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About The Institute for Trauma, Adversity, and Resilience

We’re here to promote understanding of how trauma and adversity affect learning, well-being, and academic resilience. We believe that a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach can help everyone thrive, both in college and in the workplace by supporting healthy development, learning, and success.

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Our Goals

  1. Conduct and share research about trauma-informed education, with a special focus on community colleges.
     
  2. Serve as a resource hub for students, faculty, and staff seeking to understand and apply trauma-informed practices.
     
  3. Build a digital community with access to literature, research, events, lectures, continuing education, and networking opportunities about trauma, learning, resilience, and success in higher education.

About This Website

This site is designed especially for you — our students.

Here you’ll find resources, research, and tools to help you understand the impact of trauma and adversity on learning. More importantly, it’s a space for healing, strength, and comfort. Explore ways to build resilience, connect with a supportive community, and find the knowledge and skills to thrive both academically and personally.

You are not alone. MassBay has many different types of resources to help you achieve the academic, professional, and personal goals you have set for yourself.

Together, we can build with each other a more compassionate, understanding, and resilient college community.

Who we are!