Empowering Multilingual Learners with Adverse Childhood Experiences

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What I will learn?

  • This course equips educators to empower multilingual learners living with adversity. The course is guided by research, evidence based practices and the collective expertise of practitioners.

Course Curriculum

Module 1: The urgency for a strengths-based approach
Key Topics: • Defining the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (e.g., abuse, neglect, and household challenge) and its relation to the experiences of multilingual learners. • Debunking deficit-based narratives and their outcomes. • Shifting to a strengths-based stance. What does the research tell us? • Introducing evidence-based tools for enacting a strengths-based approach in our work as teachers, specialists, counselors, school principals, and other stake holders with multilingual learners.

Module 2: Creating a Strengths-Based Learning Environment
Key Topics: How can we create a learning environment that supports the inherent and inherent qualities and values in our students so they feel a sense of safety, belonging, value, competence, and the confidence to speak on behalf of themself and others? Fostering belonging in the classroom design Building Positive Relationships Connecting learning to students' lives Promoting students' voice and choice Using consistent routines and practices

Module 3: Fostering Family/Guardian Engagement
Key Topics: • Moving from What We Don’t Know • Building Partnerships on Student’s Success • Guiding Principles for Engaging Families • Involving Families in Classroom- and School-Based Events

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  • Level
    All Levels
  • Duration
    10 hours
  • Last Updated
    February 4, 2026
  • Certificate
    Certificate of completion

A course by

Debbie Zacarian, Ed.D.

Requirements

  • Participants are required to purchase the book:
  • Teaching to Strengths: Supporting students living with Trauma, Violence and Chronic Stress by Zacarian, et. al.

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Target Audience

  • K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Curriculum Directors, Specialists, Program Directors, Counselors, and others involved in the education of English/multilingual learners living with adversity

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