While the awareness of trauma-informed teaching has been a concept I have grappled with, teaching amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has moved this concept to the forefront in terms of how to be effective ...

Compassion fatigue is when your greatest strength, empathy, becomes a source of exhaustion. The fuel tank runs dry, and ...

One in four students in Rockford Public Schools have experienced a traumatic event and two out of three have been exposed to a violence. If students are to reach their full potential, all barriers to ...

Schools are back in session, but the impact of trauma during COVID-19 continues. Host Peter DeWitt will be joined by Ricky Robertson and Nadine Burke-Harris to discuss how to encourage resilience, ...

As the last year has left many of us feeling more tired or anxious than usual, it’s important to remember that our students are most likely feeling this way too. Some students may be feeling more ...

Moving forward requires focus. Mashable's Social Good Series is dedicated to exploring pathways to a greater good, spotlighting issues that are essential to making the world a better place. Over the ...

Sexual and substance use education that incorporates knowledge about trauma could improve developmental outcomes among justice-involved Black youth, according to a Rutgers study published in the ...

Most readers of this blog post will already know that the events of the previous two years have caused massive amounts of collective and individual trauma. The collective trauma of the pandemic, the ...

A parents’ divorce or witnessing a violent crime are just two examples of trauma that Indiana children might be experiencing. Decades of research tells us that trauma experienced by kids and teens can ...

In her article “Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies,” Jessica Minihan, a licensed and board-certified behavior analyst, special educator, and consultant to schools internationally, explains that ...