Teaching Tolerance

My item of interest is a website called Teaching Tolerance which provides resources and tools to help schools address equity within the building and gives articles and supports around current issues.  I choose this website because it can be filtered down by different categories such as: race and ethnicity, religion, ability, sexuality, class, immigration, bullying, and activism.  You can also find information and curriculum around SEL in the classrooms and how to incorporate that into your schools.  There are many free resources and the ask is for only a donation if one is able. 

There are many other resources beyond articles, including lesson plans and posters.  I like the lesson plans because they can be filtered down by the above categories and also by grade ranging from kindergarten all the way through grade 12. There are text for students and text for educators.  You can also subscribe to get articles sent to your email that are appropriate for what is currently going on.  For example, there was an article about how to speak with students about being mindful about Halloween costumes and why that is important.  There are currently articles about Thanksgiving and what that actually means for Indigenous Persons in America.

The website is located at www.tolerance.org

LGBTQ Inclusive Schools

http://www.welcomingschools.org/.  

Welcoming Schools is a website that provides resources for a LGBTQ and gender inclusive school. There is professional development training that they provide to elementary school educators around prevention of bias based bullying, being inclusive in schools and support of Transgender and non binary students.  They also provide resources for those working at a school.

This website provides tips for having an inclusive classroom.  For example, what could that look like and what conversations could be helpful.  They also include ideas of how to respond when a student says harmful things like, "that's so gay".  In addition, they discuss how to initiate these conversations with students who use hurtful language about gender and they give sample responses.  It gives ideas on how to navigate these conversations, which can be difficult, especially with younger students.

There are lessons on how to create an inclusive school and also how to prevent bias bullying.  Also, they mention how books can be a great tool for teaching students to be inclusive and there are lesson plans for the books. 

The HRC Welcoming Schools approach is firmly grounded in research and they also have a case study of the program’s efficacy with 12 schools.  There are numerous videos showing these lessons and the purpose of welcoming schools. This is great resource to have guidance in creating a dialogue with students and a positive environment at your school about being inclusive. It provides support in knowing how to address questions and conflict that come up in schools in order to have a safer and more welcoming school environment.

Professional education workshops through AMITA health

https://www.amitahealth.org/behavioral-medicine/professional-education/workshops-programs

This is a list of professional education workshops and programs offered this fall through AMITA health. It came highly recommended by my supervisor who has attended many of their events in the past few years.  These programs are offered as part of a Back-To-School education series for mental health professionals and teachers who are interested in learning more about issues that affect adolescents. The programs range from a more medical focus to treatment techniques for particular groups of children. Some of the offerings would be extremely helpful for those who are going to be working with at-risk, self-injurious, and depressed and suicidal students.

The workshops and webinars are presented by professionals of the mental health field. They cover current relevant issues affecting our youth and offer CEU credits to help practitioners stay on top of current evidence-based practice. The majority of these classes would be placed under “providing evidence-based education, behavior, and mental health services” practice feature. They offer training in individual assessment and interventions for students. 

Just an additional note, the webinars are free!

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