Center for Childhood Resilience (CCR) has a long history of supporting schools in becoming trauma-responsive and healing centered. In early 2020, CCR launched the Trauma Responsive Schools-Designation (TRS-D) pilot, a statewide initiative to support educators and schools in furthering their trauma-responsive and culturally attuned practices.

Thirty (30) elementary and high schools from urban, suburban and rural communities across northern Illinois engaged in the pilot. As a part of the pilot, schools:

· Established and convened a school leadership team

· Engaged in professional development on trauma and its impact on students,
assessment of school trauma-responsiveness, and action planning 

· Participated in a collaborative process to complete TRS-IA needs assessment

· Created a school specific, data driven action plan

· Implemented their school’s action plan and received nominal funds to support
action plan activities

· Monitored their progress on action plan goals

· Re-administered TRS-IA to evaluate progress

· Identified areas of strength and growth to advance their school on the continuum of
trauma-responsiveness.

The school leadership teams receive different levels of external consultation to determine the optimal implementation support for school success and scalability statewide. The pilot completed in June 2021 and below is a summary of results.

If you are a member of a school team that participated in the TRS-D pilot and want to learn more about joining the next phase, our Resilience Education to Advance Community Healing (REACH) Statewide Initiative, please contact REACH@luriechildrens.org and learn more HERE.