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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...
Nicole Larsen
Oct 25, 20215 min read


The Importance of Continuity in Social-Emotional Learning
By Nicole Larsen, CEI Intern Social-emotional Learning (SEL) has been receiving an increased focus in education, with an expanding...
Nicole Larsen
Aug 27, 20215 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)...
Dana Asby
Jul 21, 20204 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
May 15, 20203 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...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 27, 20207 min read

School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation System (SHAPE): School Leader Perspectives
By Jill Flanders, former Elementary School Principal and Heather Pach, School Psychologist As more schools understand the value of mental...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 11, 20194 min read

Defiant or Depressed? Working with Black Girls in the School Setting
By Kaela Farrise, CEI Intern Because children spend more time with teachers and other school personnel during a typical school year than...
Kaela Farrise
Oct 3, 20194 min read

Learning from Tragedy: How A Bullying-Related Teen Suicide Led to SEL Reform in Massachusetts
By Kaela Farrise, CEI Intern and Dana Asby, CEI Director of Innovation & Research Support This article is based on an interview with...
Center for Educational Improvement
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...
Dana Asby
Sep 10, 20195 min read


Mental Health for All
By Zenisha Shah, CEI Writer and Counselor at Innisfree House School Imagine how your life would be impacted if you had to, first, find a...
Zenisha Shah
Jul 31, 20193 min read


New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Announces Inaugural Fellows
By Christine Mason and Martha Staeheli The New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (New England MHTTC) Network, one of the...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 4, 20193 min read

Vulnerability, Whole-Heartedness, and Sense of Worthiness
By Daniella Rueda, CEI Intern Although often perceived in a negative light, vulnerability (emotional vulnerability, that is) is actually...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 22, 20191 min read


Vulnerability, Shame, Courage, and Connection
Meghan Wenzel, CEI Intern, and Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Sometimes our feeling of vulnerability arises from a sense of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 22, 20196 min read


Leaders in Educational Research & Development Want More Robust Measures of SEL
By Dana Asby, CEI Intern Those who have spent time in a classroom know that children cannot begin learning when they are preoccupied with...
Dana Asby
Dec 13, 20183 min read
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