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During this weeks learning it took me back to what we learned about race growing up. This week there was a particular video that stood out to me called  “ what I am learning from my white grandchildren” by Anthony Peterson. Growing up in Idaho this video took me back to my learning about race. Growing up, we learned that race wasn’t always a good thing, and that we all had to be the same person. That if we called a person, white or black that was inappropriate. That we all had to be alike, but in fact, it wasn’t true at all. My time at SOU taught me a lot about culture, race, and ethnicity, and how important it is to include it in your classroom. I have learned that race is such an important part of our own individual identity. Without our race, we wouldn’t be our unique selves.

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Here's a website on ways teachers can be more involved and beat racism in their classroom.

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The pain of racism is devastating our country and you've likely seen the impact in your own community. You may have even seen it in your classroom. Now, we see demonstrations taking place with people taking to the streets to stand against prejudice and injustice. Our stomachs churn. Our hearts break. And our minds wonder. What can we do to make this a better world for everyone? Here are 10 ways teachers can fight racism and teach tolerance right now.

1. Get (and Stay) Informed

Sometimes, we think we know more than we actually do. When it comes to racism, you cannot neglect the importance of being informed. Reading books and watching movies is just the beginning of the journey. It's absolutely essential that we learn about how our own implicit biases (and where they came from) can impact how we think and behave.

Racism is such a deeply ingrained part of our society that we may not even recognize it. For example, many schools have dress codes that contain exclusionary policies, particularly when it comes to hairstyles. We've seen African-American students denied the right to or participate in sports unless they were willing to cut their dreadlocks. A daycare a biracial child's hair without her parent's permission "for reasons of cleanliness."

This lack of understanding of natural hairstyles within the black community is just one example of the many causes of trauma to children. Families are all too often punished for refusing to conform and educators need to make every effort to stop this destructive pattern from continuing. The Teaching Tolerance website offers professional development through workshops, self-directed learning, webinars, podcasts, and even facilitator guides to empower you with the knowledge you need to take on this highly important endeavor.

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2. Speak Up

One of the most painful things we can experience is people being silent around us while we are suffering. No matter the circumstance, it's never okay to look the other way when we see others being mistreated and/or abused. We must always confront and address racism in all forms every single time.

Once you become more aware of the injustices your students, their families, and your co-workers of color face every day, you absolutely must speak up whenever you witness racism in action. Discriminatory policies in your school must be confronted head-on.

When we're forced to stand alone for what's right, it can feel like the weight of the world is on our shoulders. But when we can look around and see others joining together in acts of solidarity, we make it clear that we, as a society, will not tolerate racism and discrimination. We can't stand on the sidelines and watch this toxic dynamic continue. We all need to say something!

3. Give Your Classroom a "Diversity Audit"

It's natural to gravitate to familiar concepts, which is why it's so important that we push ourselves to look through multiple lenses when we're preparing our classrooms. More than ever, our students deserve to feel included, loved, and celebrated for who they are. They need to know that we recognize and support them.

Choose wall decor, such as these beautiful posters, to promote inclusivity and spark a conversation. Introduce that teach diversity to elementary school kids and explore the many ways in which you can help prepare your students for citizenship.

4. Commit to Listening

The classroom culture you create should focus on giving every student a voice while honoring student experience and providing social and emotional safety. Fostering student-led discussions and consciously working to better communicate with culturally diverse students will help everyone feel seen and heard.

5. Bring Empathy Into Your Classroom

Teaching with empathy is incredibly important, especially if you are trying to teach tolerance in the classroom. According to Merriam-Webster , empathy is "the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another... without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner."

Ready to begin? The Harvard Graduate School of Education has published called "How to Build Empathy and Strengthen Your School Community." Once you've read that, check out the website. This free tool combines live videos with activities designed for elementary students. Empatico connects classrooms around the world, empowering teachers and students "to explore the world through experiences that spark curiosity, kindness, and empathy."

