TOOLS & RESOURCES
Check out our incredible selection of tools and resources broken down by sector!
Audio (mp3)
Podcasts
Addressing Emotional Issues In the Classroom (Ruby Payne)
A Tale of Two Brains – Research vs. Myth (Judy Weber)
Bridging the Language and Cultural Gap: Working with Spanish-Speaking Parents (Ruben Perez)
Collaboration for Kids (Heather Conway)
Conflict Management: Staying Sane in the Fast Lane (Bill Sommers)
Emotional Resources (Jim Littlejon)
Future Picture (Betti Souther)
Get Students to Meet or Exceed Standards (Panel)
Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis (Paul Slocumb)
Helping Boys Achieve Success (Paul Slocumb)
Helping the Under-Resourced Learner (Lisa Casto)
Helping the Under-Resourced Learner (Sue Nelle DeHart)
Integrated Approach (Donyall Dickey)
Living On a Tightrope: Managing Conflict (Bill Sommers)
Motivation: How to Motivate Students to Increase Performance (Bethanie Tucker)
Parents: Can’t Work with Them, Can’t Work Without Them (Judy Weber)
Resources, Relationships and Learning (Rita Pierson)
School Improvement (Ruby Payne)
Success for Struggling Readers (Bethanie Tucker)
Voices: Using the Most Effective Internal Voice for Success with Students (Peggy Black)
Welcome to U.S. Schools (Ruben Perez)
Working the Motivation Puzzle (Bethanie Tucker)
Working with High School Boys (Vincent Segalini)
Storytelling
Documents (PDF)
Articles
Bridges Out of Poverty Continuum Materials
Helping Under-Resourced Learners Succeed at the College and University Level
How Do We Create Intellectual Capital?
How Poverty Impacts Cognition and Learning
Impacting Two Generations at Once
Moving from Middle Class to Situational Poverty in the Present Economy
Ruby K. Payne’s Poverty Series I-IV
Ten Dynamics of Poverty that Affect School Success – and What Schools Can Do About It
Toward a Deeper Understanding of Issues Surrounding Poverty
What Can the Faith Community Do to Address Poverty?
Worksheet to Calculate the Cost of Dropouts
Five Examples from Bridges Out of Poverty Workbook
Resources
American Bar Association Pro Bono Brochure: Assisting Clients in Poverty
Bridges to Head Start: Tell your child to Teach Teddy (Also see Reading by Age 5)
Build emotional resources to own more of yourself
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PDF)
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PowerPoint)
Creating Relationships: A Framework for Understanding Poverty Excerpt Chapter 9
Excerpt on Prefixes, Root Words and Suffixes
Getting What You Want the Other Way: Teaching Tips
One Hour Staff Development for Understanding Learning
Parent Teacher Conference Form
Preponderance of Evidence Grid
Putting the Pieces Together: Whole to Parts Concepts
Quiz: A Framework for Understanding Poverty (Spanish)
Quiz: Find Out If You Know the Hidden Rules of Class
Quiz: Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis – Parents Quiz
Quiz: Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis – Parents Quiz (Spanish)
Quiz: Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis – Teachers Quiz
Quiz: Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis – Teachers Quiz (Spanish)
Study Guide: A Framework for Understanding Poverty 4th Edition
Study Guide: A Framework for Understanding Poverty 5th Edition
Study Guide: Bridges Out of Poverty
Study Guide: Under-Resourced Learners
UFE Charts for Mod 4 in Getting Ahead Workbook and Getting Ahead Facilitator Notes
Documents (PDF)
Articles
14 Thinking Tools for Bridges Out of Poverty Initiatives
Bridges Out of Poverty Continuum Materials
Community Sustainability Results
DeVol’s State of the Address: Bridges Out of Poverty Community of Practice Model
How Poverty Impacts Cognition and Learning
Moving from Middle Class to Situational Poverty in the Present Economy
Toward a Deeper Understanding of Issues Surrounding Poverty
Using the Hidden Rules of Class to Create Sustainable Communities
What Can the Faith Community Do to Address Poverty?
