TRA-5300: Trauma-Informed Strategies for Educational Environments

Jean-Pierre, J., & Parris-Drummond, S. (2018). Alternative school discipline principles and interventions: An overview of the literature. McGill Journal of Education, 53(3), 414–433.
This literature review uses empowerment theory and the opportunity-to-learn as a conceptual framework to expand educators’ knowledge of alternative approaches to discipline.

Farr, B., Gandomi, M., & DeMatthews, D. E. (2020). Implementing restorative justice in an urban elementary school: A principal’s commitment and experiences eliminating exclusionary discipline. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 23(3), 48–62.
This case study describes how a principal identified her school’s legacy of racial bias and the steps she took and challenges she faced to enact restorative justice.

Perry, B. L., & Morris, E. W. (2014). Suspending progress: Collateral consequences of exclusionary punishment in public schools. American Sociological Review, 79(6), 1067–1087.
This study links exclusionary discipline in schools to negative outcomes for students.