LARA KAIN
Educational Consultant
lkain@pacesconnection.com
PACEs in Education Resources
Many schools across the country are shifting towards creating healing-centered and trauma-informed systems that better support the well-being of staff, students, and caregivers. This shift leads to better attendance, less punitive and exclusionary discipline, a more positive school culture, and ultimately better academic outcomes. Want to learn more about the how, what, and why of trauma-informed schools? Join the PACEs in Education community where we post free and paid workshops events. You can reach out via email for tailored support specific to your needs.
Books
- Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline by Lori L. Desaultels, PhD
- Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education by Alex Shevrin Venet
Learn more on this Unconditional Learning blog post.
- Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom by Kristin Van Marter Souers and Pete Hall
Articles and Websites
- 5 Strategies for Developing a School-Wide Culture of Healing by Nimah Gobir at KQED
- Healing-Centered Schools: A Community-Led Approach to Creating Safe and Healing School Environments by RISE
- How Trauma-Informed Are We, Really? by Paul Gorski at ACSD
- Supporting Trauma-Informed Schools to Keep Students in the Classroom: A Focus on Trauma-Informed Practices by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit by the National Center for School Safety
Videos and Documentaries
- Making Students Feel Safe by Edutopia
- Paper Tigers: Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of a high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affects families.
- Why We Need Trauma-Sensitive Schools by Trauma Sensitive Schools
