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ChildTrauma Academy

The ChildTrauma Academy is a Community of Practice working to improve the lives of high-risk children through education, research, and the dissemination of innovation.

Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies

This article, published by ASCD’s Educational Leadership, gives the reader eight trauma-informed teaching strategies.

How to Boost Students’ Sense of Optimism

In this article published by Edutopia, using a trauma-informed approach, learn how to boost students’ sense of optimism.

Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI)

The Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative’s (TLPI) mission is to ensure that children traumatized by exposure to family violence and other adverse childhood experiences succeed in school.  To accomplish this mission, TLPI engages in a host of advocacy strategies including: providing support to schools to become trauma-sensitive environments; research and report writing; legislative and administrative advocacy for laws, regulations, and policies that support schools to develop trauma-sensitive environments; coalition building; outreach and education; and limited individual case representation in special education where a child’s traumatic experiences are interfacing with his or her disabilities.

Trauma-Informed SEL Toolkit

This Trauma-Informed SEL Toolkit has been created by Transforming Education and is a 120-minute professional development session designed for educators seeking research-based strategies to create a healthy classroom environment for students who have experienced adversities and trauma.

Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence uses the power of emotions to create a more healthy, effective and compassionate society.

Trauma-Resilient Informed Practices in Expanded Learning Programs

Trauma-Resilient Informed Practices in Expanded Learning Programs: A Snapshot of Trends in the Field

The mission of the Region 11 Expanded Learning Technical Assistance Unit is to build and strengthen the Expanded Learning Programs’ (ELPs’) capacity to develop, implement, and sustain high-quality year-round programming (before school, after school, intersession, and summer).

About LA’s BEST Afterschool Enrichment Program

LA’s BEST Afterschool Enrichment Program plays a vital role in the lives of more than 25,000 unique and talented elementary school students who come from neighborhoods with the fewest resources and the greatest needs. LA’s BEST engages children creatively, emotionally, intellectually, and physically, empowering them to explore and discover the opportunities in their lives. We inspire and prepare children to create lives full of choices

Talking to Your Child About Trauma

Bright Horizons Director Brendamarie Contreras shares tips on how to talk to young children about the Boston Marathon bombings.