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We need more support for students, especially those who have faced significant trauma while on campus.
I agree! That’s exactly what our district did with the Covid money that they received and every district received.
From Ruby Payne, MD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqW2Xv16bWw
Yes.
Another view
Do you all feel like you receive adequate training and an understanding of how to teach with the assumption that at least a few (if not more) children in your class have experienced trauma?
We know that trauma effects the brain, but trauma effects health and learning too. Check this out. It’s for teachers https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-trauma-informed-teaching
This is so so sad. Makes a lot of sense now.
Thank God for this new research.
You’re very welcome
This is also not just for students. The teacher “brain fog” that get gets joked about a lot, people on any response team in education, or even after witnessing some of the violence, the brains of those will start to look this way. And coincidentally, some of these brains look the same as certain types of drug use brains and brain injuries. A really good book that helps explain trauma and trauma care is “The boy who was raised as a dog”. It’s a bit hard to read (content, not language) at times but shows some good studies along with it.
You are 1000% correct. Bruce Perry wrote that book and it is an excellent book. One of the videos I posted is from Bruce Perry, check it out.
I show this to kids. I stop the video to make sure they understand. It’s powerful for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKuoH8CkFc
Thank you for sharing this. I wish more people understood this. It plays major role in dealing with students who have behavioral issues they usually have witnessed some kind of trauma
You’re welcome. Our entire district had trauma informed training (years ago). In some cases our dept did the training, though nobody really wanted to do it. I did the training one year as part of my eval. I hardly remember talking lol
It’s really helped, I’ve been assigned to many schools throughout my years, and I frequently see teachers using trauma informed practices when doing a student observations.
It’s really just a shift in mindset. I bet many of you are using trauma informed practices but never put words to it.
When I taught elementary, we were given excellent trauma- sensitive training. One of the most important things they told us was to watch the behavior of ALL the kids, and trust our instincts because all behavior is communication. Not just the violent or defiant. I saw and was able to refer for services give suicidal 5th graders that year. It was very sobering. And that was before the pandemic.
There are REAL trauma surviving students (parents shot to death in front of the student) and perceived trauma-tized students who crumble in the corner when someone says a mean word to them in the hallway. This is why I rely heavily on a trauma counselor to advise me on students who truly need additional educational assistance. I have too many students who have learned the "trauma survivor" vocabulary and use it as an excuse. Our counselor helps me focus on the students that need the assistance and not those who just want an excuse to get out of doing something. (I know I'm cynical, but as someone who has also survived a harsh trauma, I don't have much patience for "fake" trauma.)
It’s about the approach we use (trauma informed) when working with students, not focusing on the students experience. Most of the time we don’t have any idea if a student is trauma impacted.
In elementary, if a student is freaking flipping out (throwing objects, kicking furniture, climbing on counters, yelling maybe crying, putting self in locker & shutting the door, hiding, elope, etc) my brain automatically tries to pull out every thing I have stored in terms of being trauma informed.
Unfortunately, these children often never receive the support that they need. A weekly visit from a school psychologist accomplishes very little; they require rigorous therapy in a very small class with ratios in the 2:1ish range.