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Partnership for Resilience

A Journey Towards Trauma-Informed Schools

June 22, 2016

Video 2 Learn how the Partnership for Resilience, originally known as the "Southland Education and Health Initiative," is working with teachers, administrators, and health care professionals to meet the needs of students impacted by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This second installment of a series shows how dedicated and caring educators in Calumet Park School District 132 boosted parent engagement, expanded dental care for students, and moved toward becoming "trauma-informed." In schools where 90% of students are low-income, out of school suspensions were reduced significantly, expulsions eliminated, and strong connections forged between teachers, administrators, union leaders, and students.


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Southland Education and Health Initiative - An Introduction

May 15, 2015 Video 1 of 2 Part one in a new series highlighting the emerging work of the Southland Initiative, which focuses on the damaging effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). It wasn't until a backyard barbecue that siblings Audrey and David Soglin realized they had been grappling with the same problem independently for years.  WATCH NOW

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