6. Enhance Your Curriculum

As such, one of the most important ways to fight racism and teach tolerance in our classrooms is to rethink and enhance the curriculum. We should always look for ways to give our students the fairest and most balanced experience possible. Especially during these formative years in their lives.

Need some inspiration? This offers 8 Ways to Teachers Can Address White Supremacy in the Classroom. If that seems heavy, remember that your students of color and their families are likely dealing with this in their real lives every day. The Teaching Tolerance website also provides classroom resources including Teaching Strategies , , Learning Plans , Student Texts , Student Tasks , and even to help you feel better prepared to emerge as a leader against racial injustice.

7. Set High Expectations (And Lead By Example)

Challenge any policies, punishments, or practices that take away from the mission of creating an inclusive environment. For example, as the Teaching Tolerance website , "Zero-tolerance policies are popular, but mounting evidence suggests that this approach does not make schools safer. An alternative is taking a 'zero-indifference' approach to bullying, harassment, and other disciplinary issues. Zero indifference means never letting disrespectful conduct go unaddressed; school staff always name and respond to behaviors, but they do not implement automatic suspension, expulsion or other punishments."

Additionally, we can consider the "restorative justice approach to school discipline (and criminal justice) by focusing on repairing harm and restoring relationships rather than simply punishing those who have engaged in misconduct. Restorative justice spans a wide variety of practices and strategies, including peacemaking circles, peer jury processes, mediation, conferencing and classroom discussions focused on building empathy."

8. Learn From Other Teachers

If you've been in the classroom for any length of time, you already know your fellow teachers are a wealth of information. Undoubtedly, you've sought to find the best tips for workbooks and room decor. Why not do the same for diversity issues?

There are many incredible teachers of color out there creating content for this very reason. Whether it's tackling a difficult situation in the classroom or learning to recognize oppressive policies on an administrative level, there are blogs, Instagram accounts, and YouTube channels where these incredible educators are sharing their experience.

Grab a cup of coffee and sit down to read Tamara Russell's " Why Teachers Are Silent on Race Relations " and " The Lie I Refuse to Teach ." Open your heart as Jose Vilson reflects on segregation and why we don't see more teachers of color . If you see a way to sign up for newsletters, do it. It's an excellent way to stay engaged.

Finally, find ways to work with other teachers within your school. Regularly set aside time to critically and constructively review curricular materials. Visit each other's classrooms. And, share assignment ideas to ensure that you're all working towards the same goal.

9. Get Involved

When we're disconnected from something, it's much easier to dismiss it. You might scroll right by a story that has no impact on your life while it tears up people of color in your community. That's one of the reasons why racism continues to be so pervasive. Some people don't even recognize it. Do not miss opportunities to get involved.

10. Donate

Year after year, protests erupt across this country as human beings fight for their constitutional right to live. That shouldn't be necessary in 2020. We know that teachers are incredibly underpaid, which is why a donation is such a meaningful gesture.

Of course, you should always verify that you're donating to a legitimate source. But providing monetary support to a victim's family or organizations that provide legal services can go a long way towards confronting the devastation of systemic racism.
For more ways for teachers to fight racism and teach tolerance in your classroom, read our articles " White Teachers Need to See Color. Here's Why" and "6 Ways to Advocate for Underrepresented Students Headed to College."

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Teachers can fight racism in their classrooms by educating themselves, leading by example, conducting a diversity audit, and more.

