Building Resilience in Students Impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Whole-Staff Approach

Use trauma-informed strategies to give students the skills and support they need to succeed in school and life

Nearly half of all children have been exposed to at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE), such as poverty, divorce, neglect, substance abuse, or parent incarceration. This workbook-style resource shows K-12 educators how to integrate trauma-informed strategies into daily instructional practice through expanded focus on:

• The experiences and challenges of students impacted by ACEs, including suicidal tendencies, cyberbullying, and drugs
• Behavior as a form of communication and how to explicitly teach new behaviors
• How to mitigate trauma and build innate resiliency 

• Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom (Quick Reference Guide)
• The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom: Building Resilience with Compassionate Teaching
• The ACEs Revolution!: The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation: Trauma-Invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners
• Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
• Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Learning Communities Transforming Children's Lives, K–5
• Reaching & Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma
• Trauma-Sensitive Schools for the Adolescent Years: Promoting Resiliency and Healing, Grades 6–12
• The Trauma-Informed School: A Step-by-Step Implementation Guide for Administrators and School Personnel
• Changing the Conversation: The 17 Principles of Conflict Resolution