July Focus: Summer Reads Guaranteed to Inform and Inspire
Check out these resources to learn about supporting English learner students, implementing restorative-justice practices, and more.
Health & safety
Healthy U: How a New App Provides Sexual Health Education to Incarcerated Youth
Delivered through a tablet-based app, Healthy U is a first-of-its-kind teen pregnancy prevention program for young males in a juvenile justice environment.
The SEL Center: Working to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
Explore more than 70 resources designed to help educators at the state and local levels integrate evidence-based SEL and school safety practices into teaching and learning.
Five Tips for Creating Trauma-Informed Learning Environments
Trauma can decrease students’ ability to pay attention, regulate emotion and behavior, or develop positive relationships with adults and peers. Learn five important steps to making schools supportive and safe zones for learning.
Metal Detectors for Improved School Safety? Research Says No.
This new research brief summarizes what’s known about metal detectors in schools and in other settings, including prevalence, effectiveness, cost, and the potential impact on students and learning environments.
Trauma-Informed Practices and Resilience
WestEd delivers solutions to help integrate trauma-informed practices with other whole-child initiatives, such as social and emotional learning approaches, restorative practice approaches, and school climate and culture efforts.
For Many Struggling in the Opioid Crisis, School & Early Childcare Programs Provide Safe Spaces: Q&A with WestEd’s Sarah Nadiv
Support for childcare providers and educators ensures that they, in turn, are able to help children who exhibit the effects of trauma.
Addressing the Impact of the Opioid Epidemic: A Trauma-Informed Cross-Sector Approach
Missed our panel discussion on the opioid epidemic? No problem. Watch the discussion in its entirety on our Facebook page.
March Focus: Comprehensive Support to Improve Success for English Learners
Explore WestEd’s research, services, and resources designed to help educators rapidly improve teaching and systemic support for English learners.
Order or Download the New R&D Alert for the Latest on Trauma-Informed Practices, Reaching Disconnected Youth, School Climate, and More
This new edition of R&D Alert explores trauma-informed practices in education, strategies for reaching disconnected youth, ways to create a positive school climate, and more.