The Heart of Learning: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success
Published September 2009

About this handbook
The Heart of Learning: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success is a handbook for teachers written and compiled by OSPI and Western Washington University staff. It contains valuable information that will be helpful to you on a daily basis as you work with students whose learning has been adversely impacted by trauma in their lives.

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Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Superintendent Randy Dorn
• Chapter 1: Trauma, Compassion, and Resiliency: Background and Definitions
• Chapter 2: Self-Care: An Ethical Obligation for Those Who Care
• Chapter 3: Instructional Principles, Curricular Domains and Specific Strategies for Compassionate Classrooms
• Chapter 4: Building Compassionate School-Community Partnerships That Work
• Chapter 5: Examples of Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success Direct From the Field
• Chapter 6: Resources
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgements