Video Resources
Making Students Feel Safe | Edutopia
A video about how a trauma-informed approach ensures that students feel safe, supported, and nurtured—to improve their chances of academic success.
By Edutopia
Trauma Sensitive Schools Online Professional Development | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
A comprehensive professional development platform with multiple video modules to be accessed with print resource support.
By Wisconsin Department of Instruction TSS Online Professional Development System
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Videos - YouTube
A video playlist about sustained and well-integrated social and emotional learning (SEL), engagement of students, and improved achievement. Explore classroom practices that make up the most effective SEL programs.
By Edutopia
Print Resources
Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
A book that will help you cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and educational settings. Each chapter includes questions and exercises to encourage reflection and extension of the ideas in this book.
By Kristin Souers and Pete Hall
Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline
A book that addresses the need for co-regulatory and relational touch point practices by adults with students. It shares brain aligned, preventive, and relational discipline protocols by reaching for sustainable behavioral changes through brain state awareness rather than compliance and obedience.
By Dr. Lori L. Desautels
The Regulated Classroom
A classroom approach that equips educators with core practices and sensory tools to cultivate a felt sense of safety. Resources include a guidebook, educator self-care toolkit, and on demand training resources.
By Emily Daniels
5 Strategies for developing a school-wide culture of healing
An article that summarizes Dr. Shawn Ginwright’s work regarding 5 strategies for developing a school-wide culture of healing.
By Nimah Gobir of KQED
Emotional Regulation Plans
A series of three developmentally appropriate printable plans for use in early childhood settings through high school levels. The plans are intended to be a collaborative document between school staff, parents, and the student and can be used with any student for emotional regulation goal setting.
By Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
TLPI Publications – Helping Traumatized Children Learn
A report and policy agenda that summarizes research from psychology and neurobiology that documents the impact trauma from exposure to violence can have on children’s learning, behavior and relationships in school.
By Massachusetts Advocates for Children and Harvard Law School
Stop, Start, Continue, Change
A worksheet for a school staff to investigate their current trauma-responsiveness and develop new practices to adopt as a school community.
By Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction