Trauma and Resilience
Leaders can use these documents and resources to extend their knowledge about trauma and resilience-based strategies and supports. Additionally, the resources offer guidance for using the Trauma and Resilience toolkit to facilitate training and professional development with their teams.
Downloads
Discover ways to encourage your team to explore the toolkit and how to use the toolkit for professional development and training.
Promoting Trauma and Resilience Toolkit to Your Team
Access this guidance document to promote the toolkit to your team, colleagues, and others who work with youth impacted by trauma.
Using Trauma and Resilience Toolkit for Training and Professional Development
Access this guidance document to identify ways to use the toolkit videos, tools, and resources in professional development, meetings, or training activities.
Strategies to Avoid the Submit-Fight Cycle
Download this resource to learn about several strategies that can be used by those that provide direct support or instruction to avoid the pitfall of the Submit-Fight Cycle. Leaders can encourage their teams to view The Fear Cascade and The Fear Cascade in Practice videos in the Trauma and Resilience toolkit. After viewing the videos, discuss the strategies that can be used to prevent the Submit-Fight Cycle.
Tools and Resources
Use the following resources and tools to further your skills and enhance your team’s knowledge.
- Exploring the Fear Cascade and the Cliffs of Safety- Building Regulation Through Neuroscience
View this OCALICON Session on the Fear Cascade to support the information found in the Trauma and Resilience toolkit. Mary Vicario from Finding Hope Consulting, LLC offers insights and information to enhance your knowledge about safe and unsafe responses to stress and trauma.
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Mental Health and Trauma Training Library
Access archived webinars to build additional knowledge of resilience-based strategies to support youth that have experienced trauma. Webinars in this video library include Beyond Trauma Informed Strategies, Activating Resilience Through Classroom Adventure, and Integrating Trauma Informed Practices into MTSS Framework. Visit Become a Trauma-Informed District or School for additional information and resources on trauma-informed practices recommended by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.
- National Education Association (NEA) Trauma-Informed Schools
The NEA offers excellent resources for school team leaders to learn more about trauma and its implications for learning, behavior, and school safety. Several resources on ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences) are included. Other recommended resources on this site include the Maryland State Education Association (MESA) Trauma Toolkit for Educators and the Partnerships for Resilience website which includes a powerful 5-minute video on ACES.