Helping Children Manage Stress, Surmount Trauma and Thrive: A Whole-Child Approach
الأربعاء، 10 يونيو
|Webinar
Join Dr. Pamela Cantor from Turnaround for Children on a discussion of best practices for educators to support students during this time.


الوقت والموقع
10 يونيو 2020، 12:30 م غرينتش-4
Webinar
نبذة عن الحدث
Today, levels of stress, anxiety and trauma are extremely high, particularly in communities of color. The mix of COVID-19, police brutality, and systemic racism are a dangerous brew. Unrelenting stress can harm children’s development and impede learning, unless it is buffered by trusted adults. Without justice, without a coronavirus vaccine, we have to make our homes, and eventually our schools, places that can inoculate our children against the stress of the uncertain world we now live in -- especially children who were experiencing adversity and disadvantage even before this crisis emerged.
Educators need new knowledge, tools, training and resources to understand and address stress and trauma—their students’ and their own. By focusing on Three Rs, relationships, routines and resilience, educators can support and teach all of their students now and when schools reopen. Settings that prioritize the Three Rs are like an ecological vaccine, rich in protective factors that ignite the developing brain,…