Teachers can create welcoming, safe spaces while still maintaining high expectations and holding students accountable.

Often, educators, counselors and those working in social services share that student misbehaviors are frequently an indicator of some type of trauma or unmet need. Educators and others dealing with ...

Violence in our communities could be making some children feel unsafe. The trauma from those feelings could have life-long health impacts. Some schools in our area are taking a "trauma-informed" ...

An open letter to Gov. Wolf and Education Secretary-designee Rivera regarding injured, marginalized children in Pennsylvania schools affected by trauma. Dear Gov. Tom Wolf and Education ...

In this episode we define trauma, how to respond to it, and what caregivers can do to help at home. Guests: Ann Marie Vaughn, Principal, Clear Run Intermediate, Pocono Mt. School District; Rebecca ...

The very idea of wrangling a class of 39 6-year-olds is enough to trigger a wave of panic for most people. Now imagine that roughly three-quarters of those kids are either ESL learners or need extra ...

Trauma surrounds us. Perhaps you recall the abduction in April 2014 of 276 schoolgirls from a government secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria. Or Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children. Or the ...

I remember my frustration with this student. He was always absent. His work was not turned in. He was disengaged. He was also bright and brimming with potential. I would work with him at lunch. I ...