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# Coalition for Compassionate School

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- [Online Modular Training](https://cforcs.org/online-modular-training/) - To meet the evolving needs of school schedules and train individuals, we have developed a series of online training courses to take you through the elements of building trauma informed classrooms, systems, or schools. To get more information about our online modular training, contact our Dissemination Coordinator, Dr. Anthony Marino. Our online trainings have three
- [Who We Are](https://cforcs.org/who-we-are/) - The Coalition for Compassionate Schools is made up of 8 organizations with mission and vision alignment for more compassionate, equitable, trauma-informed and healing-centered schools.
- [Coalition Members](https://cforcs.org/coalition-members/) - Current Coalition Members Former Members Kristie BardellRepresenting Louisiana Public Health Institute Karen EvansRepresenting New Orleans Children and Youth Planning Board Paulette CarterRepresenting Children’s Bureau of New Orleans Alpha GebrieRepresenting Louisiana Public Health Institute Charlotte CunliffeRepresenting Children's Bureau of New Orleans Chris GuentherRepresenting New Orleans Health Department Torrie HarrisRepresenting New Orleans Health Department Shantell LeeRepresenting Beloved
- [Trainings, Consultations & Lectures](https://cforcs.org/trainings-consultations-lectures/) - Targeted Implementation Support & Consultation Our targeted implementation support & consultation (TISC) program is for schools and school teams that are ready to begin trauma-informed work in the planning & piloting phases of implementation. This may involve training and development with individual school or leadership teams for knowledge- and skill-building, consultation on specific concepts of
- [Events](https://cforcs.org/events/) - The Coalition for Compassionate Schools offers various types of events that are open to anyone. Check out our upcoming events below, as well as past events that we have held. Upcoming/Ongoing Events 3rd Annual Researchers of Creative Change Final Showcase Join us on May 7th at the TEP Center to celebrate our youth and family
- [Coalition Staff](https://cforcs.org/coalition-staff/) - Current Staff Interns
- [Employment Opportunities](https://cforcs.org/employment-opportunities/) - Join Our Team At the Coalition for Compassionate Schools (CforCS), we are committed to building the capacity of school, students, and parents to create transformative change in education through the adoption, implementation, and sustainment of trauma-informed, healing-centered practices. About CforCS At CforCS we operate using six core values that define how we engage with our
- [Our Tools](https://cforcs.org/our-tools/) - Throughout the various stages of our work - the SafeSchools NOLA Project, the Trauma-Informed Learning Collaborative, the Training of Trainers Project, and the Trauma-Informed Schools Project - we have created, implemented and iterated various tools and resources. These tools and resources are developed based on our research, and the research of others, to support best
- [Youth Participatory Action Research](https://cforcs.org/youth-participatory-action-research/) - To learn about YPAR as a methodological approach, or more information about YPAR with our Coalition members and partners, click here. Little Researchers of Creative Change The Little Researchers of Creative Change (Little ROCCs) program brings together middle school students in 7th and 8th grade to conduct youth participatory action research (YPAR) in their schools, To learn about YPAR as a methodological approach, or more information about YPAR with our Coalition members and partners, click here. Little Researchers of Creative Change The Little Researchers of Creative Change (Little ROCCs) program brings together middle school students in 7th and 8th grade to conduct youth participatory action research (YPAR) in their schools,
- [Newsletter](https://cforcs.org/newsletter/) - Sign up for our newsletter Review our archive of newsletters below. Summer 2024 Newsletter Spring 2024 Newsletter Fall 2023 Newsletter Spring 2023 Newsletter
- [Publications, Presentations, and Media Coverage](https://cforcs.org/publications-presentations-and-media-coverage/) - Baker, C. & Burch, B. (2024). Trauma-Informed, Healing-Centered Approaches to Expanding Mental Health Care in New Orleans Schools. Presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Brewton, A. & Marino, A. (2024). Whole Child, Whole School: Designing and Installing Trauma-Informed Multi-Tiered Systems of Support. Pre-Conference Session presented at the School Social
- [Recommended Tools & Resources](https://cforcs.org/recommended-tools-resources/) - Trauma-Informed Schools Implementation Trauma Responsive Schools Implementation Assessment (NCTSN Treatment and Services Adaptation Center for Resilience, Hope, and Wellness in Schools and the Center for School Mental Health; Note: You must create an account first to access this resource) Trauma-Sensitive Schools Checklist (Lesley University & Massachusetts Advocates for Children) Safe & Supportive Classrooms Conscious Discipline:
- [Recommended Readings, Videos & Websites](https://cforcs.org/recommended-readings-videos-websites/) - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) Learn more about how trauma-informed approaches could be an important solution to ACES: The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) ACES website provides access to some of the latest research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) involving the prevalence and impact of adverse childhood experiences. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’
- [2024 - 2025 Little Researchers of Creative Change Cohort Projects](https://cforcs.org/2024-2025-ypar-project/) - Check back soon for more information about what the Little Researchers of Creative Change come up with during the 2024 - 2025 school year!
