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Addressing the Effects of Trauma in Schools

Date: March 14, 2016 – April 8, 2016
Location: Webinar

In this two-part series, presenters and practitioners discussed the practical knowledge and leadership skills necessary to begin creating culturally affirming spaces to make schools more safe and supportive environments for culturally, linguistically, and gender-diverse students.

Webinar 1: Creating Culturally Affirming Spaces: School and Classroom Practices

October 13, 2021

The webinar kicked off a two-part series that explored the practical knowledge and leadership skills necessary to begin making schools safer and more supportive environments for all students.

The first webinar expanded knowledge and provided practical, evidence-based examples of systems, policies, and practices that are culturally affirming—what they are and what they are not—to inform instruction, school climate-related practices, and everyday decisions that shape the academic and social-emotional well-being of students and their families.

Panelists:

Ayanna Cooper

Ayanna Cooper
Author and Consultant

Marco Cenabre

Marco Cenabre
Teacher Leader, New Haven Academy

Brian Knowles

Brian Knowles
Manager, Office of African, African American, Latino, Holocaust, and Gender Studies, School District of Palm Beach County

Alexis Patterson Williams

Alexis Patterson Williams
Assistant Professor, Science Education, University of California, Davis

Presenters:

  • Erin Browder, Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd
  • David Lopez, Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, WestEd
  • Rawlin Rosario, Program Associate II, WestEd
  • Lori Van Houten, Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd

Audience

District and site leaders who are the drivers and stewards of equity-centered efforts in their district.

Resources

Webinar 2: Creating Culturally Affirming Spaces: A Systems Orientation

October 27, 2021

The second webinar expanded on how culturally responsive strategies can be used to support academic and social and emotional development, and participants learned about evidence-based systemic leadership approaches and strategies for implementing culturally affirming environments.

Panelists:

Ayana Allen-Handy

Ayana Allen-Handy
Associate Professor of Urban Education, Drexel University

Ayanna Cooper

Ayanna Cooper
Author and Consultant

Jabari Lyles

Jabari Lyles
LGBTQ Inclusion Training and Consulting

Rosa Perez-Isiah

Rosa Perez-Isiah
Director of Elementary Education, Equity, and Access in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

Ayanna Cooper

Reed Swier
Associate Director of Training and Development, NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools

Presenters:

  • Erin Browder, Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd
  • David Lopez, Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, WestEd
  • Rawlin Rosario, Program Associate II, WestEd
  • Lori Van Houten, Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd

Audience

District and site leaders who are the drivers and stewards of equity-centered efforts in their district.

Resources

Videos
Trauma and Resilience 101

Leora Wolf-Prusan & Meagan O'Malley, WestEd

Fostering Positive Youth Development: Opportunities to Reframe the Conversation About Trauma

Leora Wolf-Prusan, WestEd; Brian Villa & Abbas Khalid, RYSE Youth Center

Self and Collective Care of Youth-Serving Adults

Leora Wolf-Prusan, WestEd; Candice Valenzuela, Oakland Unified School District; Lucy Vezzuto, Orange County Department of Education