Values and Vision
- Values for Circle Keepers (PDF file) byPublication Date: 2019Core values that give those who facilitate
circles (“Circle Keepers”) a starting place to inform meaningful circle interactions. - Creating & Maintaining Healing-Centered Collective Care in Hostile Times (PDF file) byPublication Date: 2020Through two case studies, this paper unveils a framework for healing-centered collective care in
trauma-informed educational settings.
- Faculty and Mental HealthFrom Embodying Your Curriculum: resourcing professors and students with trauma-informed, social justice practices.
- Holistic Critical Race Pedagogies: Embracing Wholeness Through Resiliency CirclesResearch brief from the Center for Critical Race Studies at UCLA.
Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practices
- Trauma-Informed Practices for Postsecondary Education: A GuideA resource for college instructors, administrators and student service professionals intended to raise awareness about trauma in postsecondary education institutions, help educators understand how trauma affects learning and development, and provide practical advice for how to work effectively with college students who have been exposed to trauma.
- SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach (PDF)Prepared by the Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
- A Trauma-Informed Approach to Workforce: An Introductory Guide for Employers and Workforce Development OrganizationsFrom the National Fund for Workforce Solutions
- Recognizing Healing-Centered Community Practices as a Complement to Trauma-Informed Interventions and ServicesThe purpose of this brief is to showcase the importance of addressing community trauma through identifying and making space for healing-centered practices that communities have evolved over time, acknowledging and understanding the roots of trauma, and addressing the persistent, structural causes of trauma. From the Praxis Project.
Contemplative Practices in Higher Education by ISBN: 9781118435274Publication Date: 2013This book presents background information and ideas for the practical application of contemplative practices across the academic curriculum from the physical sciences to the humanities and arts. Examples of contemplative techniques included in the book are mindfulness, meditation, yoga, deep listening, contemplative reading and writing, and pilgrimage, including site visits and field trips.
Introduction to Healing-Centered Engagement
- The Future of Healing: Shifting From Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered EngagementDr. Shawn Ginwright is Professor of Education in the Africana Studies Department and a Senior Research Associate at San Francisco State University. He is the author of Hope and Healing in Urban Education: How Activists are Reclaiming Matters of the Heart.
- Restorative & Healing-Centered Education: Supporting a Paradigm Shift with Dr. Angel Acosta (video)A conversation facilitated by Debrah Eden Tull for the Mindfulness and Meditation Summit.
- Beyond Trauma-Informed Care Is a Healing-Centered, Culturally Rooted ApproachHéctor Sánchez-Flores, executive director of the National Compadres Network, shares how culturally rooted healing can uplift marginalized communities.
- Helping People Move from Trauma to Growth (audio)Richard Tedeschi, a psychology professor and distinguished chair of the Boulder Crest Institute, explains how people, organizations, and societies can emerge from crisis stronger. From Harvard Business Review.
- Centering Thriving & Human Flourishing with Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond (audio)This episode of the NYC Healing Collective podcast explores a conversation with Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond on the importance of centering conversations and practices that support people with thriving and flourishing, especially in light of structural inequality. She draws from her research with LGBTQIA youth of Color to think through a robust and unique framework on thriving.
- T* is for Thriving: Blueprints for Affirming Trans* and Gender Creative Lives and Learning in SchoolsOverview of frameworks for thriving that center marginalized communities.