- [Trauma-Informed Schools Project](https://cforcs.org/trauma-informed-schools-project-2/) - The Trauma-Informed Schools Project (TISP) is administered by the Coalition for Compassionate Schools. The TISP provides a framework designed to increase the capacity of school leadership teams and educator peer support teams to design and install trauma-informed multitiered systems of support (TI-MTSS) for students and educators. Our TI-MTSS framework, below, is designed based on our
- [Safe and Supportive Environments](https://cforcs.org/safe-and-supportive-teachers/) - Creating a safe and supportive classroom environment benefits ALL students and provides healing spaces for those who have experienced trauma. Trauma can shatter one’s sense of safety and trust so that they no longer feel the world is predictable or that they have any self-agency. Students can not learn (access their thinking brain) if they
- [2023 - 2024 Little Researchers of Creative Change Cohort Projects](https://cforcs.org/2023-2024-ypar-project/) - Lafayette Academy Students at Lafayette Academy chose to research the impacts of school closure on a school community. In New Orleans, where all but one school is a charter school, school closures impact the community and can be a source of traumatic stress for the community.Check out their final research presentation and public service announcements
- [School Behavioral Health Assessment](https://cforcs.org/school-behavioral-health-assessment/) - The New Orleans Health Department began examining the City’s role in addressing behavioral health issues in 2011. With support and guidance from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Health Department formed the Behavioral Health Council (BHC). The Behavioral Health Council brings together providers, advocates and consumers from across the behavioral health community
- [More About YPAR](https://cforcs.org/more-about-ypar/) - Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is a methodological approach to research that engages youth as co-researchers to investigate problems directly affecting them and provide the solutions to those problems (Bettencourt, 2020). It has been used in schools to promote policies and practices that further equity, improve student-teacher relationships, and foster dialogue across lines of race,
- [The Mapping Project](https://cforcs.org/the-mapping-project/) - Over the past several years, New Orleans has seen tremendous upgrowth in publicly, privately, and federally funded initiatives to support trauma-informed school-based training, behavioral health services, research, and educational advocacy. Although the upgrowth is relatively recent, Hurricane Katrina figured prominently throughout the interviews. The failure of the levee system during Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath
- [glossary](https://cforcs.org/glossary/)
- [Advisory Board](https://cforcs.org/advisory-board/) - To assist with growth and provide insights and expertise into the work, we have welcomed 12 professionals in the field of trauma and education to join our Advisory Board. The Coalition’s Advisory Board will engage in the development and oversight of grant activities to review performance data and use that data to determine whether Coalition
- [Training of Trainers Project](https://cforcs.org/training-of-trainers-project-2/) - The Trauma-Informed Schools Training of Trainers project is supported by The United Way of Southeast Louisiana, Baptist Community Ministries and The Bureau of Justice Assistance of the US Department of Justice (#2018-YS-BX-0174).
- [Trauma-Informed Schools Learning Collaborative](https://cforcs.org/trauma-informed-schools-learning-collaborative/) - From 2015 to 2019, The New Orleans Trauma-Informed Schools Learning collaborative worked to develop and evaluate a trauma-informed schools intervention with five partner schools in New Orleans. The execution of this project led to the expansion of existing efforts to address trauma among school aged children by integrating trauma-informed approaches into school policies and practices.
