Trauma Lecture Tells Future Educators to Support their Students – and Each Other
UND Teacher Education worked with the National Center for Safe Supportive Schools (NCS3) to present “Trauma-Informed Practices”, an enlightening and interactive presentation that
Commentary: When students are not OK, neither are teachers
Exacerbated by the pandemic, the current mental health crisis is well documented, and it’s felt in homes and classrooms here in Illinois and nationwide: Forty-two percent of Illinois high
The youth mental health crisis needs urgent care. What will it take?
When Leo began showing anger, causing tension at home and at school and seeing a decline in grades, his mom says things got to a point that they knew that something had to change. They needed help
Our Chicago: Talking to children about the Israel-Hamas War
The images we have been seeing from Israel and Gaza since the surprise attacks by Hamas can be very difficult to watch.
Airstrikes, kidnappings and the death toll continuing to rise.
Locally, an
Schools make a difference for students exposed to violence, new report shows
Some Chicago schools excel at curbing the academic and social-emotional fallout experienced by students who live near where homicides happen, a new University of Chicago study found.
The report
