The monthly roundtable discussions on the delivery of preschool programming in public schools, sponsored by the CT State Department of Education in collaboration with the RESC Alliance and CAS, are designed to spotlight the needs of the state’s youngest learners, including children with special needs and other vulnerable populations. The April sessions – one for school leaders and one for teachers – were focused on preparing to adapt to meet the different needs of students as they enter or return to school in the fall.

Click below to watch the recording of the April 1 administrator session.

Resources Shared in the April sessions:

• https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/
• https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RefocusOnSELRoadmapCASEL1.pdf
• https://www.ncforum.org/trauma-informed-school-re-entry-planning-guide/
• National Center Pyramid Model Innovations  
• https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/Digest/2020-21/7WaysSEL.pd
• About Child Trauma | The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (nctsn.org)
• https://www.nctsn.org/resources/helping-children-with-traumatic-separation-or-traumatic-grief-related-to-covid-19
• Sorrels, Barbara, 2018, Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma