• --:-- 5 steps to handle a defiant student in your classroom Featured

  Every teacher has had at least 1 defiant student in their class, if not more. It is often hard to handle a class when one student goes out of their way to say no to everything you say. Here are 5 tips to disarm a defiant student calmly without losing your patience.

  Uploaded Apr 03, 2018
• --:-- A Journey Towards Trauma-Informed Schools Featured

  Learn how the Partnership for Resilience, originally known as the “Southland Education and Health Initiative,” is working with teachers, administrators, and health care professionals to meet the needs of students impacted by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This second installment of a series shows how dedicated and caring educators in Calumet Park School District 132 boosted parent engagement, expanded dental care for students, and moved toward becoming “trauma-informed.” In schools where 90% of students are low-income, out of school suspensions were reduced significantly, expulsions eliminated, and strong connections forged between teachers, administrators, union leaders, and students.

  Uploaded Jun 23, 2017
• --:-- A Restorative Approach to Discipline Featured

  From the Office of Social & Emotional Learning at Chicago Public Schools

  Uploaded Aug 15, 2017
• --:-- AWARE: Co-Occurring Disorders ("Sometimes It's Both") Featured

  A simple way of understanding the complexity of substance use and mental health challenges. Viewers will get a glimpse of ways to support youth and instead of punishment, such as suspensions, this will assist students in finding the help they need from mental health professionals and/or drug and alcohol counselors.

  Uploaded Aug 21, 2018
• --:-- Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change Featured

  This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and families. It describes the need to focus on building the capabilities of caregivers and strengthening the communities that together form the environment of relationships essential to children's lifelong learning, health, and behavior.

  Uploaded Aug 04, 2017

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