Building Resilience Before, During, and After Crisis

This webinar offers a brief yet meaningful introduction for the entire school community, including administrators, educators, support staff, school resource officers, and mental health professionals, whose roles together form the circle of safety for students and one another. It presents a proactive framework for school safety, crisis readiness, and trauma-informed recovery, exploring how prevention, response, and long-term healing intersect to build resilient learning environments that can withstand and grow from crisis.

Participants will learn how to build and sustain a culture of safety and care through three interconnected phases:

• Laying the Groundwork for Resilience: Understand how district policy and state law shape trauma-informed planning and response. Explore strategies for strengthening communication channels across schools and communities, aligning crisis plans with school culture, and activating coordinated support when crises occur.
• Responding to Immediate and Short-Term Needs: Introduce practical tools such as Psychological First Aid, trauma-sensitive communication, and holistic support strategies to guide compassionate, coordinated recovery efforts for students, staff, and families in the aftermath of crisis.
• Sustaining Long-Term Healing and Growth: Learn from lived experiences that highlight the evolving journey of recovery, including how commemorations, timing, tone, and intention influence healing and resilience. Gain insights into embedding preventive and restorative practices that address ongoing needs, reduce re-traumatization, and foster community strength.

Together, this webinar emphasizes that school safety is not only about crisis prevention, but also about recovery, renewal, and the sustained wellbeing of the entire school community.