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Phoenix-Talent Schools

Equity & Resilience Program

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***Work in Progress***

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Equity & Resilience Program

  • Understand
  • Respond
  • Provide
  • Teach
  • Invest

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WE UNDERSTAND

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Potential Impacts of ACEs at school:

  • Delays in neurological development
  • Mental illness
  • Increased stress response (fight or flight)
  • Low emotional regulation
  • Hypervigilance
  • Social misattributions (hostile bias)
  • Difficulty trusting others
  • Problems with concentration, attention, and executive functioning
  • Low self-worth, self-concept, and sense of agency
  • High risk behaviors

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Our goal: A Safe Haven for EVERY Student

Starts with...

  1. Positive, competent, stable, caring adults with high expectations and unconditional acceptance… research shows, it only takes ONE
  2. Understanding that behavior is a communication of an unmet NEED

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  • Radical calmness
  • Don’t take things personally
  • Manage our own emotions
  • Express warmth and caring
  • Communicate an unconditional belief in all
  • Keep strong boundaries and practice self-care

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WE RESPOND

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WE PROVIDE

  • Predictability
  • Safe and validating relationships
  • Co-regulation and opportunities to practice regulation
  • Choice ~ sense of control and agency
  • Voice ~ opportunities for meaningful contribution and success
  • Realistic, high expectations with the support necessary to achieve
  • Strong sense of community and belonging

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WE TEACH

Social and Emotional Skills

CASEL Competencies:

  • Self-Awareness
  • Self-Management
  • Social Awareness
  • Relationship Skills
  • Responsible Decision Making

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We Teach….SEL Skills

Regulation

    • emotions
    • thoughts
    • attention
    • actions

Self-advocacy (effectively communicating how we feel and what we need)

Boundary setting (being intentional about what and how we say “yes” and “no” to)

Decision making

    • goal setting
    • organization
    • prioritization

Relationship management

    • empathy
    • perspective taking
    • communication
    • conflict resolution
    • restoration

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*Self-care requires SEL skills that are constantly developed, practiced, and honed.

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WE INVEST

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By collectively allowing time, space, and support for each to:

  • Feel valued and connected
  • Know they belong
  • Manage and express their emotions effectively
  • Advocate for themselves
  • Empathize to develop and maintain caring relationships
  • Set appropriate boundaries
  • Communicate effectively
  • Resolve conflicts
  • Initiate restorative actions

...embody the skills that we TEACH

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in the RESILIENCE of ALL students & staff