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Helping Students Cope with Post-Election Divisiveness
By Stephanie Filio, M.Ed., author of Responding to Student Trauma: A Toolkit for Schools in Times of Crisis Riddle: What is two words, 12 letters, evokes apocalyptic fears, ensures 1,075 ads a day, creates compulsive opinion sharing between strangers, and … Continue reading
How Trauma Impacts Learning
By Stephanie Filio, M.Ed., author of Responding to Student Trauma: A Toolkit for Schools in Times of Crisis Traumatic experiences are all-consuming. When people experience trauma, their minds and bodies replay the emotions felt in that moment over and over … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Free Spirit author, learn from home, trauma
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Enter to Win Responding to Student Trauma
This month we’re giving away five copies of Responding to Student Trauma: A Toolkit for Schools in Times of Crisis. The five books, along with the free, downloadable book study guide, will make a perfect PLC starter kit for one … Continue reading
Responding to Trauma in Students—and Yourself
By Stephanie Filio, M.Ed., author of Responding to Student Trauma: A Toolkit for Schools in Times of Crisis, When you were a kid, you were a kid. Now, you are an adult . . . but you were still that … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Free Spirit author, learn from home, trauma
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When We Lose a Fellow Teacher
By Stephanie Filio When someone in a school has something to celebrate, the whole school celebrates together. Marriages, graduations, babies—no matter what it is, the staff is less weighty, the kids catch the spirit, and everyone moves through the day … Continue reading
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Tagged grief and loss, school counselor, talk with kids, talk with teens, teachers, trauma
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