As a follow-up to Mays Imad’s recent talk at our university, we invite you to explore the resources below on topics related to student and employee mental health, as well as trauma-informed education in general and some specific strategies for instructors and staff members. Please know that we are focusing on individual well-being and intervention strategies simply because that is what people have the most power to change. We fully recognize that there are also larger systems and structures (and pandemics) in place that play a significant role in the issues Dr. Imad addressed.
College Student Mental Health: Challenges & Resources
- College Student Mental Health: What Instructors Should Know (Vespia, 2021)
- Student Mental Health Resources Across Our Four Campuses
- Phoenix Cares
Employee Wellness: Challenges & Resources
- Employee Assistance Program (free mental health resources for employees)
- Exercise is Medicine (free resources and events for UWGB students and employees)
- Are We Really Burning Out? (Malesic, 2022)
- Coping with Faculty Burnout in the Pandemic (Handelsman, 2021)
- Eight Strategies to Prevent Teaching Burnout (Darby, 2021)
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (van der Kolk, 2014) (Online copy; physical copy)
What Is Trauma-Informed Education?
- Session Recording – Opening Access: Understanding the Neuroscience of Traumatic Stress and Its Impact on Engagement and Learning (Imad, 2022) (requires UWGB credentials to view)
- Trauma-Informed Practices for Postsecondary Education: A Guide (Davidson) (includes campus-wide ideas)
- Leveraging the Neuroscience of Now (Imad, 2020)
- Trauma-Informed Pedagogy Podcast (Costa, 2020)
- Teaching During a Pandemic: A Model for Trauma-Informed Education & Administration (Harper & Neubauer, 2020)
- Educators’ Secondary Traumatic Stress, Children’s Trauma, and the Need for Trauma Literacy (Lawson, et al, 2019)
- Possibilities and Problems in Trauma-Based and Social Emotional Learning Programs (Boldt & Bank Street College of Education, 2020)
What Are Some Potential Trauma-Informed Practices?
- Accommodating Stress: Coping with Student Requests (Gurung, 2022)
- Trauma-Informed Annotated Syllabus Example (Carello, 2020)
- Trauma-Aware Teaching Checklist (Costa)
- Trauma-Informed Teaching & Learning Resources (Carello, 2020)
- Advising Students Who Struggle Due to Traumatic Events (Firestein, 2019)
- Creating Spaces for Trauma-Informed Care in Higher Education (Carello, 2020) (see later slides)
- Shifting Teacher Practice in Trauma-Affected Classrooms: Practice Pedagogy Strategies within a Trauma-Informed Positive Education Model (Brunzell, et al, 2019)
- Why Do You Work with Struggling Students? Teacher Perceptions of Meaningful Work in Trauma-Impacted Classrooms (Brunzell, et al, 2018)
- Relational Ways of Being an Educator: Trauma-Informed Practice Supporting Disenfranchised Young People (Morgan, et al, 2015)