For educators

Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators

Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators from NCTSN

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Trauma Informed Classrooms article
February 01, 2016

Trauma Informed Classrooms article by Brian Cavanaugh, University of Maine at Farmington

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Improving School Climate for Children in Foster Care

Improving School Climate for Children in Foster Care webinar from the Legal Center on Foster Care and Education

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Video: Tips for teachers for students in foster, adoptive and kinship families

Tips For Teachers from the Wisconsin Coalition for Children, Youth and Families share great suggestions for how teachers can adapt some typical class assignments.

Mary Grossnickle from The Coalition for Children, Youth and Families explain how teachers can adapt some typical class assignments to include any children they have who may be in out-of-home care or who have been adopted.

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Books: Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Learning Communities Transforming Children’s Lives, K-5

Trauma-informed practices in schools by Susan E. Craig: Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Learning Communities Transforming Children’s Lives, K-5

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Unlocking the Door to Learning: Trauma-Informed Classrooms and Transformational Schools
December 01, 2014

Unlocking the Door to Learning: Trauma-Informed Classrooms and Transformational Schools from Education Law Center, PA.

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Getting Curious (Not Furious) with Students
June 01, 2016

Getting Curious (Not Furious) with Students classroom management article on Edutopia.

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Books: Reaching and Teaching Children Who Hurt

Trauma-informed practices in schools by Susan E. Craig: Reaching and Teaching Children Who Hurt

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