TRA-7200: Linking Theory and Practice to Design Trauma-Sensitive Environments

Alexander, J. (2019). Building trauma-sensitive schools: Your guide to creating safe, supportive learning environments for all students. Brooks/Cole. Read chapters 4 & 6.

Holmes, C., Levy, M., Smith, A., Pinne, S., & Nees, P. (2015). A model for creating a supportive trauma-informed culture for children in preschool settings. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 1650–1659. DOI 10.1007/s10826-014-9968-6

Santiago, C. D., Raviv, T., & Jaycox, L. H. (2018). Universal and schoolwide interventions for trauma. In Creating healing school communities: School-based interventions for students exposed to trauma. (pp. 37–52). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000072-005
This reading focuses on interventions to support students exposed to trauma and incorporates school and community culture, student support teams, educator professional development, social-emotional learning, and collaboration with communities and families.

Improving public health through student-led interprofessional extracurricular education and collaboration: A conceptual framework
Vander Wielen, L. M., Vanderbilt, A. A., Dumke, E. K., Do, E. K., Isringhausen, K. T., Wright, M. S., Enurah, A. S., Mayer, S. D., & Bradner, M. (2014). Improving public health through student-led interprofessional extracurricular education and collaboration: A conceptual framework. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 7, 105

Dorado, J. S., Martinez, M., McArthur, L. E. & Leibovitz, T. (2016). Healthy environments and response to trauma in schools (HEARTS): A whole-school, multi-level, prevention and intervention program for creating trauma-informed, safe and supportive schools. School Mental Health: A Multidisciplinary Research and Practice Journal, 8(1),163-176.

Dutro, E. (2010). What “hard times” means: Mandated curricula, class-privileged assumptions, and the lives of poor children. Research in the Teaching of English, 44(3), 255-291.

Fowler, K. A., Dahlberg, L. L., Haileyesus, T., Gutierrez, C., & Bacon, S. (2017). Childhood firearm injuries in the United States. Pediatrics, 140(1), 1-11. 10.1542/peds.2016-3486

Shamblin, S., Graham, D., & Bianco, J. A. (2016). Creating trauma-informed schools for rural Appalachia: The partnerships program for enhancing resiliency, confidence and workforce development in early childhood education. School Mental Health: A Multidisciplinary Research and Practice Journal. 8(1),189-200. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-016-9181-4