This visual booklet is designed to help explain to educators and other child-serving professionals (and family members) what survival or fight-flight-freeze-submit responses can look like in a school setting. It names some of the visible behaviors that can be a concern for teachers and others, and offers strategies that can be helpful.
Survival in School Booklet
Developed by Formed Families Forward and designed for families, this checklist offers features of trauma-informed and supportive early childhood programs. Families and providers can look for these characteristics when seeking providers for their young children.
Checklist for Trauma-Informed Early Childhood Programs
From The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.
This handout series, developed with support from the LEGO Foundation, provides suggestions games and play-based activities based on a child’s age. The activities for younger children are designed for adults to engage in with children. Activities for later ages allow the adults to step back, enabling children’s independence to blossom as they transition to playing more often with peers.
There are individual handouts for babies, toddlers, children, and teens.
Ways to Play at each stage
This collection of resources from the US Environmental Protection Agency offers specific strategies for protecting children from a variety of environmental risks including pesticides and other chemicals, too much sun or heat, and storms and floods.
What You Can Do to Protect Children from Environmental Risks links