Tagged With "Philadelphia Public School Notebook"
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Artists Plus Trauma-Informed Practice for Youth
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Arts in Education Webinar
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Becoming Trauma Informed, Part 1
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Biological Embedding of Neighborhood Stress in Children
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Brain Strain II - The Effects of Trauma on Education
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Communicating Through Play
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Community Resilience Symposium - Engaging Males of Color
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First Annual Greater Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference
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Healing 10 Film Festival
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Healing through Storiez Conference
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J-TEN: Trauma, Neurobiology and Sensory Interventions
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"Las Madres de Berks" Film Screening
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"Las Madres de Berks" Film Screening
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"Las Madres de Berks" Film Screening
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Like-Minded Rally for Mental Health and Substance Use Reform
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Meet-Up: ACEs and Education
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Our Kids are Not Broken: Empowering Traumatized Youth
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Two Events, One Day: Panel Discussion & Mayoral Forum
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Panel Discussion: Intentional Design for Human Well-Being
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Parent Engagement
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PCVA Annual Candle Lighting Ceremony
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Philadephia ACE Task Force Film Festival
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Racisim & Child Health - 1 hour webinar
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Reflective Leadership - PQAS certified
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Resilience: What Is It and How Can We Foster It
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Self-Care for Teachers
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Self-Care, Healing and Replenishment through the Arts
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Drexel gets $6 million to help seven Philly schools [philly.com]
The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday awarded $6 million to Drexel University to improve opportunities and outcomes at seven schools in West Philadelphia. The grant came as part of the department's Promise Neighborhoods competition, under which $33 million will go to support children and families nationwide. The city schools - a mix of traditional public and charters - are West Philadelphia High; Science Leadership Academy Middle School; Locke, McMichael, Powel and Martha Washington...
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Education's Mr. Fix-it [The Christian Science Monitor]
Mike Lamb, Washington, DC Executive Director of Turnaround for Children , alerted me to this interesting Cover Story in The Christian Science Monitor about how Scott Gordon, chief executive officer of Mastery Charter Schools comprised of 21 charter schools in Philadelphia, has shifted his “no excuses” approach to a “trauma-informed” approach to discipline. The article by Sarah Garland reports: Classrooms and hallways are still orderly, but suspension is now a last resort. Mastery instead...
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Explaining behavior: Professionals seek to address students' trauma [thenotebook.org]
The biological mother of "Jailyn" had turned her over to her cousins when she was several months old and they became her custodial parents. That is, until the custodial father fatally shot the mother while the girl was in the house. Now living in foster care, she has angry outbursts in the classroom that include screaming at her teacher and kicking objects. When she hears a loud noise, she thinks it’s a gun. Her 6th-grade teacher says she is slow to complete schoolwork, appears disorganized,...
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Failing Schools or Failing Paradigm ?
Yes, money matters in Education. Money is absolutely necessary, but money is Not sufficient. A key variable has been missing from the discussions about a new Education Paradigm: Childhood Trauma. Childhood trauma is broad in scope and...
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“Family-Centered Health”- New Jersey Pediatrics Brings Together Child Development & Care Resources to Address Trauma
Spurred to create a response to the impact of trauma on children and families from post-Superstorm Sandy, The New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics gathered training and other resource material in order to support pediatricians and...
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Fighting the trauma that afflicts too many Philly children [philly.com]
Warm weather often brings a rise in crime and violence to Philadelphia, just as students and families head outdoors to enjoy a brief respite from the rigor of the school year and winter’s cold. The dichotomy of this phenomenon is upsetting, yet unsurprising. The reality is that so many children in our city do not reach their potential. It is undoubtedly a struggle to grow up in a city with the highest poverty rate of the nation’s 10 largest cities, persistent violent crime, and poor...