Tag: k-12 education
Misapplying The ACEs Trauma Study: A SSWN Research Brief
The opening quotation from one of the co-authors, Laura Porter, must now be seen as a case of misplaced confidence, and a stark reminder that researchers cannot know in advance precisely how any work they produce might be (mis)used or (mis)interpreted. In the case of the ACEs model and in particular its main methodological feature – the ‘ACE score’ – the authors are unequivocal that it should only be used for the purposes for which it was created, and that misusing ACE studies or the ACE score can have seriously harmful consequences.
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Chicago Students Strike Back & FIght For School Social Workers
We wrote a biography of the group and zine — Students Strike Back is a student-led group created during the Chicago Teachers Union one day strike in 2016. Students are neighborhood high school students in Chicago Public Schools from the southwest side. Students are determined to have their voice in education issues. “No decisions about us without us”. As students who must endure the conditions of Chicago Public Schools, the group is determined to fight for education equity. For far too long, students have endured budget cuts after budget cuts. It is time for education to be taken seriously.
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Letter from Sonoma County, CA: Educators Responding to The Climate Crisis
I am concerned that this most recent exposure to climate-related disasters combined with education sector silence (or worse) about climate neglect may shake my students’ sense of safety in the world and their optimism about the future. Please help us reframe the context by which students experience these disasters.
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SSWN Top 5: Mindfulness
There has never been such a wide variety of choices and applications for mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions. Keeping these five elements in mind, school clinicians should feel excited about so many options rather than daunted. The increased diversity of applications means more potential for meetings students’ needs and increasing their overall wellness.
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Going Back To School With Social Workers: Join Our Public Education Campaign
Hello SSWN readers! Welcome back to your school year, and back to our site. This is going to be a...
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Slow Down: What We Don’t Know (Yet) About Trauma-Informed Approaches in Schools
Editor’s note: here at SSWN, we strive to bring you open-access research when we can, and...
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Make Time for What Matters Part 2: Using Technology to Improve Efficiency and Developing Strong Relationships
Part 1 From a Tech Coach Perspective Matching the right tool to the right goal is a major focus of...
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