Racial Trauma in the School System

Racial Trauma in the School System provides foundational and clinical information for school-based mental health professionals to better understand and address the nuanced experience of racial trauma in their school.

Connesia Handford, PsyD, is a Black psychologist working in Austin, Texas. She specializes in addressing Black mental health and racial trauma across the developmental life span. Ariel D. Marrero, PsyD, is a Latinx psychologist working in the San Francisco Bay Area. She specializes in the intersection between a child's mental health needs and their overall school functioning.

PART I: Conceptual Foundations; 1.What is Racial Trauma? 2. The Impact of Racial Trauma on Identity Development; 3.Culture in the School System; 4. Adjusting Your Clinical Lens; PART II: Clinical Application; 5. General Guidelines for Addressing Racial Trauma; 6. Racial Trauma and the Mental Health Professional; 7. How to Assess for Racial Trauma; 8. Racial Trauma and Consultation; 9. Advocacy in the School System; PART III: Special Topics; 10. Guidance for Caregivers; 11. Social Media and Racial Trauma; 12. Racial Trauma and Police Brutality; 13. Racial Trauma in Immigrant and Refugee Families; 14. Racial Trauma and Play Therapy; 15. Racial Trauma and Bibliotherapy.