Change The Brain, Not the Child
By Andrea De Bartolo, CEI Intern The Trauma in Schools Podcast series has once again been a fascinating listen with an episode on...
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Nicole Larsen
Oct 25, 20215 min read
S-CCATE: Helping Schools Address Trauma, Empower Staff, and Build Positive Futures
Nicole Larsen, CEI Intern, and Christine Mason, Executive Director Teachers and other school staff are under tremendous pressure right...
Dana Asby
Aug 11, 20213 min read
Collaborating on Compassionate, Comprehensive School Mental Health
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support, and Martha Staeheli, Director of the New England Mental Health Technology...
Melody Mann
Jul 7, 20213 min read
Resilience: Overcoming our Challenges and Celebrating our Growth
By Melody Mann, CEI Intern and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support While COVID-19 has brought forth feelings of...
Jennie Liang
Jun 18, 20213 min read
Trauma’s Long-Term Impact on Cognitive Functioning
By Jennie Liang, CEI Intern A recent longitudinal study shows that adverse childhood events (ACEs) have long-term effects on cognitive...
Christine Mason
Sep 18, 20205 min read
Healing: A Role for Educators
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director As educators return from their summer breaks and begin to establish routines this fall, we are...
Meghan Wenzel
Sep 9, 20205 min read
Helping Students Cope with COVID and Death
By Meghan Wenzel, CEI Researcher & Writer Uncertainty, change, fear, and loss can make anyone feel anxious, confused, and sad. In a short...
Dana Asby
Jul 21, 20204 min read
Featured Fellow: Joelle Brookner Demonstrates Leadership and Compassion in Western Massachusetts
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support When Joelle Brookner became a Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative (C-TLC)...
Center for Educational Improvement
May 15, 20203 min read
How Trauma-Sensitive Learning Is Continuing Online
Guest Blog By Dr. Ryan T. Woods for Respectful Ways When the threat of COVID-19 arrived, schools responded quickly. Principals made...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 27, 20207 min read
Why Schools Need a Compassionate Response to Trauma and Mental Illness
By Meghan Wenzel, CEI Researcher and Writer and Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Levels of stress, trauma, and mental illness are...
Dana Asby
Nov 15, 20194 min read
Part I: Understanding the Trauma of the School Shootings Epidemic—Why?
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support Since the first widely publicized school shooting at Columbine High School in...
Will Foley
Nov 14, 20194 min read
Creating Peace, Healing Trauma
By Will Foley, CEI Intern We are never traumatized alone. We are wounded together. Together too, we heal. Relying on one another for...
Dana Asby
Nov 11, 20194 min read
Featured Fellow: Addressing Trauma with Joan Cavallo, St. Albans City School Principal
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support In her 12 years at St. Albans City School, a Pre-K-8 school of 800 students,...
Dana Asby
Oct 15, 20193 min read
Reflections: The State of School Mental Health— Courageous Conversations and Healing Practices
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support New England, a center for knowledge and research, has promoted a number of...
Dana Asby
Sep 10, 20195 min read
Featured Fellow: Erica McLaughlin Leads Teachers at Randolph Elementary to Become Trauma-Informed
By Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support Erica McLaughlin, a C-TLC Fellow, is an elementary school principal and also...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 10, 20196 min read
The State of Mental Health in New England Schools: Innovations, Needs, and Future Directions
By Vien Nguyen, CEI Intern, William Foley, Jr., CEI Intern, and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support Is New England...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 3, 20195 min read
Helping Immigrant Children: How Educators Can Support Students Before & After an ICE Raid
By William Foley, Jr., CEI Intern and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support After the recent Immigration and Customs...
Lauren Kiesel
Aug 16, 20194 min read
Parents and Compassion: A Webinar on the Role of Schools in Healing Family Trauma
By Lauren Kiesel, CEI Intern Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”– Theodore Roosevelt As Suzan Mullane has...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 13, 20196 min read
Poverty & Brain Development: Why Early Intervention is Imperative
By Vien Nguyen, CEI Intern and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support Today the nurture vs. nature debate has largely...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 12, 20193 min read
Featured Fellow: Lisa Parker
By Vien Nguyen, CEI Intern This August, the Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative (C-TLC) is celebrating its first Featured Fellow!...
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