This book will help you take your family engagement from parent involvement to authentic parent partnership.  

The objectives of this course are:

• Participants will identify the 10 values that are instrumental in shaping the foundation of effective family engagement

• Participants will identify gaps that exist in their current family engagement plan

• Participants will be prepared to guide, or participate in, conversations within their organizations regarding ways to strengthen family engagement practices

• Participants will be able to maintain a strengths-based approach to family engagement work

This is a self-paced book study with discussion questions along the way.  At the completion of this course, you will receive a certificate documenting credit for 15 hours. 

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As an educator, you face the impact of trauma in the classroom every day. Let this book be your guide to seeking solutions rather than dwelling on problems, to building relationships that allow students to grow, thrive, and--most assuredly--learn at high levels.

Grounded in research and the authors' experience working with trauma-affected students and their teachers, Fostering Resilient Learners will help you cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and educational settings. The authors--a mental health therapist and a veteran principal--provide proven, reliable strategies to help you

Participants will:

• Understand what trauma is and how it hinders the learning, motivation, and success of all students in the classroom.

• Build strong relationships and create a safe space to enable students to learn at high levels.

• Adopt a strengths-based approach that leads you to recalibrate how you view destructive student behaviors and to perceive what students need to break negative cycles.

• Head off frustration and burnout with essential self-care techniques that will help you and your students flourish.

This is a self-paced book study with discussion questions along the way.  At the completion of this course, you will receive a certificate documenting credit for 15 hours. 

Each district in Wayne and Holmes County received one or more copies of this book as part of the Resilience Library Project completed by the Wayne Holmes Mental Health and Recovery Board in 2022.  Some school counselors or mental health professionals also received extra copies of this book at the School Counselor/Mental Health Professionals network meeting in February 2024.

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Many Educators have heard that implementing “trauma-sensitive” practices can help students heal and succeed.  But what does this look like on a day-to-day basis?  What does it require of teachers and of those who lead them?  

In Trauma-Sensitive School Leadership, Bill Ziegler, Dave Ramage, Andrea Parson, and Justin Foster provide a framework to guide this work.  With reference to research and their own experience as teachers, counselors, and school leaders, the authors explain how to do this work.

Accepting students for who they are and responding compassionately to their needs leads them to greater success in academics and life.  With 50 recommended strategies and authentic examples of trauma-informed healing practices, Trauma-Sensitive School Leadership can help you transform your school to better serve your students.

Participants will:

• Develop empathetic and supportive relationships with and among students and staff.

• Identify biases and barriers that may hinder educators’ ability to support learners affected by trauma.

• Design all-school events and daily lesson plans to minimize the likelihood of retraumatizing vulnerable students.

• Retool discipline practices and physical spaces to foster a more trauma-sensitive culture and climate.

• Establish supports to help teachers and other staff deal with secondary trauma.

This is a self-paced book study with discussion questions along the way.  At the completion of this course, you will receive a certificate documenting credit for 15 hours. 

Register by following this link. 

This inspirational book offers strategies and ideas to educators who work with wounded students - students who are beyond the point of "at-risk" and who suffer from hopelessness.  It shows teachers and principals how to understand, teach, discipline, and motivate these students.  This book will also empower and encourage educators to give hope to all students and direct them on a path to academic and life success.  

Participants will:

• Develop a new level of understanding that helps them deal with students’ issues and how they affect learning and achievement on an academic level 

• Be able to identify and understand a wounded student

• Understand the role of teachers in the lives of wounded students

• Manage the behavior issues of wounded students in a variety of ways

This is a self-paced book study with discussion questions along the way.  At the completion of this course, you will receive a certificate documenting credit for 15 hours. 

Register by following this link. 

This book provides a wealth of strategies and ideas for teachers and principals who work with wounded students-those who are beyond the point of "at risk" and have experienced trauma in their lives.  Sharing stories and examples from real schools and students, this inspirational book examines the seven key strategies necessary for changing school culture to transform the lives of individual students.  Recognizing the power of effective leadership and empathy in creating a sense of community and safety for wounded students.  Hendershott offers a valuable resource to help educators redesign their school environment to meet the needs of children and empower educators to direct students on a path to academic and life success.  

Participants will: 

•  Understand trauma and the effects it can have on all parts of the learning process

•  Understand how to consider the whole brain in learning and interactions

• Understand the need for empathy and emotional literacy

• Understand the need for community in helping transform wounded children

• Give the reader some takeaway strategies for professional and personal development

This is a self-paced book study with discussion questions along the way.  At the completion of this course, you will receive a certificate documenting credit for 10 hours.

Register by following this link.