LIFTS Virtual Summer Institute
Week-Long Institute | July 14–19, 2024 | 9 AM – 3 PM
Earn graduate credits leading to a certificate in trauma and learning.
What: Join us this summer for a week-long virtual institute! Take a three-credit graduate course, attend a keynote speaker, network with educators, and share ideas!
When: July 14 – 19, 2024
Sunday | Keynote Kickoff | July 14th, 5pm–7pm EST
Monday - Friday | Institute | July 15th – July 19th, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. EST
The institute timeframe is comprised of online synchronous Zoom sessions, small group work, cross-convening connections, and asynchronous working time. Specific schedules for each course will be available on Blackboard 2-4 weeks before the start date. Please log onto Blackboard at that time to review the schedule, pre-readings, and details to access the Sunday evening keynote.
Who: Educators who are interested in the impact of trauma on learning. Because the institute is virtual, we encourage educators from near and far to join us.
How much: With generous funding from the Oak Foundation and Lesley University, the cost to attend the summer institute is the same as our spring/fall course offerings: $500 per person.
Registration: See registration links below.
Course Desciptions
*Courses for the Certificate of Completion (course 1 through course 4) must be taken one at a time, and in sequence. For example, if you took course 1 in the spring, you’re eligible to join for course 2 this summer.
*Participants may sign up for Course 5 any time after completing course 2. Course 5 does not count toward the Certificate of Completion (courses 1 – 4), and does not substitute for any course within the series.
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This first course of the certificate examines the impact of traumatic experience on student learning (academic, social, and emotional) and provides a structured approach to individual and school wide interventions. The biological, environmental, and sociocultural aspects of traumatic experience will be presented, and participants will analyze the effects of their work with students impacted by trauma on their own well-being (secondary trauma)
Full participation is required in order to take a course and earn three-graduate credits.
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The second course of the series explores how trauma affects self-regulation, social skills and a child’s sense of health and wellbeing, along with interfering with more traditional academic skills that require language, memory, and executive function. This course will address ways to promote these non-academic and academic competencies for students impacted by trauma, including which competencies can be incorporated into the learning flow (as they benefit all children) and which are best taught with an individual support plan.
Full participation is required in order to take a course and earn three-graduate credits.
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This third course is designed to expand knowledge of trauma, its impacts, and the process for building trauma sensitive environments through examination of the underlying change theory, processes, and tools needed to establish trauma sensitivity. Participants demonstrate their understanding by either developing a plan for guiding the creation of a trauma-sensitive school or conducting research grounded in trauma-informed inquiry.
Full participation is required in order to take a course and earn three-graduate credits.
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In this last course of the certificate series, students demonstrate their understanding of the attributes of trauma-sensitivity by working together to design and conduct research that assesses the outcomes of efforts to improve trauma-sensitivity in classrooms, schools, or other learning environments
Full participation is required in order to take a course and earn three-graduate credits.
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This course is best taken after you have a general understanding of the impact of trauma on learning. Participants will explore the intersection of race, equity, and trauma in hope of creating safe, supportive, and trauma sensitive environments. Educators working with students who experience systemic racism and inequities have additional Adverse Childhood Experiences, raising their risk for related learning impacts. Participants will study impacts of systemic racism, implicit biases, and micro-aggressions, to develop action plans and support whole school inclusive communities for every child to connect and thrive.
Full participation is required in order to take a course and earn three-graduate credits.
Take Your Next Step:
Register for a Course Today.
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Course 1: The Impact of Trauma on Learning: An Overview
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Course 2: The Impact of Trauma on Learning: Classroom and Student Supports
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Course 5: Racism, Equity, and Trauma
Registration and Course Access Instructions
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❖ Elevate is an online registration system at Lesley University for continuing education services, such as the Trauma Certificate.
❖ You should see your course/start date listed in the upper right hand corner of the “Create Account” sign-in page. If your district/site is sponsoring payment, it is reflected as a discount. If not, after entering your information, the system will prompt you for payment.
❖ If you’re new to Elevate, you need to create a new account even if you’ve taken classes at Lesley before. If you have an existing Lesley account, use the same name for registration (including maiden names) to avoid duplicates in the system.
❖ Your Elevate email address, username, and password are self-chosen. You may opt to utilize existing Lesley credentials or you may choose a new/unique username and password.
❖ Please record your Elevate account credentials. You will need them to sign up for future courses offered through this platform.
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❖ Once registered through Elevate, you will receive 1 to 2 emails at the address you provided:
Everyone receives an email from elevate@lesley.edu with your Elevate username and portal link.
If you are new to Lesley, you will also receive an email from IT as early as 8 weeks prior to the start of the course date with your Lesley account credentials to access Blackboard/myLesley and the Self-Service portal (links below). Please check your spam/junk boxes too.
Important: You will NOT receive an email from IT if you have an existing Lesley account from previous coursework, degree programs, etc. Please contact IT@lesley.edu
Once you are able to log into Blackboard, you will see your course under the ‘my courses’ tab. Courses show up 6 weeks prior to the start date, and may appear out of order. Click here for a myLesley overview.
❖ If you cannot log in to Blackboard within 2 weeks of the course start date – for any reason – you must contact IT@lesley.edu or call 617-349-8770.
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❖ IT self-help portal: https://support.lesley.edu/support/home
❖ Blackboard/myLesley access: https://my.lesley.edu/
❖ Check your grades in the Self-Service Student Account Portal
❖ Order a transcript: www.lesley.edu/transcripts
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❖ Q: I’ve forgotten my Elevate login? A: elevate@lesley.edu
❖ Q: I can’t login to Blackboard?
A: IT@lesley.edu or 617-349-8770❖ Q: I need to drop a course?
A: spedcenter@lesley.edu before the course begins for a refund. No refunds for withdrawals.❖ Q: I need to check on another issue or have another question?
A: Merlyn Mayhew, mmayhew3@lesley.edu, Associate Director, Center for Inclusive and Special Education