Safe and Supportive Trauma-Sensitive School Award
The Safe and Supportive Trauma Sensitive School Award recognizes schools that have created a safe, supportive, equitable, and inclusive school climate/culture of belonging for all students. It is a school where addressing trauma’s impact on learning, including trauma from racism and other structural inequities, on a whole school basis is central to its educational mission.
To qualify for the award, a school must:
Establish a shared understanding among staff of traumatic experiences and its impacts;
Engage in an inquiry-based reflection/action planning process to weave trauma-sensitive approaches into their practice; and
Utilize the transformative beliefs of a trauma-sensitive school to guide their action planning and decision-making throughout the school.
To apply for the award, building-based leaders should complete the following steps:
Notify the Lesley University Institute for Trauma Sensitivity (LIfTS) that you wish to apply for the award here (This would be a button connecting them to the awards page).
Complete the Trauma Sensitive Schools application on the awards page.
Complete the Trauma Sensitive Schools Assessment on the awards page.
