Sarah Lindstrom Johnson

This project will adapt an evidence-based school parent engagement program, Positive Family Supports (PFS), to be trauma-informed. By addressing students' traumatic experiences, the adapted program is intended to reduce income-related educational disparities. Addressing the traumatic experiences of students is critical for many reasons including that many low-income children are exposed to traumatic events and the presence of trauma negatively impacts biological development, mental health, a...