Understanding and addressing racial stress and trauma in schools: A pathway toward resistance and healing

• Published in: Psychology in the schools Vol. 59; no. 12; pp. 2506 - 2521
• Main Authors: Saleem, Farzana T., Howard, Tyrone C., Langley, Audra K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley 01.12.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: ecological framework; Ecology; Elementary Secondary Education; Fairness; Healing; Mental health services; Minority Group Students; Minority groups; Program Implementation; Race; racial stress and trauma; Resilience; Resilience (Psychology); Resistance; Schools; Stress; Stress Management; Substance abuse; Trauma; Traumatic life events; trauma‐informed schools; Youth

Youth of color are disproportionately impacted by stressful and traumatic life events, including race‐based experiences, which are linked to negative consequences. School is a salient context where youth encounter, witness, and process racial stress and trauma (RST). However, RST is often overlooked...