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To introduce anti-racism, teaching into my classroom I want to first make sure that all my students know that their voices will always be heard, their opinions matter, no matter what beliefs or cultures they are, that they are welcome in my classroom and can always speak up about what they believe in. I want my classroom to be a safe space for each and everyone of my students and their families. I will incorporate many different cultures into my classroom by first getting to know all my students. At the beginning of the year, I plan to send out a worksheet for the children and parents to fill out about who they are, what they choose to celebrate, and what their beliefs and cultures are. This will be a way that I can include all my students into my classroom throughout the whole year. This is also a way to help. My students learn that their culture is just as important as anybody else’s culture. It is to show that every person is different in many different ways and that is okay. Throughout the school year we will hold events in my classroom and class parties, celebrating a variety of cultures and honoring all they are. In my high school, we have a thing called multicultural day where we would celebrate all different cultures and food trucks from all over what come. This was an amazing chance to bond with one another and try various foods from different cultures. This is something I really would try to implement in my school as a whole and not to my classroom. To start out though, I would do a culture day in my class where we can celebrate all sorts of cultures, play different games, read various books, eat all different types of dishes, and so much more. This would be such a great bonding moment for every student in my classroom.

If a parent brought that up to me, I would simply respond that is it is important to learn about all different cultures to learn how our world is made. It is also away to teach children how to function in the outside world. It is to show them how to be kind to everybody no matter who they are, what they look like or what they believe it. That every person is different, but we are all so similar in many different ways. As a student grows older, it is important for them to understand the world around them, various cultures, races, beliefs, and just the outside world. The world is a big place, and so different than the four walls that they grow up in.

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Blog post about the negative effects of suspending students.

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Here is a blog post I found that I thought was very interesting and insightful about the negative effects of suspending students.

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Student misbehavior can be extremely disruptive to learning. It causes teachers and administrators stress and costs classmates the valuable instructional time that the teacher has to instead spend on addressing behavior issues. One disciplinary action that is often used to punish behavior problems is out-of-school suspension.

According to some estimates, every year, nearly three million students face out-of-school suspension. Suspension affects minorities and students with disabilities at a higher rate than their peers. The June 2021 edition of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) report on exclusionary discipline from the 2017-18 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) survey showed: "In 2017-18, Black students received one or more in-school suspensions (31.4%) and one or more out-of-school suspensions (38.2%) at rates that were more than twice their share of total student enrollment (15.1%)." Additionally, the report stated: "Students with disabilities served under IDEA represented 13.2% of total student enrollment but received 20.5% of one or more in-school suspensions and 24.5% of one or more out-of-school suspensions."

One of the issues with out-of-school suspension is that it is a disciplinary action that has academic implications. In fact, a 2021 study by the American Institutes for Research found that in-school and out-of-school suspensions not only are ineffective for students in middle and high school but also have negative effects on academic outcomes, attendance, and future behavior.

Here is a closer look at some of the unintended consequences of suspension:
1. Lack of trust
Suspension can be perceived by students as a rejection, and this can lead to a lack of trust between students and their teachers. When students lose trust, they lose the benefits of forming the relationships that help them feel connected to their teachers and administrators.
2. Loss of learning and sinking grades
Students lose valuable instruction and learning time whenever they are taken out to the classroom, and many schools have a no-makeup policy for work missed because of suspension. This time adds up quickly, and it's not uncommon for students' grades to drop as a result. Research has shown that when it comes to education, attendance is essential to success, so pulling students out of class when there could be other options seems like a waste of valuable instructional time.
3. Parent inconvenience
When students, especially younger ones, are suspended from school, parents and caregivers are left to figure out what to do with their child for the day. This may mean missing work, paying for unexpected childcare, or even leaving a young child home alone if there isn't another option. For many families, this is an additional stress they can't afford.
4. Achievement gap increases
Because minority and special education students are disproportionately affected by suspension, they are exposed to the academic downside at a higher rate as well. Students who get suspended frequently are less likely to pass classes and state assessments, and this may also impact graduation rates.

It's clear from the data that suspension may not be an effective way to discipline students, but what is the answer? Teachers and administrators can't be expected to sacrifice the learning of the other students in the classroom because of a student's misbehavior, and students need to understand that there are consequences for their actions.

