The following resources have been recommended or shared by the AE community of providers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Multnomah County.
- Childhood Trauma, Changing Minds - Our friends in the Multnomah County Defending Childhood Initiative shared this resource - a website chock full of videos, information about brain science, tools to support children, and more. This is a fantastic national resource, and we're lucky to have our own local resource as well in the Multnomah County Defending Childhood Initiative.
- Infographic "The 6 Shifts Needed for Better Family Engagement": "The findings of Search Institute's Don't Forget the Families Study make the case for re-examining assumptions about family engagement, the family's roles in young people's lives, and the fundamental ways schools, organizations, and systems should relate to parenting adults. The implications of this study require six shifts in how schools, youth programs, and coalitions think about family engagement."
- School replaces detention with meditation: An elementary school in Baltimore is using meditation instead of traditional punishments. The school says the program has helped reduce behavior problems.
- Inspired by his favorite sports team, 5th grade English teacher Barry White Jr. created personalized handshakes for each and every one of his students. And the enthusiasm from his students caught on throughout the school and now the story is being shared across the world. Check out the story from NBC Charlotte here.