Education

Helping children who have experienced the child welfare system—and thus trauma, grief, loss and disrupted attachments—to succeed in school can be a big challenge and responsibility. Only children who have their basic needs met and who feel calm, connected, regulated and safe can learn, let alone thrive. Let's give them and their teachers what they need! Please reference our ADHD & Dyslexia, Autism, Back to School, Bullying, Early Childhood, FASD, Sensory Supports, Neurodiversity & Differing Abilities, and Technology & Kids pages for more resources.

Education_header_Learning.jpeg

Graphic courtsey of magical artist paulahansen002@gmail.com.

"...focus on connection before curriculum...to foster both better learning and the development of our children's relational capacities." ~Dr. Bonnie Badenoch

Back to School Resources

Advocacy & Education

OHA’s Save Lives Oregon initiative is offering Oregon school districts free opioid overdose reversal kits!

Adoption & Trauma in the Schools

Culturally specific

Recommended Books & Articles

Education-related & Special Education-related Materials in ORPARC's library and DIGITAL library, including Adoption Awareness in the Schools developed by ORPARC and the Northwest Adoptive Families Association

Social stories by Autism Little Learners

Videos & Podcasts

Featured Favorites

Light Up the Learning Brain by Jessica Sinarski + Activity bundle!


Belonging by Sian Phillips


The School Discipline Fix by J. Stuart Ablon


Button Pusher by Tyler Page


Fostering Resilient Learners by Kristin Souers


Trauma Informed Educator Bundle (DVD): 3 Webinars! by Robyn Gobbel


Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools by Maggie Kline


Help for Billy by Heather T. Forbes


The Immigrant Teen's Guide To Success: High School by Temujin Nikita


Mindfulness in the Classroom by Thomas Armstrong