Many schools are taking on the challenge of finding alternative ways to manage behavior.
1. Circle discussions
Some schools are using restorative justice practices as an alternate to suspensions. Circle discussions are a more relational approach to addressing student behavior, and they have experienced drops in their suspension rates since implementation. These discussions are designed to help provide all parties involved with a sense of equality. It's important that everyone has a chance to speak and everyone has a chance to listen so that there is a mutual understanding.
2. Early-warning indicators
Dedicated social-emotional learning (SEL) programs and an SEL-positive school culture can make it so that all students have the opportunity to feel seen and heard and capable of coping and communicating negative feelings to hopefully minimize disruptions to their learning and reduce chronic stress. Research consistently finds that students participating in SEL programs showed improved classroom behavior, an increased ability to manage stress and depression, and better attitudes about themselves, others, and school.
3. Support programs
Some schools are implementing programs like the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework funded by ED to improve school environments. PBIS supports appropriate behavior, and studies have seen positive effects on the students.
4. Access to mental health services
Mental health and behavioral health services are critical to supporting and developing the whole learner, as well as creating a safe, supportive environment where learning can occur. According to the National Association of School Psychologists, mental health services are a growing and unmet need among children and youth, and mentally healthy children are more successful in school and life. In October 2022, ED announced two grant programs to provide funding to schools to increase the number of credentialed school-based mental health professionals and support districts in hiring additional school-based mental health service providers in high-need districts by boosting the mental health profession pipeline.

These processes are making a positive impact on suspension rates, and it's encouraging to see schools pursue them. To learn more about ways to minimize discipline issues in your school or classroom, check out our blog posts on social-emotional learning.
This post was originally published April 2018 by Alexis Brakebill and has been updated.

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The Consequences of Suspension and What Schools Can Do Instead

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Student misbehavior can be extremely disruptive to learning. It causes teachers and administrators stress and costs classmates the valuable instructional time that the teacher has to instead spend on addressing behavior issues. One disciplinary action that is often used to punish behavior problems is out-of-school suspension.

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In Rosemarie Allen's tedtalk she emphasizes the importance of comparing the acts of children to an adult. That children are learning from adult peers around them. She talks about children that are suspended are 10% more likely to end up in the juvenile system and are more likely to be suspend again and again. This is just the start to the preschool to prison pipeline. If adults focused more on the positive behaviors then bad behaviors occurring more good behaviors will start to come. This is a very scary road that students can be lead on because various education systems don't know how to properly deal with misbehavior so they will taus these students to the curb. You never truly know what a student is going through at at home and out of school. Their are many different factors that could be leading to the misbehavior and at the end of the day it is how an adult figure deals with it that can make or break a child. As adults we have to be self aware of our own actions when interacting with a child. The way you talk to a child and your tone will make all the difference. Suspending children is the wrong choice and can lead students down a rough road.

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Which school would I choose? discussion post

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If given the choice the school that I would choose to work at would be the Sunshine School private program with some public funding and fees from the parents for many reasons. The first reason I have is because I am a huge believer that every student deserves an equal opportunity to an education no matter what difficulties they may have, behaviors that they may intel and family background difference. I really love the idea that no child can be suspended from the school. As an educator, you truly never know what the child has endured or is going through at home or in their personal lives. It is so important to be able to adapt to a child’s needs and struggles to allow them to flourish in school. For starters, if a child is expelled from a school it can be difficult for the child to stay on track in their education and can cause unnecessary delays in their growth as a person and cause even more trauma they could be enduring in their personal lives, leading to a more difficult road head. Secondly, for a school program to really be at its most beneficial peak for students there needs to be the proper funding. With funding we are able to learn who the child is as a whole and adapt to their development and physical needs. Lastly teachers and admin being able to get the right training and being able to continue their practice is so important for being able to adapt to the students. Having funding will help build on teachers skills they already have and bring them to the next level so that they can assist their students to the best of their abilities and keep them as safe as possible.

