Restorative practices can improve student behavior and performance, but putting them into practice isn’t always easy. Our issue brief breaks down what they are, why they work, and how schools can use them effectively.

#RestorativeJustice #SchoolDiscipline #TraumaInformedSchools

Children don’t feel our intentions through our words...words are not the direct pathway to the emotional brain!!

#appliededucationalneuroscience
#revelationsineducation
#teachers
#edchat
#school
#traumainformedschools

Co-regulation is our biological imperative.
We need the presence of others to feel safe, and it’s what makes self-regulation possible!!

#appliededucationalneuroscience
#revelationsineducation
#coregulation
#ťeachers
#principals
#mentalhealth
#traumainformedschools

First #traumainformedschools whole school training of the new academic year done in a very beautiful building today. Always so uplifting to hear how much this work matters to school staff. 💚 🧠🌱

"Our schools should be places where our children thrive. Thus it should be mandatory that teachers understand what distress looks like. For some kids, school is an escape from violent homes." @G_Mbugua1 How can teachers be supported to see this? #traumainformedschools @ntvkenya

Isolation is confusing to those who are misunderstood as naughty when they are displaying trauma symptoms. #Banthebooths #ACEs #traumainformedschools