Adverse Childhood Experiences
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Summary: This article provides strategies to help upper elementary and middle school kids who have experienced trauma understand and control their emotions. Source: Laurie DeSautels, Edutopia, December 3, 2018 Description: "When people feel stressed because of toxic levels of adversity—such as experiencing or witnessing physical or emotional abuse, or substance abuse—they find it very challenging to st Read more
Summary: This article talks about the importance of student mental health and why and how principals can support students in times of need and also in times of tragedy. A three-tiered structure of support is discussed and recommended for implementation in schools. Source: Arianna Prothero, Education Week, October 16, 2018 Description: "An estimated 32 percent of adolescents have an anxiety disorder, according to the Read more
Summary: This article underscores the need to provide supports for educators who are highly stressed and emotionally exhausted from providing academic, emotional and behavioral support to stressed and traumatized students. The article also supports greater funding for more guidance counselors who could ake on some of the burden of dealing with these students. Source: Amelia Harper, Education DIVE, September 4, 2018 D Read more
Summary: This article presents the results of a recent Edutopia-sponsored Twitter Chat on the topics of trauma and social emotional learning. Two ideas emerged from the exchange of ideas - the importance of a strong one-to-one bond between teacher and students who experience trauma and the importance of engaging the wider the community in this effort. Source: Alex Shevrin, Edutopia, August 3, 2018 Description: "With Read more
Summary: This article underscores the importance of providing adequate mental health supports in schools. The number of counselors and psychologists available to help students in need across the country is disproportionate to the number of students needing help. The article suggests partnerships between K-12 school districts and colleges and universities might provide at least a partial solution. Source: Autumn Arnet Read more
Summary: This article suggests that developing resiliency touch points will help students deal with trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Touch points are interactions with individuals we trust, who see and notice our strengths, interests, passions, and challenges, and who understand us, affirming our stories, our belief systems, and the cultures in which we have developed. Source: Lori Desautels, Edutopia Read more
Summary: "California school districts are increasingly asking teachers to learn about and use alternative techniques for discipline as they attempt to both improve classroom management skills and reduce high levels of suspensions, pressured by parent and youth advocate groups and the state." Source: James Paterson, Education DIVE, May 18, 2018 Description: "The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing recently Read more
Summary: The recent spate of school shootings has brought forth an intensified concern about mental health in the school setting. The authors suggest a program where in-school and out-of-school resources are used together to identify and treat students with mental health needs. Source: Catherine A. Hogan & Laura F. Main, Education Week, April 13, 2018 Description: "Up until now, many schools have treated students Read more
Summary: This article talks about an advisory program called “PRIDE” which has made a significant difference for students in a charter school called Urban Prep in Chicago. Throughout their four years, each Urban Prep student is part of a small cohort known as a Pride. “We’re Urban Prep lions, and lions travel in prides. So we have our students grouped according to Prides,” explains Tim K Read more
Summary : This article reports on a research brief released by Penn State University on the importance of SEL in a child's first three years of life. These years are very critical from a brain development standpoint and this is the time that a good foundation can be laid for a child's social-emotional development. The brief presents several key findings relative to early childhood development. Source: RA Thompson, Ed Read more
