1.) Understanding Trauma-Informed Education 

• Edutopia Article

• Includes: misconceptions about trauma-informed education 

2.) Trauma-Informed Schools 

• National Education Association article

• Includes: why schools should be trauma-informed, information about ACEs, ACEs statistics, and additional links to trauma-informed 

• Link - https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/trauma-informed-schools#:~:text=Trauma%2Dsensitive%20and%20trauma%2Dinformed,so%20that%20learning%20can%20occur (copy and paste into browser if link above doesn't work). 

3.) MSEA - Trauma Toolkit for Educators

• Toolkit Resource

• Includes: Learning about most common sources of childhood trauma, how trauma affects learning, manifests in students, tool and techniques to help students manage SEL behavior, how to gain support from community, and importance of self-care

• Link - file:///Users/nvollmer/Downloads/MSEA_Firstbook%20Trauma%20Toolkit%20for%20Educators_.pdf

4.) Creating Trauma Sensitive Classroom

• Article

• Includes: trauma causes, effects, and interventions in the classroom

5.) Adverse Childhood Experiences: What’s it got to do with me? | Rachel Symmons | TEDxUoChester

• TedTalk 

• Includes: how trauma impact on brain, negative coping mechanism, examples of how trauma presents itself behaviorally, and three ways to help lessen negative impact in the classroom. 

6.) The How and Why of Trauma Informed Teaching 

• Edtopia article

• Includes: Twitter chat about building trauma informed social emotional learning in the classroom

7.) Potsdam University - Trauma Studies and Trauma-Informed Teaching Articles

• Website

• Includes: Various resources/articles about trauma-informed practices and topics for teachers

8.) What if Schools Are The Source of Trauma? | Rosemarie Allen | TEDxCherryCreekWomen

• TedTalk Video

• Includes: How schools can be sources of trauma and how to move away from punitive measures to restorative

9.) Trauma-Informed Approaches in Schools

• Article

• Includes: Multi-Tier support systems, principles, and important implementations to incorporating trauma-informed practices

10.) Unlocking the Door to Learning: Trauma-Informed Classrooms & Transformational Schools 

• Article

• Includes: What trauma is, statistics of trauma experience, impacts on learning and brain development, breaking trauma cycle, what schools and educators can do, what trauma-informed classroom looks like, creating trauma-informed schools, and recommendation for school and administration level. 

1.) Teacher Self-Care and How to Practice Self-Care with Students 

• Article

• Includes: self-care, importance for teachers to practice self-care, ideas for self-care, and how to practice self-care with students 

2.) St. Cloud University - Teacher Burnout and Self-Care Techniques by Ryan Stumne

• Article

• Includes: origins of teacher burnout, statistics, wellness, strategies to lessen burnout, and self-care

3.) Teacher Burnout: A Review of Sources and Ramifications by Afsaneh Ghanizadeh and Safoura Jahedizadeh 

• Article

• Includes: reasons for teacher burnout through analysis of 30 studies conducted of why there's high rates of burnout in the profession. 

4.) Impact of Trauma-Informed Training and Mindfulness-Based Social–Emotional Learning Program on Teacher  

     Attitudes and Burnout: A Mixed-Methods Study

• Journal and Study

• Includes: study on Trauma-Informed training and mindfulness social emotional learning program for teachers and focusing on the effects of teacher burnout/stress and attitude in the profession before and after study

5.) Coaching for Teacher Resilience during COVID-19 | Part 1: Burnout and Trauma

• Article

• Includes: discussion of teacher burnout (emphasis during Covid Pandemic), effects of burnout, and effects of primary and secondary trauma

1.)  Building Community with Restorative Circles

• Article

• Includes: Seven ways to facilitate meaningful circles in the classroom 

2.) Community Building Circles

• Article

• Includes: Important characteristics of a community circle and what to include when creating one

3.) Community, Circles and Collaboration: The First 10 Days

• Restorative Approach Outline

• Includes: Various ways/formats restorative circles can be used to build community, academics, classroom norms/expectations 

4.) Implementing Restorative Practices in the Classroom

• Article

• Includes: Four strategies to build restorative environments in the classroom, emphasis on starting small with basic foundations of restorative strategies

5.) Restorative Practices in Schools Designing for Equity

• Article and videos 

• Includes: What restorative practices are, tools to implement restorative practices, punitive vs restorative, how to build healthy schools, and considerations for school leaders. Videos and resources included from Oakland School District. 

