Clinical Articles

Fostering Resilience in Children

Welcome to this series on fostering resilience in children—the role of the family. In this series, you will have a chance to understand how a … [Read more...] about Fostering Resilience in Children

It is incumbent upon educators to develop increased trauma sensitivity as they welcome the return of children back to school buildings. When we see … [Read more...] about Supporting Trauma-Impacted Students Returning to School

Some students will enter the school year more impacted by trauma. Some of these students were trauma-impacted before the pandemic and the … [Read more...] about Pandemic Trauma in Students Returning to School Buildings

Dealing With the Emotional Impact of the Pandemic on Educators and Returning Students We must give serious thought to the stress and the emotional … [Read more...] about Prepare Yourself for Your Return to School

The materials below include guidelines and specific ideas about how to Support Children Who are Home due to the corona virus. There are also … [Read more...] about Supporting Children and Ourselves: Coping during Covid 19

The following is a list of materials to understand and support trauma-impacted students in the classroom. The primary objective in supporting … [Read more...] about Trauma-impacted Students: Guide to Materials

Children who have been impacted by trauma have brains and bodies that are primed to react quickly —to feel threatened—even in experiences that … [Read more...] about Circumstances in the Classroom That Can Adversely Affect Children Who Have Been Impacted by Trauma

Protective factors can contribute significantly to children’s ability to successfully cope with the circumstances or recover from them more quickly … [Read more...] about Protective and Vulnerability Factors in Children’s Response to Trauma

Nearly 50% of all children have experienced one or more of these circumstances or events, and many have experienced them in chronic, unrelenting … [Read more...] about Circumstances or Events That Can Cause Children to Develop a Trauma Response

This article details the physiological, emotional, psychological, and cognitive impacts of complex trauma such as: Unregulated Stress Response … [Read more...] about The Impact of Childhood Complex Trauma on School Functioning

Definitions of "trauma supportive" including description of "trauma sensitive" and "trauma informed" school environments. Please also see the Guide … [Read more...] about Definition of “Trauma Supportive” at School

This set of guidelines is organized into two major sections. The first section is a listing of dozens of supportive approaches. Following this list … [Read more...] about Supporting Trauma-impacted Students in School