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October 2020 | Volume 78 | Number 2
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Anthony Rebora
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Paul Gorski
To fully support students, schools must attend to the trauma that occurs within their own institutional cultures.
Jessica Minahan
Teachers can play a huge role in helping students with anxiety or trauma issues feel safe—even from a distance.
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Carol Ann Tomlinson
Experiences with four students facing trauma taught me key lessons about reaching—and teaching—hurting children.
Kristin Souers and Pete Hall
By building a culture of safety in schools, we can give students and educators living with trauma the resources and support they need to thrive.
Micere Keels
This school year, educators need to strengthen their use of social-emotional, social justice, and culturally responsive practices.
Mona M. Johnson
Compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress can be debilitating for education leaders. The good news is they can also be prevented.
Wendy R. Ellis
Since student trauma is often rooted in inequitable conditions, trauma-informed practices need to reach whole communities.
Anne-Marie Conn, Shaun C. Nelms and Valerie L. Marsh
A school-based behavioral therapy intervention helps at-risk students build awareness and coping skills.
Amy Szarkowski and Jason Fogler
Trauma-sensitive schools create a space where all children can seek support without fear of escalating consequences.
Debbie Zacarian, Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz and Judie Haynes
Students living in adverse circumstances often lack positive recognition in schools.
Bryan Goodwin and Lisa M. Jones
Letting students write about negative experiences can help them process.
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
How educators respond to children's fears now will influence the long-term effects. Watch the video.
Jill Harrison Berg
In a time of crisis, cultivating collective efficacy among teams is key.
Dena Simmons
If schools aren't addressing racism, they aren't fully addressing trauma.
Elena Aguilar
Detailing inequities without taking action can be dehumanizing.
Sean Slade
Reader responses to recent issues of EL.
Readers share a strategy or change they've implemented to support students affected by trauma.
An interview with Nadine Burke Harris, California's first surgeon general and author of The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity.
Key takeaways from a new handout from the Appalachia Regional Educational Laboratory on common trauma symptoms and best-practice strategies for supporting students, with adaptations for virtual-learning settings.
A review of the 2020 book, Trauma & Young Children: Teaching Strategies to Support & Empower by Sarah Erdman & Laura J. Colker, with Elizabeth C. Winter.
Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher and Dominique Smith
Color. Carpets. Configurations. The classroom can create a sense of safety, calm, and invitation to learn—if designed correctly.
Brandi Clark
By building relationships and helping students create their own "wellness tools," teachers can foster skills for managing challenging emotions.
Authors and speakers Pete Hall and Kristin Souers discuss the work involved to create "nests" in schools—cultures of safety that make everyone feel welcome, nurtured, and free to explore and take risks—and how this work can help us all manage emotions and persevere.
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