With more than 110+ years of experience in building resilience and fostering healing in youth, children, and families, Starr has spent decades conducting extensive research that guides the evidence-based and evidence-informed models we use today.
Starr is committed to continuing to advance the field of human services – to ensure that not only Starr, but all organizations that serve children and the professionals who support children, have the best tools possible to build resilience, break the cycle of trauma, and bring about systematic change.
Evidence-Based and Evidence-Informed
Read about Starr’s evidence-based and evidence-informed approach to healing guiding its programs and services.
External Validation of Starr’s Professional Learning Experiences
This report features the results of an external validation of Starr’s professional learning experiences conducted by Statistics in the Community (STATCOM) at the University of Michigan. Based on the analysis of participant feedback, most enrollees of Starr’s foundational courses found the learning experiences to be useful and beneficial, and overall, participants were highly satisfied with the content and materials of the course, the instructor, and the teaching quality. Further, most course-takers professed a mastery of course concepts, a willingness to take another Starr course, and would make strong endorsements of the course to their colleagues.
External Evaluation of Starr’s Trauma-Informed Resilient Schools Training
This report features the results of an external evaluation of Starr’s Trauma-Informed Resilient Schools training, conducted by the Community Technical Assistance Collaborative (CTAC), a program of the Ginsberg Center at the University of Michigan. The report highlights changes teachers and staff have noticed as a result of Starr’s training, as well as Starr’s impact on trauma-informed, resilience-focused pedagogy, namely: (1) building a strong foundation, authentic relationship-building, and teacher and staff morale and efficacy development; (2) student adaptation and functioning and academic engagement; (3) development of safety, structure, and community; and (4) addressing negative outcomes and impacts of trauma.
External Validation Report on Starr’s Trauma-Informed Schools Questionnaire (TISQ)
This report features the results of an external validation of Starr’s Trauma-Informed Schools Questionnaire (TISQ) instrument, conducted by Statistics in the Community (STATCOM) at the University of Michigan. Starr administers the TISQ to school staff to measure a school’s progress on its trauma-informed, resilience-focused care implementation. Results show that Starr’s TISQ tool is both valid (measures what it intends to measure) and reliable (measures consistently).
The Resilient Schools Project Whitepaper
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