Resilience Resources

COVID-19 Resilience Resources

• Student Trauma Won’t Just Disappear In the Fall, Counselors Warn
• COVID-19 Support Resources (William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation)
• Supporting Students Through Coronavirus (several links here)
• Mental Health Care for Teachers During COVID-19
• Educator Self-Care and Wellness (several links here)
• Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It
• North Carolina Alliance for Health COVID-19 Resources (several links here)
• Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Resilience in the Age of COVID-19: Parents Helping Children
• Supporting Families Through COVID-19
• InBrief-The-Science-of-Resilience (1)
• 5 Pasos para el Desarrollo Mental
  Saque y Volea
• 5 Steps for Brain-Building
  Serve and Return
• What Is COVID-19? And How Does It Relate to Child Development?
• How to Support Children (and Yourself) During the
  COVID-19 Outbreak
• COVID-19 Resources for Parents
• A Parent’s Guide to Self-Care During COVID-19
• Young Children at Home during the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Importance of Self-Care
• Calm Meditation for Kids
• The Brain Architects Podcast: COVID-19 Special Edition: A Different World (podcast)
• Pediatricians & COVID-19:  “Self-Care Isn’t Selfish”  (podcast)
• Thinking About Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts Through a Science-Informed, Early Childhood Lens
•  Pandemic-induced-trauma and stress leading to uptick in sel need
• COVID-19 – Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources
• There’s an App for That—School Counseling and SEL Go Online  
•  Empathy as a Classroom Management Tool  
• Social and Emotional Support for Gifted Kids (several links-includes COVID-19 Info) 
• What social-emotional needs will students return with?

Resources from Our Recent Webinar on Broken Places

• Addressing Issues of Childhood Trauma Through Picture Books
• Associate Professor Angela Wiseman Co-Leads Program to Help Future Educators, Social Workers Address Childhood Trauma Through Children’s Literature
• WakeMed Physician Practices – Pediatrics to Launch Positive Parenting Program
• National Center for Healthy Safe Children
• Department of Psychology Family Studies NCSU

Introduction to ACEs and Resilience

• Administrators Fostering Trauma Informed Schools Workshop Flyer
• Teachers Fostering Trauma Informed Schools Workshop Flyer
• Parent/PTA Resilience Workshop Flyer
• A Quick Introduction to Resilience and ACEs
• What is Child Traumatic Stress?
• Toxic Stress: Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University
• Resilience Documentary Website
• ACE’s Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Message from Dr. Robert Anda and Oprah Winfrey
• A national and across-state profile on Adverse Childhood Experiences among U.S. children and possibilities to heal and thrive
• Traumatic Experiences Widespread Among U.S. Youth, New Data Show
• Overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study Robert F. Anda, MD, MS Co-Principal Investigator
• Key Concepts: Resilience
• What is Resilience? (Video)
• Dr. Nadine Burke Harris (Podcast)
• Resilience Guide for Parents
• Understanding ACEs
• ACEs Pyramid
• The Truth About ACEs Infographic
• Building Resilience in Wake County
• ACEs Infographic
• Prevent Child Abuse Online Resources
• Finding Your ACE Score (Questionnaire)
• ACEs Fact Sheet
• Stress and Early Brain Growth (Understanding ACEs)
• Tips for Parents & Caregivers
• Consejos para Padres & Cuidadores
• 2018 Prevention Resource Guide
• Building Protective Factors Against ACEs
• TED Talk: How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime
• Treating Childhood Trauma — Oprah Winfrey on 60 Minutes
• Treating Childhood Trauma — Oprah Winfrey on 60 Minutes
• Buncombe County Collaborative on ACEs
• Core Story of Early Childhood Development

Further Information

Racial Equity Resources

• List of books, articles, webinars and videos 

ACES, Trauma, and Resilience

• Should Childhood Trauma Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis?
• Why a Boston Teachers College Is Sending Its Students to Northern Ireland to Learn About a Child Trauma Program That Could Help U.S. Kids, Too
• Building stronger students: FSU launches Student Resilience Project
• Resilience practices overcome students’ ACEs in trauma-informed high school, say the data
• Treating Childhood Trauma: Oprah Winfrey on 60 Minutes
• ACEs and Our Day with Dr. Vincent Felitti
• Ten Ways to Foster Resilience in Young Children – Teaching Kids to “Bounce Back”
• Essentials for Childhood: Steps to Create Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments
• Cyberbullying – 7 tips to teach kids resilience
• Helping Children Cope with Disaster
• Building protective factors against ACEs
• Adverse Childhood Experiences-Get The Facts

Social-Emotional Learning

• 3 Ways School Counselors Can Boost SEL
• School Leaders’ Role in Empowering Teachers through SEL
• SEL a critical component in improving school climate
• How SEL inspired a transformation in my school
• SEL checkups at school: Schools more closely assess the social-emotional strengths of students and the impact of new programs
• Principals Focus on Serving Student Social-Emotional Needs
• Mindfulness Instruction
• Toolbox: Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for K-6 Students

Mental Health in Schools

• Why You Need a Trauma-Informed Therapist, Even if You Don’t Think You Have TRAUMA
• How this Indiana district realized counselors weren’t spending enough time counseling
• Students draft measure calling for gun control, school mental health resources
• ‘You try to triage’: NYC is spending big on counseling, but staff on the front lines say needs are going unmet
• California law expands mental health support for preschoolers
• Extending Mental Health Help to Vulnerable Kids
• Addressing mental health issues critical to boosting academic success
• Interagency collaboration, need for more counselors highlighted at federal school safety session
• Rocky Mount Telegram – Schools to offer therapy services
• Trump’s School Safety Commission Probes ‘Trauma-Informed’ Mental Health Supports
• Are counselors stretched too thin to meet students’ social-emotional needs?

