In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, many schools are closing for weeks or longer and we know that students, parents and communities are in need of informed and inspiring support.
In the March 19, 2020 webinar Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Responding to COVID-19, Riane Eisler, Mary Crnobori and Khayree Bey addressed how we can better care for our families and school communities in the coming weeks.
The Center for Partnership Systems and Riane Eisler welcome Dr. Mary Crnobori, BCBA and Khayree Bey, BBSc, M.Ed for a timely dialogue on how families and school communities are impacted by COVID-19.
Given the urgency of the real issues at hand, how can we can better care for our families and school communities in the coming weeks?
Our webinar presenters are working directly with parents, teachers and schools to smooth this transition and offer effective trauma-informed responses.
In this webinar, they address:
- Trauma-sensitive practices that can address the fear, confusion, and questions of our children, while offering compassion and kindness.
- How to prepare for traumatized children when they return to re-opened schools
- The mental-emotional challenges of life-threatening personal illness and illness of loved ones
- Issues related to equity for districts considering moving to distance learning
- How our family, community and societal immune system is boosted and sustained by partnership systems
Hosted by the Center for Partnership Systems
Facilitated by Sara Saltee
School communities, educators and families are responding to COVID-19 by working together in partnership to find creative local solutions.
Here are resources including trauma-sensitive practices that will support your children:
Educator Resources from Riane Eisler:
- Resources for Educators
- Excerpts from Tomorrow’s Children
- Caring Family Policy Agenda
- Children’s Bill of Rights
Educator, Parent and Community Resources from Mary Crnobori and Khayree Bey:
- Resources for Trauma-Sensitive Practices
- Mr. Bey Full Resource List
- Mindfulness With Your Child
- Family Schedule Templates
- Check Ins with Your Child
- Calming Strategies
Mary Crnobori, coordinator of Trauma-Informed Schools for the 169-school Metro Nashville Public School District, will share how she is working at the district level to raise awareness of childhood and intergenerational trauma, using a collective impact framework to promote system-wide change and implementation of school-wide trauma-sensitive practices, and collaborate with police and other community agencies to support students experiencing traumatic events. Watch Mary Crnobori at TEDx Vanderbilt University: Why All Schools Should be Trauma Informed.
Khayree Bey, 2019 SHAPE Delaware’s Health Teacher of the Year, will share how he is implementing an equity-based trauma-informed approach in his classroom based on the art of mindfulness, Kemetic yoga and other self-care practices, and how he is teaching other teachers, community and staff to do the same. Khayree serves on Colonial School District’s Educators of Color committee which focuses on equity and the underrepresented population in teaching by recruiting, assisting, and maintaining educators of color. Watch Khayree Bey on Colonial School District’s October edition of Keeping up with Colonial.
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