With the anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires upon us, Southern California residents may find themselves running through a myriad of emotions —  sadness, anger, irritability or even frustration — as they try to process the trauma associated with last year’s devastation.

With the start of school just weeks away, teachers are already planning for the new academic year. Adding to their start-of-school list of concerns has been a summer filled with trauma for their students as the children grapple with the loss of family members to immigration raids and fears that when they get home, someone they love will be gone.

Diane Gehart, professor emeritus in California State University, Northridge’s Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, recently delivered a TedX talk at Queens University in Canada.