Special Education & Pupil Personnel Services
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- Resources on Race, Racism and Radicalized Violence
- Extended School Year 2020
- SEL Resources
- Special Education District Plan 2021-2024
- White Plains Public Schools
- Resources on Race, Racism and Radicalized Violence
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Resources and Readings for Families Structural Racism and Social Justice
Blogs from the White Plains Public Library
- A Call for Antiracism: Children’s Titles https://whiteplainslibrary.org/2020/06/antiracism-childrens/
- Antiracism Resources for Teens and Adults https://whiteplainslibrary.org/2020/06/antiracism-teens-adults/
- Antiracism YA Fiction: https://whiteplainslibrary.org/2020/06/antiracism-ya-fiction/
Raising race conscious children:
Resources for talking about race, racism, and radicalized violence with kids:
- https://centerracialjustice.org/resources/resources-for-talking-about-race-racism-and-racialized-violence-with-kids/
- Facing History and Ourselves
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Talking to children after racial incidents (Penn GSE) https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/talking-children-after-racial-incidents
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Embrace Race Addressing Racial Injustice with Young Children Video and Tip Sheet https://www.embracerace.org/resources/something-happened-in-our-town-addressing-racial-injustice-with-young-children
Other resources:
- Transforming our public schools: A guide to culturally responsive-sustaining education
- https://crehub.org/
- http://www.myreflectionmatters.org/
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This Conversation is Anti-racist by: Monita K. Bell and Cory Collins
- If we aren’t addressing racism, we aren’t addressing trauma by: Dr. Dena Simmons
- 6 Ways to be an Antiracist Educator: Educator Dr. Dena Simmons on engaging in antiracist work in the classroom
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How the Stress of Racism Affects Learning by: Melinda Anderson
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“I [STILL] can’t breathe”: Supporting kids of color amid racialized violence WEBINAR: with child psychologist Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith
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Anti-racism resources for all ages
Recursos en español sobre el anti-racismo
Readings
Adult Reading
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning: the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
How to be an AntiracistDr. Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
Racism, Antiracism and YouDr. Robin DiAngelo
White FragilityDolly Chugh
The Person you Mean to be: How Good People Fight BiasBryan Stevenson
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionLayla F. Saad
Me and White SupremacyAnthony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good PeopleDr. Shefali Tsabary
The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our ChildrenStudent Reading
Byran Stevenson
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) : A True Story of the Fight for JusticeTiffany Jewell
This Book is Antiracist
Books for littles: https://booksforlittles.com/