Five Examples from Bridges Out of Poverty Workbook
Resources
A description of a complete evaluation package for Getting Ahead at very reasonable costs
Addressing the Effects of High-Poverty Neighborhoods
aha! Process Disaster Recovery Model
American Bar Association Pro Bono Brochure: Assisting Clients in Poverty
Bridges Out of Poverty: Compassion Coalition and Bridges
Bridges Out of Poverty: Hard Differentiators
Bridges Out of Poverty: Ten Core Constructs
Build emotional resources to own more of yourself
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PDF)
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PowerPoint)
Creating Relationships: A Framework for Understanding Poverty Excerpt Chapter 9
Quiz: Find Out If You Know the Hidden Rules of Class
Study Guide: Bridges Out of Poverty
UFE Charts for Mod 4 in Getting Ahead Workbook and Getting Ahead Facilitator Notes
Sample Brochures, Invitations, and Other Forms for Bridges and Getting Ahead Events and Programs
Sample invitation to a Bridges to Sustainable Communities workshop from Carroll County Ohio
Videos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80YwChszDdU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yjCl9bpWHo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNo21h1R4LQ
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Audio (mp3)
Podcasts
Bridging College and Community: Strategies for Student Success
Community and School Initiatives to Address Poverty (Phil DeVol)
Conflict Management (Bill Sommers)
Emotional Resources (Jim Littlejon)
FYE for Life – Webinar (Karla Krodel)
Living On A Tightrope (Bill Sommers)
Motivation: How to Motivate Students to Increase Performance (Bethanie Tucker)
Resources, Relationships and Learning (Rita Pierson)
The Human Learning Process and Under-Resourced Students (Bethanie Tucker)
Training Tips – Teleseminar (Regina Lewis)
Understanding and Engaging Under-Resourced Students (Karla Krodel)
Using Investigations at East High School (Karla Krodel)
Using Investigations at Youngstown High School (Karla Krodel)
Documents (PDF)
Articles
Bridges Out of Poverty Continuum Materials and Solutions
DeVol’s State of the Address: Bridges Out of Poverty Community of Practice Model
Helping Under-Resourced Learners Succeed at the College and University Level
How Poverty Impacts Cognition Learning
Moving from Middle Class to Situational Poverty in the Present Economy
Ten Dynamics of Poverty that Affect School Success – and What Schools Can Do About It
Toward a Deeper Understanding of Issues Surrounding Poverty
Using the Hidden Rules of Class to Create Sustainable Communities
Five Examples from Bridges Out of Poverty Work
Resources
Build on Day 1 CAA Workshop Training
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PDF)
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PowerPoint)
Videos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGvphh56ln0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H58W223AqEc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSpXmS9BPJI
For more videos, explore our YouTube channel.
Documents (PDF)
Articles
DeVol’s State of the Address: Bridges Out of Poverty Community of Practice Model
Moving from Middle Class to Situational Poverty in the Present Economy
Toward a Deeper Understanding of Issues Surrounding Poverty
Using the Hidden Rules of Class to Create Sustainable Communities
Five Examples from Bridges Out of Poverty Work
Resources
American Bar Association Pro Bono Brochure: Assisting Clients in Poverty
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PDF)
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PowerPoint)
Creating Relationships: A Framework for Understanding Poverty Excerpt Chapter 9
Eight Ways to End Poverty in Your Community
Quiz: Find Out If You Know the Hidden Rules of Class
Study Guide: Bridges Out of Poverty
UFE Charts for Mod 4 in Getting Ahead Workbook and Getting Ahead Facilitator Notes
Videos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzDmwJ3kchw
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For more videos, explore our YouTube channel.
Documents (PDF)
Articles
DeVol’s State of the Address: Bridges Out of Poverty Community of Practice Model
How Poverty Impacts Cognition and Learning
Moving from Middle Class to Situational Poverty in the Present Economy
Outreach, Prevention, and the ‘Urgent Chair’
Toward a Deeper Understanding of Issues Surrounding Poverty
Using the Hidden Rules of Class to Create Sustainable Communities
Five Examples from Bridges Out of Poverty Work
Resources
American Bar Association Pro Bono Brochure: Assisting Clients in Poverty
Bridges Out of Poverty Continuum Materials
Bridges Into Health – Ruby Payne and Phil DeVol
Bridges Into Health: Terie Dreussi Smith
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PDF)
2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PowerPoint)
Creating Relationships: A Framework for Understanding Poverty Excerpt Chapter 9
Eight Ways to End Poverty in Your Community
Quiz: Find Out If You Know the Hidden Rules of Class
Study Guide: Bridges Out of Poverty
UFE Charts for Mod 4 in Getting Ahead Workbook and Getting Ahead Facilitator Notes
Videos
Podcasts
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Articles
Five Examples from Bridges Out of Poverty Workbook
Resources
- 2015 Census Data (Released in 2016) (PowerPoint)