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Children can experience a lot of trauma and emotional tolls from their caregivers even if they're not intending that to happen from their caregivers not properly healing any trauma they may have endured in their lives. This may cause their passed trauma to bleed down on their children effecting them immensely. There are many ways peers and educators can help assist families when they are struggling and guide them to build resiliency.
- Help them build meaningful relationships and give them a listening ear.
-Help identify support systems and support groups.
-Model healthy relationships.
-Invite parents to event going on in the classroom or school and give them many reminders about them.
-Connect them to parent classes they could take.

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Ways teachers can guide young students who have experienced trauma..

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Ways teachers can guide young students who have experienced trauma..

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Trauma can have a huge impact physically, emotional and mentally to both the child's and the child's family. As an educator. it is important for them to be able to asset their young student in classroom during their academic journeys and guide them to cope with everyday life. " The image of a child whose health, well-being, and ability to grow and thrive are entirely dependent upon the adult caregivers and the environment around them." (Pg. 46, Nicholson). The caregiver and a child's environment is the upmost important aspect in child's life for shaping who they are and who they will become. As educators, it is our job to help shape these students and guide them not only in school put also in everyday life when there may be absent parents at home or trauma occurring around them in the household. It is a teachers job to help allow students to feel safe and heard inside the classroom walls. There are many different ways educators can help young children who have experienced such terrible trauma and the list as follows:
- Create a trauma sensitive environment that is safe and predictable.
- Create an appropriate, loving and caring relationship with your students.
- Allows accesses for both students and families to various resources where help is needed.
- Be able to acknowledge the problem that exist.
- Attending proper training that is and isn't provided by the school.
- Keep growing your knowledge on the topic constantly.
- Become aware of the signs and stressors of trauma in a student.

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Sebi is an 8 year old second grader who lives in a split parent household. When mother picks Sebi up from the after school program she is distant most days, ignoring Sebi and always staring down at her phone. For the teachers, she can be very difficult to have a conversation with. When the school is hosting fun activities mom does always bring Sebi to them to attend. During dad’s weekends, he arrives filling up the room with the smell of marijuana. This concerns all the teachers for Sebi’s safety and if dad is driving under the influence. Sebi is a very intelligent and bright second grader who has knowledge beyond his years but struggles with behavioral outburst. Once he gets in this emotional state he throws objects at students and teachers and screams out at all his peers. Being asked for him to do something he doesn’t want to do and loud noises have been the majority of his triggers. Other times he will just come into the classroom already in a distraught mood.

Moms strengths are that she does always show up for Sebi and will bring him to fun school events that are occurring. Dad isn’t in the picture much but Sebi is always very excited to go to dads house on his weekends.

I always knew something was different about Sebi’s family based on his behavioral issues. Mom and dad are both very nice people but don’t provide much attention to Sebi or discipline when a behavior is occurring. At  the beginning of the school year Mom didn’t listen much when teachers were talking about Sebi to her because all she would hear was negative things. Something I implemented this year was giving mom an everyday update on how Sebi is doing and all the positive aspects of the day. If any negative behaviors occurred those would also be discussed. Mom was very sucked into her phone for awhile but opened up a little more towards the end of the year.

The survival reaction that Sebi is experiencing is fight stress mode response. His mood is often an attention seeking mode that he doesn’t receive at home. He is often in a fight or flight mode when it comes to completing assignments or social interactions. I have adjusted homework assignments and activities to more his interests and to his intelligence levels. Making a relationship with his mother has helped a lot by talking to her about things going on at school and home. Building this relationship has also allowed her to feel more comfortable coming to the school and getting involved with his academics and school activities happening.

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A large part of the human brain develops before the age of five. This is why it is so critical for guardians and peers to help guide children from infancy to adulthood develop physically, emotionally, socially and cognitively. There are many factors that take place in a child's overall development. Some of these are their environment, the social connections they are building, attention they are receiving, etc.

