36: Trauma in Schools - Season 2 Welcome
Summary
Equity, inclusion, and justice should be critical goals of education today. To effectively work toward achieving them, though, the mental health and overall well-being of children and school staff must first be addressed. Following the success of Season 1, the podcast series, Cultivating Resilience: A Whole Community Approach to Alleviating Trauma in Schools continues to explore various ways to reduce anxiety and stress that are so prevalent in many of today's schools.
Sponsorship and the Team
This podcast series supports the work of the Compassionate Schools Leadership Academy (CSLA), a research grant to the Center for Educational Improvement, and Yale University’s Program for Recovery and Community Health from the U.S. Department of Education. (Award Number S423A220092).
For this series, Christine Mason, Victoria Romero, Jesse Kohler, and Jeff Ikler are collaborating as podcast hosts. Complete bios are available here: https://www.queticocoaching.com/trauma-in-schools-development-team
Proposed Topics in Season 2
Season 2: Overview and Welcome
Racism, poverty, and neuroscience: implications for educators
Open Windows, Open Minds: promoting more reasonable conversations about Racism
The Education and well-being of Native Americasn students: recommendations for equity
Promoting the social-emotional well-being of educators
Communicating, collaborating, and problem-solving to dissolve barriers and build esteem
Affluenza: how wealth masks trauma
Helping kids live, learn and thrive
Why diversity programs fail
Moving past the fear of losing control
Case study: promoting mental health in one school district
Implementation of SEL
Case study: promoting mental health within a large urban setting