Trauma-Informed Practices for Higher Education

Outlines the knowledge, skills, and resources students can learn to use to adapt to change. Competencies include self-awareness, adaptability, critical thinking, reflective learning, and collaboration, which help people in different ways to rise above the challenges they face.

Examines the cultural and historical context for understanding the relationship between SEL
and equity, and then explore prospects for equity elaborations to the CASEL five core competencies.

Draws on peer reviewed studies and articles examining how psychological resilience is built through protective mechanisms, evolves as a dynamic psychosocial process, and can be facilitated through positive adaptation.

Guide for students on qualities of resilience and how to build it.

In addition to off-campus resources and advocacy groups, this article also offers advice to students on finding help through their college or university.