6.) Best Practice for Trauma-Informed Instruction 

• Research Priority Brief 

• Includes: Recommendations for trauma-informed strategies, creating safe environment, predictability, relationship building, preventing and de-escalating overreactions, instructional strategies, and phases of acting out cycle and alternatives to managing de-escalation. 

• (LINK) file:///Users/nvollmer/Desktop/BEST%20PRACTICES%20FOR%20TRAUMA-INFORMED%20INSTRUCTION%20.pdf

1.) Greeting, question of the day (can relate to subject or can be random), and/or ask how they're doing. 

• Ex.) How are you? (scale 1-10)

• Ex.) If you could be an animal, what would you choose and why?

• Ex.) Greet students when they walk in

2.) Build classroom expectations and norms with students.

• After you've worked together, print them out and place them around the room to refer to when student is acting out. Consistency is key in encouraging these norms and expectations. 

3.) Identify a safe spot in classroom as a "calm corner" for students to go to when they are not ready to engage in material and lesson. 

• Have journaling prompts ready for them to fill out and/or coloring pages to help de-escalate. 

4.) Get-To-Know-You Assignments (Ice breakers)

• 20 questions 

• "Human" Bingo (includes experiences that students can go around to ask others to try and get 5 in a row)

• "Things You Love" Activity - Have students create a heart and fill it up with things that they love or make them smile. 

5.) Encourage peer-to-peer interactions and relationship building 

• Partner/group work

• Discussions with table groups 

6.) Be Predictable 

• Have a class agenda to outline the class assignments/activities for the day

• Let students know when you will be gone 

• Create a routine students can follow with 

7.) Show You Care

• Greet students when they walk in

• Provide positive feedback when applicable (ex. thank you _____ for getting your notebook out!)

• Ask about their day/weekend

• Ask how they are doing 

• Check in on their interests (ex. sports, gaming, nails, reading, etc)

• Modify workload and/or offer alternative assignment 

8.) Offer Choices 

• Offer choices to what students can do in that moment 

• Ex.) "You can either sit with me and work on your assignment with me, or take some deep breaths and continue to work on your own"

1.) Restorative Circles (Healing Harm)

• This is referring to the community healing restorative practice that has those involved in harm and those harmed to go through a process that incorporates reflection and what needs to be done to heal the community. 

• Link: Restorative Questions to Ask 

• Link: Restorative Justice Facilitation in a Boston School

2.) PBIS - Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports 

• Relates to the tiered classroom behaviors 

• Link: PBIS in the Classroom

3.) Go Over Classroom/School Rules, Procedures, and Norms to Reflect if They're Trauma-Informed

• Do these policies and procedures re-traumatize students?

• How would these consequences led to more positive outcomes and skill building?

• Are there any supports in place for student experiencing trauma when counselors may not be available?

• Am I unconsciously encouraging systematic and racial/ethnic discrimination in classroom/curriculum?

 4.) Reflect on Your Experiences with Trauma and/or Emotional Regulation

• Learn more about what triggers your emotions 

• Learn emotional regulation tactics that work for you 

• Understand how your reactions/tones may affect your students 

• Make your own plan of action when experiencing these emotions (ex. have students chat with partners for 3 minutes about lesson content, during this time - you go to your desk and write down how you feel/why you feel that way, or do breathing exercises) 

5.) Integrating Trauma-Informed and Social-Emotional Learning Parallels in Curriculum 

• Incorporating parallels in academic learning with social emotional learning 

• Examples for Social Studies (Theme: Relationship building) - What healthy relationship building skills could colonists have used with Native Americans to encourage a more positive relationship between them?