Becoming a Healing-Centered District / Un distrito centrado en la sanación
22 March 2021
Shifting our perspective to view students as agents of their own healing and wellness is a key step to help them reach their full potential.
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The term “healing-centered” was introduced by Dr. Shawn Ginwright in 2018 to represent the incompleteness of the term “trauma-informed” when referring to supporting young people. According to Dr. Ginwright: “A healing-centered approach to addressing trauma requires a different question that moves beyond ‘what happened to you’ to ‘what’s right with you’ and views those exposed to trauma as agents in the creation of their own well-being rather than victims of traumatic events.”
Shifting our perspective to view students as agents of their own healing and wellness is a key step to help them reach their full potential. As we push through a year of social, political, and public health crises, how we can help our schools heal is top of mind. The district’s new Healing-Centered Framework will be our roadmap to support the social and emotional wellness of our school communities. Here are three things you need to know about it:
1. All stakeholders are involved in creating healing-centered schools.
- Students are agents of their own healing. They use the resources provided to heal and build skills to live healthy lives.
- Staff actively promote mental wellness and support students who have been impacted by trauma. They also support their own wellness.
- Families and community members advocate for the supports that students need to heal.
2. Being healing-centered means following core values that C.A.R.E.
Letter | What it Stands For | What it Means |
---|---|---|
C | Collective Healing | Recognizing that everyone has a role to play in healing their communities. |
A | Asset-Based Approaches | Trauma is not viewed as a limitation for students to heal. |
R | Relationships | Students have access to supportive adults within their schools. |
E | Environment | Every student feels welcome at school. |
3. There are five key ways schools will help students and staff heal.
- Education and Awareness: Students and staff will learn about trauma and mental wellness.
- Skills and Strategies: Students and staff will develop ways to cope with stressors and manage trauma.
- Culture and Climate: A school’s physical environment will promote wellness and belonging.
- Resources: A combination of people and programs will address trauma and promote healing.
- Crisis Support: The CPS community will promote recovery after a trauma-inducing crisis.
The video below illuminates how being a healing-centered district will impact classrooms across the city. Learn more about the Healing-Centered Framework at cps.edu/healingcentered.
El término “centrado en la sanación” (healing-centered) fue introducido por el Dr. Shawn Ginwright en 2018 para representar la inconclusión del término “informado por el trauma” (trauma-informed) al referirse al apoyo a los jóvenes. Según el Dr. Ginwright: “Un enfoque centrado en la sanación, para abordar el trauma, requiere una pregunta que cambia de ‘¿qué te sucedió?’ (‘what happened to you’) a ‘¿cómo puedes estar bien?’ (‘what’s right with you’); y considera a los individuos expuestos al trauma como agentes en la creación de su propio bienestar en lugar de víctimas de eventos traumáticos”.
Cambiar nuestra perspectiva para ver a los estudiantes como agentes de su propia sanación y bienestar es un paso clave para ayudarles a alcanzar su máxima potencial. A medida que avanzamos en un año de crisis social, política y de salud pública, la forma de ayudar a nuestras escuelas a sanar es lo más importante. El nuevo marco será nuestra guía para apoyar el bienestar social y emocional de nuestras comunidades escolares. A continuación son tres cosas que necesita saber al respecto:
1. Todas las partes interesadas participan en la creación de escuelas centradas en la sanación.
- Los estudiantes son agentes de su propia sanación. Utilizan los recursos que se les proporcionan para sanar y desarrollar habilidades para vivir una vida sana.
- El personal promueve activamente el bienestar mental y apoya a los estudiantes que han sido afectados por el trauma. También apoyan su propio bienestar.
- Las familias y los miembros de la comunidad luchan para que se les brinden a los estudiantes los apoyos necesarios para sanar.
2. El enfoque centrado en la sanación sigue los valores fundamentales “C.A.R.E.”
Letra | Significado | Definición |
---|---|---|
C | Collective Healing (Sanación colectiva) |
Reconocer que todos desempeñan un papel en la sanación de sus comunidades. |
A | Asset-Based Approaches (Enfoques centrados en los activos) |
El trauma no es visto como una limitación en la sanación de los estudiantes. |
R | Relationships (Relaciones) |
Los estudiantes obtienen el apoyo de los adultos en sus escuelas. |
E | Environment (Entorno) |
Todos los estudiantes se sienten bienvenidos en la escuela. |
3. Hay cinco formas clave en que las escuelas ayudarán a los estudiantes y al personal a sanarse.
- Educación y concienciación: Los estudiantes y el personal aprenderán sobre el trauma y el bienestar mental.
- Habilidades y estrategias: Los estudiantes y el personal desarrollarán formas de hacer frente a los factores de estrés y de gestionar el trauma.
- Cultura y entorno: El entorno físico de la escuela promoverá el bienestar y la pertenencia.
- Recursos: Una combinación de personas y programas abordarán el trauma y promoverán la sanación.
- Apoyo en situaciones de crisis: La comunidad de CPS promoverá la recuperación después de una crisis que haya provocado un trauma.
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