- [Trauma-Informed Resources](https://cforcs.org/trauma-informed-resources/) - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and why trauma-informed approaches could be an important solution to ACES: The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) ACES website provides access to some of the latest research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) involving the prevalence and impact of adverse childhood experiences. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’ TED Talk: How
- [Accessibility Statement](https://cforcs.org/accessibility-statement/) - The Coalition for Compassionate Schools is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. This accessibility statement applies to the website content with the domain name “cforcs.org”. The Standard We Adhere to The Coalition for Compassionate Schools
- [Mapping Project (Text Version)](https://cforcs.org/mapping-project-text-version/) - Introduction: The Mapping Project Over the past several years, New Orleans has seen tremendous upgrowth in publicly, privately, and federally funded initiatives to support trauma-informed school-based training, behavioral health services, research, and educational advocacy. Although the upgrowth is relatively recent, Hurricane Katrina figured prominently throughout the interviews. The failure of the levee system during Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath of the disaster was repeatedly referenced during the interviews. The disaster was an instigating event for many organizations to form or shift focus to fill in gaps incare created or revealed by the disaster. During the 2022 - 2023 school year, 79 public schools and # educators served over 47,968 children. Though schools have worked tirelessly to support children and families during COVID, the young people of the Crescent City are still experiencing significant challenges that impede their ability to be present, learn, and grow at school. Several organizations are answering the call for assistance in caring for youth and adults in our schools through direct services, staff education, and educational advocacy. With funding from Baptist Community Ministries, the Coalition for Compassionate Schools conducted a mapping project to identify trauma-informed school-based initiatives in the areas of training, service delivery, research, and educational policy. The project provides an analysis of the current landscape of existing trauma-informed services available to New Orleans Public Schools, especially mental and behavioral health supports. Many of our community stakeholders cited these areas as a key to the success and resilience for educators and students. Future analyses will provide information on redundancies and gaps in the collective work of the various organizations, common facilitators and barriers in their work, and the impact of their work. Project Goals: The goals of the mapping project were to: Identify organizations focused on: Building the capacity of schools to adopt trauma-informed policies and practices through training, research, and/or advocacy. Providing trauma-informed services to promote well-being and address mental and behavioral health concerns among students and educators. Clarify the nature of the work of each organization, including their constituencies and priorities. Identify redundancies and gaps in the collective work of the various organizations. Identify common facilitators and barriers in their work. Generate a shared set of impact indicators. Organizations were selected for participation if they: Had an explicit focus on trauma-informed and/or healing centered training, research, advocacy, or service delivery. Were co-located or directly relevant to K -12 schools. Focused on students, families, and/or educational workforce. In this, our first attempt to map school-based, trauma-informed and healing-centered organizations, we have undoubtedly overlooked some organizations doing great work. We acknowledge that our inclusion criteria were not always easily discernible, and we are committed to improving our ability to identify relevant organizations and programs to include in future mapping efforts. We used what is referred to as snowball sampling for this project, where we asked known trauma-informed organizations to identify other organizations and programs that should be included in the mapping project. Snowball sampling is a relationship-based sampling method that is well-suited to the decentralized nature of New Orleans public schools. In the absence of a central source of information on school-community partnerships, the organizations themselves are a good source of information. However, the potentially competitive and siloed context of a decentralized system also makes snowball sampling an imperfect method because organizations may not be aware of other organizations doing similar work. We would love your help in growing our list of organizations and programs. Organizations Ace Educator Program New Orleans Children and Youth Planning Board Overcoming Racism Akoben Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies PLAAY @ Center for Resilience Beloved Community Jewish Family Services Project Fleur de lis Brothers Empowered to Teach LA Center for Children’s Rights Project Peaceful Warriors Children’s Bureau of New Orleans Louisiana Public Health Institute Special Education Leadership Fellowship Center for Evidence Based Practice NOLA Public Schools Training Grounds Center for Resilience Navigate NOLA Trauma and Grief Center
