R&D Unplugged #15 - discover our research | Learning Planet Institute

In this talk, Dr. Ginwright illustrates how trauma-informed care has become an important approach within institutions that serve young people who have been harmed. Using the latest research blended with deeply personal stories, Dr. Ginwright shows why the term trauma informed care is important but is incomplete. He provides vivid examples of how our approaches to support young people often creates blinds spots and limits how we support young people with healing. He will share insights into how racial and social inequality create trauma and how we can create a climate of healing, restoration and well-being which is sorely needed in today’s world.

Dr. Ginwright advances the term “Healing Centered Engagement” which offers an expansive perspective of young people and a holistic approach that restores well-being among young people who experience trauma. Healing Centered Engagement builds upon trauma-informed frameworks by supporting systems to shift from harm, discipline, punishment and confinement to restoration, hope, and healing.

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More about the speaker

Dr. Shawn Ginwright is the Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Education. His groundbreaking work on trauma, healing, and the empowerment of African American youth has been instrumental in reshaping the discourse surrounding youth development.

Dr. Ginwright is a seasoned non- profit leader, serving as the co-founder and CEO of Flourish Agenda, Inc., a pioneer research lab and consulting firm dedicated to unlocking the power of healing and empowering youth of color, as well as their adult allies, to drive transformative change in their schools and communities. Dr. Ginwright has written numerous highly acclaimed books, including “The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves” and “Hope and Healing in Urban Education: How Urban Activists and Teachers Are Reclaiming Matters of the Heart.”

R&D Unplugged is organized by the Research Unit Learning Transitions. For more details about the format of R&D Unplugged, along with information on past and upcoming events, please visit our website.