When Bad Things Happen

For Children

• Collage of Concerns 
• Writing Letters for Change
• Student Processing Guide

For Parents & Teachers

• Contentious Elections and the Peaceful Transition of Power

  • Lessons and resources including Constitutional mechanisms and exploring previous presidential races

• Fact or Fiction

  •  help students sort through misinformation using a lesson from PBS 
    

• Hidden History: A history of a North Carolina Coup 
  
  

•  Help kids navigate our sometimes-violent world.

  • When Bad things Happen
  • When bad things are Happening
  • Difficult Dialogues
  • Restorative Community Partnerships Guide
  • How to Talk to Kids about difficult subjects
  • Explaining the News to our Kids
  • Responding to a Crisis: Resources for Schools and Families
  • 7 ways to calm a young brain in trauma

Other Resources for Teachers

• Teaching in the wake of violence
• Supporting students with trauma
• 5 ways to help students in trauma
• Helping your students cope with a violent world
  
• Days after the attack on the capitol 
• 12 things equity-focused teachers can say

  • make sure the classroom dialogue is mindful of diverse needs and helps to build equitable learning environments

  • links to video and webinar versions of this resource