Course Curriculum

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    Course Goals And Objectives

    • Course Goals And Objectives

    • Understanding Trauma and Trauma Responsive Educational Practices
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    Downloadable Manual

    • Companion Manual
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    Introduction

    • Creating Opportunities For Post Traumatic Growth

    • Partnering With Parents And Caregivers

    • Creating & Implementing A Family Partnership Plan For Distance Learning

    • A Family School Partnership

    • Structured Program For Building Teacher-Parent Partnerships

    • Reflecting On Actions That Build And Maintain Relationships With Families

    • Racial Equity And Justice

    • Becoming An Antiracist Educator

    • Anti-Racist Teaching Practices To Mitigate The Disparate Impacts Of Structural Racism

    • Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education
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    Topic 1: Talking with Children About Trauma

    • Brief Overview Of Trauma

    • How to Talk to Kids About the Coronavirus

    • Talking With Children About Trauma

    • Talking To Children About Disasters

    • Self-Reflection: Anxieties About Talking With Children

    • Recommended Reading
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    Topic 2: Helping Children Understand COVID-19 – What Is A Pandemic?

    • The Pandemic Through Children’s Eyes

    • Tim And Moby Explaining COVID-19

    • Use Comics To Connect And Communicate

    • Recommended COVID-19 Comics

    • Recommended Reading
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    Topic 3: Helping Children Understand Collective Trauma

    • Understanding Collective Trauma

    • Coronavirus: Signs Of Children Under Stress

    • Guiding North Star
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    Topic 4: How Grief and Loss May Be Affecting Your Students

    • Grief And COVID-19: Mourning What We're Missing

    • What Is Grief And Loss?

    • Grief Triggers And How To Help

    • Things To Look For Among Your Students

    • Additional Resources
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    Topic 5. Helping Students Process Fears and Worries

    • Helping Students Process Fears And Worries

    • Self-Reflection

    • COVID-19: Mental Health Issues and Coping

    • Additional Resources
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    Topic 6: Understanding Your Students’ Stress Reactions

    • It Starts With You: Caring for Yourself in Order to Care for Your Students

    • Understanding Your Own Stress Reactions

    • Know The Signs By Age or Grade Levels

    • Strategies For Helping Students Manage Stress

    • Collective Reflection: "Flipping Your Lid"

    • Additional Resources for Understanding Student's Stress Reactions
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    Topic 7: Teaching Practices That Support Students Coping With High Levels Of Stress

    • Student Stress In The Aftermath Of The Pandemic

    • Signs Of Children Under Stress

    • Teaching Practices to Support Students Coping with High Levels of Stress

    • 10 Powerful Community-Building Ideas

    • Collective Reflection

    • Incorporating Mindfulness & Other Calming Strategies

    • Deep Breathing Demonstration Video

    • Progressive Muscle Relaxation Demonstration Video

    • Guided Imagery Demonstration Video

    • Additional Resources

    • Talking To And Supporting Students And Ourselves During The Pandemic
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    Topic 8: Understanding How Your Students Cope

    • Understanding How Your Students Cope

    • Addressing Student Anxiety in Remote Learning

    • Coping Strategies

    • Self-Reflection
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    Topic 9: Building Student's Resilience To Change

    • Resilience Is...

    • Brains: Journey to Resilience

    • Promoting Resilience

    • How can we promote resilience and recovery for people who have experienced traumatic events?

    • Integrating Resilience Into Teaching Plans

    • Additional Resources
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    Topic 10: Supporting Students Coping With Anger

    • Understanding and Managing Anger and Aggression

    • ABC's Of Anger Management

    • Anger Management For Kids

    • I’m so mad! (Helping children deal with anger)

    • Aggression in Adolescents: Strategies for Educators

    • Collective Reflection
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    Topic 11: Reestablishing A Sense of Agency

    • Sense of Agency

    • Collaborative Problem Solving

    • Developing Students' Sense of Agency

    • Integrating Sense of Agency Into Core Subject Teaching

    • Self-Reflection

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    Topic 12. Helping Students Manage Intrusive Thoughts

    • Intrusive Thoughts

    • Coronavirus Is Wreaking Havoc On Our Mental Health

    • Intrusive Thoughts In The Classroom

    • Flashbacks

    • Supportive Strategy: Helping Students Verbalize Thoughts

    • Manging Negative Self-Talk

    • Self-Reflection
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    Topic 13: Staying Physically Healthy

    • The Need For Physical Activity

    • TOP 3 Benefits Of Physical Activity

    • Play

    • Reopen schools with a 'golden age of play'

    • Integrating Movement into Learning

    • Healthy Active Children: North Carolina School-Based Activity

    • Self-Reflection
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    Topic 14: Talking With Students About Economic Hardship

    • Economic Distress

    • What The Coronavirus Crisis Means For Those Already Struggling

    • Resilience in the face of a pandemic: COVID weighs unevenly across racial lines

    • Talking With Students About Economic Distress

    • Collective Reflection
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    Topic 15: Benefits of Optimism, Helping Others, and Practicing Gratitude

    • Does Positive Thinking Really Work?

    • Getting Stuck In The Negatives (And How To Get Unstuck)

    • A Positive School Community Is A Protective Factor

    • Positive Thinking Power Cards

    • The Benefits of Helping Others And Practicing Gratitude

    • Getting Students Thinking Positively

    • Self-Reflection
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    Brief Feedback Survey

    • Brief Feedback Survey

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    Additional Resources

    • Building Resilience in Children During COVID-19