CENTER FOR RESILIENT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
The Center for Resilient Schools and Communities works with Spartanburg County families, schools, and communities to build supports and systems that increase children’s success, particularly in neighborhoods where educational disparities exist.
We believe that every person can achieve success when provided with the necessary resources and support to overcome challenges. Together we can make the impossible achievable.
WHAT’S THE CONNECTION WITH SAM?
The Spartanburg Academic Movement’s Center for Resilient Schools and Communities is an initiative to empower children, families, neighborhoods, and schools with the necessary tools to build resilience.
The Center also works with supporting agencies that serve those four groupings with the tools they need to develop personal and community resilience. This work is instrumental in reaching the Spartanburg Academic Movement's goal to build economic mobility anchored in academic achievement.
SAM has been working for over a decade to uncover factors that negatively impact a child’s chances for academic success. Poverty and race have long been linked to high adverse childhood experience (ACEs) rates. These factors create unique conditions that can reduce a child’s ability to succeed in school. Academic success is linked with lifelong economic stability and mobility. Therefore, working in these high areas of need to improve the resilience of children and families is a natural fit for the work of SAM.
HOW WE DO IT:
Evidence-based Training & Community Engagement
EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING
The Center for Resilient Schools and Communities provides Evidence-Based Training for a wide range of professionals in the form of workshops and group training.
DESIGNED FOR:
Educators
School Resource Officers
Caseworkers
Non-profit organizations
Out-of-school time child/youth program providers
Healthcare providers
Business leaders
TRAINING TOPICS INCLUDE:
Identifying and responding to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
Building positive childhood experiences (PCEs)
Mandatory reporting
The Trauma-Informed Framework
Brain development
Unconscious bias
Self-care for educators and responders
Building resilience in children, youth, and families
The intersection between race and ACEs
Prevention of ACEs
TRAINING LOCATIONS:
Training is offered beyond our Spartanburg County primary service area on a fee-based schedule. Fees vary based upon specific content requested, training period, and location.
CUSTOM DELIVERY:
While single-topic specific workshops are offered, most group training is provided based upon the needs of the professional group requesting the training and customized to meet learning objectives set by the group leader. To discuss a training plan to meet your professional development needs, please contact Dr. Jennifer Parker.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community Engagement is focused on topic-centered workshops, Social Work, and continuing education to help those in our communities and neighborhoods.
TRAINING TOPICS INCLUDE:
Healthy Relationships
Stress Management
Power of Play
CUSTOM DELIVERY:
Interested in learning more about community engagement through the Center for Resilient Schools and Communities? Reach out to Dr. Jennifer Parker for more information.
RESOURCES:
Spartanburg Academic Movement and the Center for Resilient Schools and Communities provide resources to help caregivers speak to children after traumatic stress.
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