How can Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Trauma-Informed Practices (TIP) Help us Right Now? Risks and Recommendations

What do you do if a bear claws its way through the front door of your school? I don’t know either, but it reminds me of that nursery rhyme about a bear hunt: “Can’t go over it, can’t go under it, can’t go around it …got to go through it!” And indeed, educators are going through it today. So, how do you catch a bear? Maybe we are asking the wrong question; maybe the question is really “How can we all survive right now?” If faced with a bear terrorizing our halls—even though SEL and TIP have much to offer in the way of survival skills—it would be impractical to invite everyone in the moment to the cafeteria for a training.
 

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