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

We’ve all been through a traumatic experience in the last year. In a typical year, school is the only safe place for many students, and it is often the place where abuse or other trauma is recognized ...

Educators are tasked with the responsibility to create a safe and supportive environment for our students and colleagues. In recent years, we’ve seen a marked increase in stress and trauma-related ...

More schools are adopting trauma-informed practices to help students feel safe, supported, and ready to learn. These approaches recognize how adverse experiences shape behavior and learning, and ...

Trauma has emerged as an important public health concern because it has long-term adverse effects upon physical and mental health. Trauma contributes to chronic health and behavioral health conditions ...

As part of our Special Series "Addressing Youth Mental Health," Kate Endries, LMSW, National Director of Trauma-Informed Practice at Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and Susan Haspel, State Director of ...

Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey have published a book of their conversations about trauma and healing titled What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing. Oprah has spoken to ...

On the first Monday of the school year, I was the outsider — a veteran teacher new to a large, unfamiliar school. I was still learning the layout of the building, much less my students’ names. The ...

As awareness of trauma-informed care grows across healthcare, education, and community settings, designers are increasingly being asked to translate clinical principles into physical space. With the ...