McKinley Elementary School in Yakima, Wash., is on the forefront of a school movement to better provide for
students experiencing trauma.
State Representative Sonya Harper (D) of the Sixth District championed both resolutions, explaining, «In speaking with my colleagues from around the state, it is clear that while
our students experience trauma differently, their lives outside of school directly influence their behaviors and thus shape a school's climate and culture, for better or worse.
Not exact matches
I have straddled both sides of this fence, having had a near - death
experience myself at age 29 (when my daughter was 3 years old) and, years later, at age 46, when I served as a
student chaplain in a Level - One
trauma center during graduate school.
If the teacher takes advantage of these occasions when and as they arise,
students can learn by
experience how to help people cope with life's inevitable
traumas.
In a 2005 study of 454 undergraduates, psychologist Sari Gold of Temple University and her colleagues revealed that
students who had
experienced nontraumatic stressors, such as serious illness in a loved one, divorce of their parents, relationship problems or imprisonment of someone close to them, reported even higher rates of PTSD symptoms than did
students who had lived through bona fide
trauma.
Throughout our trainings, which actively raises intuition and works to integrate the understanding that we have infinite potential,
students often
experience profound healings, release of past
traumas, while learning true self love and your life's truest purpose.
Set mostly in 1962 at an inn in seaside Dorset, where graduate
student Edward and violinist Florence, barely in their twenties, have come for their honeymoon, McEwan's book sketches the fear and loathing the two
experience around sexual consummation, each of them carrying enough specific emotional baggage and general social repression to turn their wedding night into a site of irrevocable
trauma.
While not every
student will
experience a significant
trauma in life, all of us as humans
experience loss, stress, and challenges.
How to acknowledge and address the violent
trauma that so many of our
students, families, and community members
experience, while simultaneously deliberately injecting joy and optimism into our schools;
We can never know without a doubt which of our
students have
experienced trauma and which haven't.
When considering implementing
trauma - informed practices in your school, you might find yourself asking: How do I know which
students have
experienced trauma, so I can teach those
students in a
trauma - informed way?
Furthermore, if we focus on a dichotomy of «
student who
experienced trauma» and «
student who hasn't
experienced trauma,» we lose an opportunity to expand the social - emotional toolbox of every
student.
Review approaches to support
students who have
experienced trauma, learn how to help grieving
students, and find guidance on coping with violence and disaster.
Both Republicans and Democrats share concerns about unnecessary loss of instructional time, and many policymakers realize that a high percentage of suspended
students have
experienced trauma or are dealing with mental health problems.
As a teacher, you have a few ways of finding out that a
student has
experienced trauma.
A
student may also personally disclose that he or she
experienced current or past
trauma.
Although many of our
students live with the
trauma of the refugee
experience, statistics around child protection notifications, the rates of childhood sexual assault, families living with violence and the rates of
students beginning school developmentally vulnerable paint a picture of
students in classrooms across Australia living with
trauma in their daily lives.
If we're committed to the success of every child, we must acknowledge the uneven playing field that exists for many: ELLs,
students with special needs, children
experiencing trauma or relentless poverty, and
students of color who confront unconscious biases about their capacity.
If you work with even just one
student who
experienced trauma, you can
experience vicarious
trauma or compassion fatigue.
Could I also suggest the book, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Dr Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz, for teachers working with
students who have had significant neglect or
trauma experiences in their early years.
Guidance for supporting
students who have
experienced trauma or grief and for coping with violence and disasters.
The symptoms of vicarious
trauma vary across individuals, but most center around a preoccupation with and stress over
students» traumatic
experiences.
Here in Chicago, I've found that just because urban educators may know about the
trauma their
students experience, it doesn't mean that they know how it impacts them or how best to help them.
I taught at an alternative therapeutic school where many of the
students had
experienced trauma and other adversity in their lives.
Mindfulness and compassion are effective self - care strategies for teachers who work with
students who routinely
experience trauma.
After hearing about the district's short - term response and knowing just how much this contradicts what the research says, I realized I needed to help schools be better prepared to provide long - term support for
students who
experience chronic
trauma.
Teachers, particularly those working in schools located in communities with high poverty, often find themselves overburdened and under - resourced to help their
students (and their
students» families) who are
experiencing routine and extreme
trauma.
If you've observed even some of these behaviors (or other troubling symptoms), you may have a
student who is directly or indirectly
experiencing trauma.
It's also true that while your
students have not
experienced a mass shooting at their school, they may be suffering from the weight of collective
trauma, constantly aware that they and their families are threatened by gun violence.
Using
trauma - sensitive strategies — such as training staff in the impact of
trauma on learning, reframing behavior through a
trauma lens, and using positive, proactive discipline strategies — can help prevent re-traumatization and create the safe and supportive environment
students who have
experienced trauma need in order to learn.14
On the behavior front, many of Bowen's
students have
experienced trauma and abuse in their childhood.
to increase understanding of adverse childhood
experiences, the potential
trauma response in children, and the resulting impacts on
student learning and behavior, and to introduce short - and long - term interventions that can restore
students» sense of safety and agency, and 2)
we realize we have colleagues who survived traumatic childhood
experiences and who are teaching
students living with
trauma?
We are working to close gaps
experienced by historically and systemically underserved
students — including
students of color,
students in poverty,
students qualifying for special education services,
students learning English, and
students impacted by
trauma — while raising the bar for all.
All MPS educators are being trained to recognize and properly address
trauma that
students may
experience outside of their school environment, which can impact their academic focus and social - emotional well - being.
McLaughlin - Jones was a regular attendee at the annual University Council for Educational Administration conference, and she saw an opening for the girls to talk about their
experience with
trauma at school at this year's conference, the theme of which was
student voice.
Think about your
experience with special education, gifted instruction, English language learners, economically disadvantaged
students, and
students facing
trauma.
Summary: This article talks about helping
students traumatized by adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs) find a safe classroom environment that will enable them to overcome their
traumas and be able to learn.
In school,
students experience further
trauma through bullying and academic failure.»
Moreover, we need to be employing strategies that work with
students, that help them develop skills in conflict resolution, that help them cope with
traumas they've
experienced and that help them repair and rebuild relationships.
Nearly two thirds of our
students have
experienced trauma.
As someone who has spent the last 18 years in the classroom, I've seen too many
students who live in crises and
experience trauma every day, including homelessness or witnessing and
experiencing acts of violence.
She has been consulting with both individual educators, and whole schools with regard to age appropriate practices for
students who have
experienced trauma, and how to incorporate social emotional learning skills, as defined by CASEL, within the classroom.
Driver says the district is providing targeted interventions for
students struggling in reading and math, and training teachers to help
students who've
experienced trauma.
«Among the group's other recommendations in its two reports released in January are that new teachers should be given access to teaching mentors in navigating the challenges of working with
students who have
experienced trauma or are considered at - risk, as well as developing effective curriculum.
Personal
experiences faced by
students — homelessness,
trauma, health or mental health issues, lack of caring adults, needing to contribute financially to the home, involvement in the criminal justice system, racism and other forms of discrimination — significantly impact school performance and educational outcomes.
Students who have
experienced trauma may have trouble following school rules and routines.
Participants in this session will learn what ACEs are, how ACEs affect
student academic achievement and behavior, and how afterschool providers can help
students succeed in spite of the
trauma they are or have
experienced.
This social worker was able to focus on
students, such as my first grader, who were
experiencing mental health issues — often due to early
trauma — but who did not have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) in place.
The school not only gives exceptional guidance on schoolwork and lessons, it also provides access to nurses, counselors and social workers so
students can better cope with the
trauma they've
experienced.