- [Safe Schools NOLA](https://cforcs.org/safe-schools-nola/) - The use of trauma-informed approaches in schools reflects a national movement to create educational environments that are responsive to the needs of trauma-exposed youth through the implementation of effective practices and systems-change strategies. The goal of the National Institute of Justice-funded Safe Schools NOLA project is to determine whether a multi-component implementation strategy including professional
- [COVID-19 Resources](https://cforcs.org/covid-19-resources/) - The Coalition for Compassionate Schools (CCS) conducted a needs assessment to help inform educational policy and the development of resources to address teacher impact and needs related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey was open from April 30 to May 15, 2020. The primary goals of this need assessment were to 1. Understand the impact
- [Data Archiving](https://cforcs.org/data-archiving/) - Per the National Institute of Justice’s guidelines, data from the Safe Schools NOLA Project is available for public use. Complete the Safe Schools NOLA data use agreement and submit it per the instructions included in the document. After it is reviewed and approved, the study team will share the database(s) and data dictionary with the
- [Implementing Trauma-Informed Approaches in New Orleans Schools: Toolkit](https://cforcs.org/implementing-trauma-informed-approaches-in-new-orleans-schools-toolkit/) - This toolkit - PDF is designed to serve as an informational resource for schools to implement, sustain, and continue to improve the delivery of trauma-focused services. Download - PDF
- [Trauma-Informed Schools Organizational Readiness Assessment](https://cforcs.org/trauma-informed-schools-organizational-readiness-assessment/) - The Trauma-Informed Schools Organizational Readiness Assessment consists of 16 items across three domains: general capacity of the school to implement trauma-informed schools, specific capacity of the school to carry out trauma-informed approaches, and overall level of motivation for implementation. The tool is intended to be completed by the school team that will eventually become the
- [Action Planning](https://cforcs.org/action-planning/) - The School Support Specialist and Project Director of Safe Schools NOLA worked with the school leadership teams to conduct an assessment of current school needs, priorities, procedures, and practices and develop an action plan to align these needs, priorities, procedures, and practices under a trauma-informed vision. The goal of this work was to ensure the
- [School Needs Assessment](https://cforcs.org/school-needs-assessment/) - A needs assessment is facilitated by the Safe Schools NOLA School Support Specialist to identify shared priorities that can be addressed in the trauma-informed action plan. The school’s leadership and peer support teams complete a series of measures as part of the needs assessment, including a checklist to identify trauma responsive programming and policy across
- [Creating a Peer Support Team](https://cforcs.org/creating-a-peer-support-team/) - “As interest in trauma sensitivity starts to take root, the need arises for the focused attention of a leadership group or steering committee, led by the principal, to take on the many tasks that lie ahead. This steering committee functions much like a workgroup, closely collaborating with, and on behalf of, the entire school staff,
- [Coaching Resources](https://cforcs.org/coaching-resources/) - In the Safe Schools NOLA model, a Teacher Support Specialist provided consultation and performance feedback to develop teacher competencies in the use of trauma-informed practices. Every K – 8 homeroom teacher was observed at least four times per year to assess the use of trauma-informed practices in the classroom using the Safe Schools NOLA Classroom
- [Strengthening Relationships](https://cforcs.org/strengthening-relationships/) - So much hope lies in the ability of our brains to be shaped by experience and environment. The changes that we see in the brain in relation to chronic stress are reversible with the right environment. Research continues to suggest that RELATIONSHIPS are the most important determinant in healing from trauma. Supportive and nurturing environments
- [Preventing Escalation in the Classroom](https://cforcs.org/preventing-escalation-in-the-classroom/) - We know that trauma is inherently dysregulating – and as teachers, there are so many things we have no control over – we can not control the trauma our students may have experienced, we can not control how a student’s morning was before they got to school, we can not control poverty – the ONLY
- [Our History](https://cforcs.org/our-history/) - The devastation of New Orleans resulting from the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina was compounded by the waves of trauma that followed due to the mental health fallout, lack of access to health care, lack of housing, and the dismantling of the school system and the mass firing of New Orleans teachers. During that time
- [Vision, Mission, Values](https://cforcs.org/vision-mission-values/) - Vision Flourishing school systems that are rooted in community, healing, and human-centered approaches. Mission Build the capacity of schools, students, and parents to create transformative change in education through the adoption, implementation, and sustainment of trauma-informed,healing-centered practices. Values The following core values inspire and guide our work, its operation, and how we engage our community.
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