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Trauma is ‘Written Into Our Bodies’—but Educators Can Help
By Stephen Merrill — 2020
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, California’s first surgeon general, on the impact of multigenerational adversity, SEL in the classroom, and the transformational powers of meditation.
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