Restorative Justice and Disciplinary Reforms

• Watchdog group says disciplinary reforms in Rochester schools are helping students
• Restorative practices can transform school culture
• Restorative justice is about more than just reducing suspensions
• As school discipline disparities worsen, Illinois has yet to require reforms
• Report: Black students with disabilities suspended more than white peers
• Disabling Punishment: The Need for Remedies to the Disparate Loss of Instruction Experienced by Black Students with Disabilities
• FROM ZERO TO SB100: Teachers’ Views on Implementation of School Discipline Reform
• The Promise of Restorative Practices to Transform Teacher-Student Relationships and Achieve Equity in School Discipline
• Five Protective Factors    Also in Spanish!

Harassment and Bullying

• School Bus Bullying Prevention
• Want to Prevent Harassment and Assault in Schools? Listen to Students.
• How are school districts legally responsible for bullying?
• Laying down the law on bullying and cyberbullying

Resources for Educators

• Building Community With Friendly Fridays
• Simple Tips for Boosting Teacher Resilience
• Teaching Students How to Deal With Stress
• Teaching Students to Disagree Productively
• 4 ways to teach empathy in the classroom
• Worksheets can help students identify stress, build resilience
• A 4-Step Process for Building Student Resilience?
• 5 Ways To Make Classrooms More Inclusive
• Destress The Classroom: Bringing Mindfulness To Students And Teachers
• Secondary Traumatic Stress for Educators: Understanding and Mitigating the Effects
• Study: Absenteeism interventions most effective with students who miss the most school
• Anti-poverty programs boost students’ academic performance
• Want to boost test scores and increase grad rates? One strategy: look outside schools and help low-income families
• Letting students fail can build resilient, confident learners
• Welcoming Students With a Smile
• The How and Why of Trauma-Informed Teaching
• Trauma can make it hard for kids to learn. Here’s how teachers learn to deal with that.
• Important Questions to Ask Your Students
• Writing to Heal
• Connections Go a Long Way for Students With Trauma
• To Understand Your Students, Use ‘Compassionate Curiosity’
• 5 Ways to Help Students in Trauma
• Building resilience in classrooms and schools
• How Educators Can Nurture Resilience in High-Risk Children and Their Families
• Pinterest: Aces and resilience in education

Resources for Parents

• National Alliance for Targeted Parents: ACEs, Trauma & Resilience
• How to Raise Resilient Kids
• Tip Sheets for Parents
• Parenting Resources
• When Things Aren’t Perfect: Caring for Yourself and Your Children
• Sesame Street in Communities: Traumatic Experiences
• Resilience in Children: Strategies to Strengthen Your Kids

Videos

• Robert Anda | “Understanding ACEs : Building Self-Healing Communities”
• Nadine Burke Harris, MD – “The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity”
• Robert Anda, co-founder of the ACE Study
• Vincent Felitti: Reflections on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
• Adverse Childhood Effect Study with Dr. Vincent Felitti
• InBrief: How Resilience is Built
• How Childhood Trauma Can Make You A Sick Adult
• Ted Talk: Dr. Nadine Burke
• TED Talk – How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), Featuring Dr. Robert Anda
• Sesame Street in Communities: A Child’s Perspective of a Traumatic Experience
• Sesame Street in Communities: Helping Children Cope When a Loved One is Incarcerated
• Combating Adverse Childhood Experiences through Resilience Based Interventions
• NC Early Childhood Summit Keynote Speaker Dr Jack Shonkoff

Books

·      Building Resilience in Students Impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Whole-Staff Approach by Romero, Robertson, & Warner. 2018.

·       Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom (Quick Reference Guide) Pamphlet by Krstin Souers. 2018.

·       The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris. 2018.

·       Summary of The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke Harris. 2018.

·       It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Wolynn. 2018.

• The ACEs Revolution!: The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences by John Richard Trayser. 2016

·       Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom by Souers and Hall. 2016.

·       Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma–An Integrative Somatic Approach by Kain and Terrell. 2016.

·       The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk. 2015.

·       Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Nakazawa. 2015.

·       Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Learning Communities Transforming Children’s Lives, K–5 by Susan Craig. 2015.

Films

· Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope

• Website: https://kpjrfilms.co/resilience/
• Film Trailer:  https://vimeo.com/137282528

· Paper Tigers

• Website: https://kpjrfilms.co/paper-tigers/
• Film Trailer: https://vimeo.com/110821029

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