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Using Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Principles to Support Staff and Student Resiliency (On Demand)

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1.5 credits

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Description

Educators and their students need strong compassion resilience skills to balance the stress and trauma they experience in their lives. These skills include the ability to maintain physical, emotional, and mental well-being while responding compassionately to one another's needs.

In this webinar, presenters from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing will discuss two sections of the Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit. Participants will learn how they can improve their school's understanding of trauma and enhance the compassion resilience of both staff and students.

Audience

School leaders, school administrators, teachers, parents, mental health professionals, and others working in school safety or involved in the STOP School Violence program

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the key concepts from the following sections of the Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit:

    • Section 1: Introducing Trauma and Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools

    • Section 3: Building a Culture of Faculty and Staff Compassion Resilience

  • Describe how to support the development of a trauma-informed, resilience-oriented school in your context

Presenters

Pamela Black, MA, MEd, Consultant on Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Julie Schillim, PhD, LLP, LPC, Coach/Consultant, Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Services, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Continuing Education Credit

This webinar is offered for an NCSS certificate of completion.

Planning Committee

Pamela Black, MA, MEd; Julie Schillim, PhD, LLP, LPC; Emily Torres, MPH; Brent Miller, MA, PMP

Sponsor

This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement No. 2019-YS-BX-K001 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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