/Associated Press, PEW, April 27, 2022 Studies have long shown that high school students are woefully uninformed about personal finances and how to manage them. But the COVID-19 pandemic, which revealed how many American adults live on the financial edge, has boosted ongoing efforts to make financial literacy lessons a school requirement. Seven states now require a stand-alone financial literacy course as a high school graduation...
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Upcoming 6/9 Webinar and New Report and Brief: Community Strategies to Address California’s Digital Divide and Its Impact on Children and Families
PACEs Connection and the Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative, a project of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) have developed two new resources, “Community Strategies to Address California’s Digital Divide and Its Impact on Children and Families” Report and the “Digital Divide Brief: Community Strategies to Address California’s Digital Divide and Its Impact on Children and Families”