Many schools and districts are planning and preparing for a transition back to some form of hybrid/in-person learning. In our conversations with school administrators and staff, we are hearing the need for practical and useful resources and ideas to help respond to these transitions.
In response to our conversations with you, we are creating and compiling
trauma-responsive resources for transitioning back to school.
This includes visuals for ten trauma-responsive tools that we already know work in the Trauma Responsive School Transition Handout linked below. We also recently convened a panel of educators from Redwood Elementary in Oregon who shared their experiences and helpful advice.
This page will be updated as we learn more and develop additional tools. If you have ideas or feedback, please share them with us!
- Trauma-Responsive School Transition Handout
- SEL at Home Brochure – for parents and caregivers
- Resilience through Transition art activity
Educators share their handiwork during a facilitated session of the Resilience through Transition art activity - High-speed handwashing resources from OSU Extension service
- How teachers can nurture resilience.
- Pause, regulate and appreciate
- Pause and regulate. Practice quick self-regulation activities with your students throughout the day. Print out these cards for ideas.
- Re-teach brain in the palm of the hand.
- Re-teach compliments. Create a compliment board in the room or using Jamboard.
For our Sound Discipline School Partners, there are many helpful ideas in your pacing guide:
- Sound Discipline Pacing Guide (password protected)