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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 7 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 5 min
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, 2019
- 6 min
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, 2019
- 5 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 6 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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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