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)
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)