The NTTAC Acronym Journey Map is a visual teaching tool with accompanying dialogue prompts for use by coaches in their work with school and education leadership teams. It is intended to help school communities visualize the similarities, differences, and desired outcomes of common campus support initiatives. When combined with the dialogue prompts, coaches can help school communities detail what is needed to actualize, implement, and properly message common student support initiatives. … [Read more...] about NTTAC Acronym Journey Map
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TRAILS Learning Capture
While many people will experience trauma at some point in their lives, how we heal depends on external factors that impact the care and support we receive. These factors include, but are not limited to: race, culture, ethnicity, socio- economic status, temperament, and our own individual resilience--something we'll dig into later in this learning capture. Using trauma-informed practices and approaches means that we deliver services with an awareness of the environment or the big picture in addition to considering individual needs. This Learning Capture is a snapshot of our conversation from our TRAILS Kick-Off event on October 21, 2021. … [Read more...] about TRAILS Learning Capture
5 Things Digest: Infant & Early Childhood (IEC) Team (Sept 2021)
This 5 Things Digest from the NTTAC Infant and Early Childhood Transformation Team brings you 5 Things to know right now about equity in infant and early childhood mental health. … [Read more...] about 5 Things Digest: Infant & Early Childhood (IEC) Team (Sept 2021)
5 Things Digest: Equity Team (Sept 2021)
"This NTTAC Equity Team's 5 Things Digest focuses on recuperating from the stress of equity work. For many mental health professionals and mental wellness advocates, empathy is a priority, and it’s common to consistently put the needs of others ahead of one’s own. It can be vital to do so when actively providing services to children, youth, young adults, and families. In circumstances where one is “living the work,” making time to address one’s own needs becomes necessary to prevent long-term burnout and debilitating levels of toxic stress. Here are five ways mental health professionals, mental wellness advocates, and administrators can recover from the pressures of equity-focused work." … [Read more...] about 5 Things Digest: Equity Team (Sept 2021)
5 Things Digest: Community Wellness & Peer Supports Team (Aug 2021)
"This NTTAC Community Wellness and Peer Supports Team's 5 Things Digest focuses on fostering positive digital communities for youth. The impacts of COVID-19 have propelled many System of Care partnerships and organizations into using virtual meeting spaces to convene for the purpose of organization, engagement, team building, service delivery and collaboration. Some organizations have found more success than others in being able to engage youth in online platforms. The following are 5 things you should know from communities who have found success in hosting digital communities in partnership with youth." … [Read more...] about 5 Things Digest: Community Wellness & Peer Supports Team (Aug 2021)