Resources for Volunteers and the Community

The impacts of TRAUMA

VIDEO: Trauma and the Brain (NHS Lanarkshire's Ending Violence and Abuse)

VIDEO: How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime (TED Talk)

Intro to Trauma and the Importance of Trauma Informed Care (Psychology Today)

Trauma Tips for Understanding and Healing: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4 (Psychology Today)

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (For understanding different trauma types, treatments that work, trauma-informed systems, and other resources)

Take the ACE's (Adverse Childhood Experiences) quiz and the Resiliency Quiz

Adolescent Brain Development

VIDEO: The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain (TED Talk)

Why Teens Are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone And Should Protect Their Brains (NPR)

Restorative Justice

• Restorative and Transformative Justice (Colorado Circles for Change)

• A Restorative Conversation Toolkit

• Restorative Justice Listening Project Final Report (Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice)

• VIDEO: Restorative Justice: Why Do We Need It (Brave New Films)

• VIDEO: “Mother’s Circle”  (TransformHarm)

Transformative Justice

• What Is/Isn’t Transformative Justice? (TransformHarm)

• Transformative Justice and Community Accountability (Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective)

• You Can’t End Violence With More Violence: Shifting From Incarceration to Accountability (Truthout)

• Inside the Politics and Poetics of Transformative Justice and Community Accountability in Sexual Assault Situations (Philly Stands Up)

Indigenous Justice

• Life Comes from It: Navajo Justice Concepts (New Mexico Law Review)

• Indigenous Justice (University of Saskatchewan)

• Indigenous Sentencing Courts (Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse)

Restorative Justice in schools

• VIDEO: “A Different Approach to School Safety” (TransformHarm)

• VIDEO: The Why of Restorative Practices in Spokane Public Schools (Spokane Public Schools)

• 8 Tips for Schools Interested in Restorative Justice (Edutopia)

• Restorative Justice: One High School’s Path to Reducing Suspensions by Half (The Christian Science Monitor)

• School Hopes Talking It Out Keeps Kids from Dropping Out (NPR)

• Bullying in Schools - Teaching Respect and Compassion Through Restorative Processes (Marquette Law School)