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Knox, Cumberland and ETSU pilots link trauma‑informed classrooms to neighborhood supports
Summary
Presenters from Knox County Schools, the Cumberland County Trauma Informed Community Alliance and ETSU described classroom‑level trauma‑informed strategies, neighborhood summer pilots and reset spaces; ETSU presenters cited early Unicoi County data showing students moving from higher‑intensity supports back to universal supports and large drops in chronic absenteeism.
A cluster of district and university teams described local efforts to make schools trauma informed and extend support into neighborhoods, with pilot programs and early outcome data that local leaders say support wider adoption.
Knox County Schools: Janice Cook, director of school culture for Knox County, described a five‑year expansion of the district's Department of School Culture into a multi‑disciplinary operation that trains staff in brain science, restorative practices and therapeutic crisis intervention. "We start off by having a process," Cook said, summarizing the district's "brain science, behavior and cognition" approach and noting large‑scale staff training (hundreds to more than 1,000 annual training…
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