Your school can evolve to address trauma, promote well-being, and elevate learning. The School Wellness Wheel by Mike Ruyle, Libby Child, and Nancy Dome will show you how. Backed by educational, psychological, and medical research, the resource introduces a growth-focused framework for supporting students' cognitive, social, and emotional needs. Each chapter contains vignettes, examples, and advice from educators who are actively engaged in transforming their schools into centers ...

Fear. Avoidance. Division. The safest path can feel like the one without dialogue regarding conversations about equity and diversity. What if you offend the other person? What if they challenge your beliefs? What if you ruin a relationship? When it comes to hard topics, effective communication skills are an asset, vulnerability is necessary, and forgiveness is vital. In Let's Talk About Race (And Other Hard Things), communication expert and equity consultant Dr. Nancy A. Dome provides you ...

What if you could resolve problems or uncomfortable situations in ways that are meaningful and productive? What if you could learn from them and learn more about yourself in the process? What if doing all these things created a pathway to more equity in our world and more communities of belonging for us all?Let's face it: we encounter division and differences of opinion more than ever these days. It's not always clear how to move forward in a way that is both healthy and feels good...

Moving forward begins by looking back.In this powerful memoir-in-essays, Dr. Nancy Dome traces her journey from a childhood in West Hollywood influenced by poverty and molded by fierce love, to transformative experiences in education and abroad. Along the way, she explores the relationships, challenges, and moments of beauty that shaped her understanding of herself and the world.With honesty and insight, she invites readers to reconsider their own lived exp...

Fear. Avoidance. Division. The safest path can feel like the one without dialogue regarding conversations about equity and diversity. What if you offend the other person? What if they challenge your beliefs? What if you ruin a relationship?When it comes to hard topics, effective communication skills are an asset, vulnerability is necessary, and forgiveness is vital. In Let’s Talk About Race (And Other Hard Things), communication expert and equity consultant Dr. Nancy A. Dome provide...