• Connected to the work and research of the Yale Child Study Center-Scholastic Collaborative
• Each chapter includes interactive lessons and activities connected to the skills in the resilience framework and aligned to key language arts learning goals
• Includes stories, model responses, and artifacts from classrooms across the country

Drawing on research by the Yale Child Study Center, Mayes and Myers show us how trauma affects the developing brain and share classroom-based strategies that use the power of students' and families' own stories to promote social-emotional well-being. Educators learn ways to leverage this student-focused, story-centered work to build key literacy skills.