Outcomes of a Trauma-Responsive Educational Approach at Scale

Kimberly Kendziora, Syeda Sana Fatima, Rebecca L. Wang, Tali Raviv, Mashana Smith, David W. Johnson, Colleen Cicchetti, American Institutes for Research, Robert H. Lurie Children, s Hospital of Chicago, Center for Childhood Resilience, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Child Maltreatment

Published online on December 07, 2025

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 238-250, May 2026.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois funded the rapid scale-up of a whole-school trauma approach, Resilience Education to Advance Community Healing (REACH). Schools that took part in REACH formed a team, participated in training, completed the ...