What About Your Students? Supporting Student Well-Being and Resilience with Trauma-Informed Care
This second webinar in a three-part series, Teaching and Leading With Trauma-Informed Care, sponsored by the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL Center), the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Education Association, offers educators concrete strategies for supporting their students’ well-being during distance learning during COVID-19 by using trauma-informed self-care and resilience-building strategies. Participants heard from an expert practitioner and experts in supporting school mental health.
Presenters
- David Morales, 2016. New Mexico Teacher of the Year, Las Cruces Public Schools, Executive Director of NEA-Las Cruces’ Educator Leadership & Learning Lab
- Dr. Brittany Patterson, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine and the National Center for School Mental Health
- Kathleen Guarino, Licensed Mental Health Clinician for Trauma-Informed Care at AIR
- Lisa Lachlan, EdD, Director of Strategic Partnerships, GTL Center at AIR
Webinar Resources
- Presentation Slides (PDF)
- Handout 1: Supporting Student Resilience and Well-Being with Trauma-Informed Care Self-Assessment and Planning Tool
- Handout 2: Resources and Bibliography: 6 pages of useful activities, and other resources for supporting student well-being
- Resource 1: NCSSLE Telehealth Resources (April 2020)
- Resource 2: Trauma-Informed Parenting during our "Staycation" from the Attachment and Trauma Network, Inc.
Resource 3: From the Chat Box: a summary of the excellent ideas and words of hope shared by participants in the chat box during the webinar
"What Gives You Hope?"
About the Series
Starting in April 2020, the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL Center) hosted a three-part webinar series, Teaching and Leading With Trauma-Informed Care, focused on the developing the use of evidence-based trauma-informed practices. The webinar series highlighted strategies specific to fostering resilience and well-being for educators, for educators as they work with their students, and for school leaders as they work to build trust and well-being in their school communities.