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When a child is neglected or abused it can affect them long term in life. This can cause a disconnect with with a child causing cognitive impairments and emotional dysregulations. This can cause them to struggle in school as they grow up and in their everyday lives with social and emotional skills. Abuse and neglect in a young child can cause many hardships and concern. This trauma put a child in a consent state of fight of flight mode.

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While learning all the information in this course this week about trauma, I had a certain child come to mind that I worked with in an after school program. Over the last year I was a lead after school teacher at an after school program where I would plan fun activities for my students and also assist them in their academic learning. During this time I got to know each and everyone of my students very closely but one student in this weeks learning really popped into my head. This particular student was the smartest and sweetest student you would ever meet but had major outburst and behavioral issues. This student connected with me and shared about trauma he has inured throughout his childhood while also dealing with a split household. He was constantly going back and fourth from mom and dads house which can have a huge physical and mental tole on a child's over well-being even more when both parents are living to complete different lives. Creating this bond with this student allowed me to be his safe place but also when he had outburst or behaviors occurring he would take it out on me. During my time working with him he would throw water bottles at me, kick his shoes at me, scream at me and other behavioral issues that occurred. The activity that would set him off the most was me trying to get him to do his school work. That was a task he always refused to do and would go ballistic if he was made to do so. At the end of the day I knew he never meant any harm by what had happened early in the day and that he had a very rough home life but I just didn't always know how to adapt and handle the situation for him. After reading chapter one, I was brought a lot of clarity into why he acted the way he did. This student was always in a high arousal state cause him to have this outburst and behavioral issues. As an educator my job is to try and keep all my students in the optimal arousal state but trauma in a child can make that a very difficult thing to do. Trauma cause the child's brain to always be in flight or fight mode causing them to have outburst or seclude themselves from the outside world. As I continued to work with this child I was able to figure out what his triggers were and work around them while he still enjoyed learning. I learned he was very sensitive to loud noises and had a particular interest in more advance school work that I allowed his access to for optimal brain growth and enjoyment of his education. I hope to continue to learn how to help future students with issues they are having at either at home or at school and guide them through the difficult times so they can continue to develop and learn ways to adapt to any trauma or disruptions they may have experienced in life.

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Sebi is an 8 year old second grader who lives in a split parent household. When mother picks Sebi up from the after school program she is distant most days, ignoring Sebi and always staring down at her phone. For the teachers, she can be very difficult to have a conversation with. When the school is hosting fun activities mom does always bring Sebi to them to attend. During dad’s weekends, he arrives filling up the room with the smell of marijuana. This concerns all the teachers for Sebi’s safety and if dad is driving under the influence. Sebi is a very intelligent and bright second grader who has knowledge beyond his years but struggles with behavioral outburst. Once he gets in this emotional state he throws objects at students and teachers and screams out at all his peers. Being asked for him to do something he doesn’t want to do and loud noises have been the majority of his triggers. Other times he will just come into the classroom already in a distraught mood.

Moms strengths are that she does always show up for Sebi and will bring him to fun school events that are occurring. Dad isn’t in the picture much but Sebi is always very excited to go to dads house on his weekends.

I always knew something was different about Sebi’s family based on his behavioral issues. Mom and dad are both very nice people but don’t provide much attention to Sebi or discipline when a behavior is occurring. At  the beginning of the school year Mom didn’t listen much when teachers were talking about Sebi to her because all she would hear was negative things. Something I implemented this year was giving mom an everyday update on how Sebi is doing and all the positive aspects of the day. If any negative behaviors occurred those would also be discussed. Mom was very sucked into her phone for awhile but opened up a little more towards the end of the year.

The survival reaction that Sebi is experiencing is fight stress mode response. His mood is often an attention seeking mode that he doesn’t receive at home. He is often in a fight or flight mode when it comes to completing assignments or social interactions. I have adjusted homework assignments and activities to more his interests and to his intelligence levels. Making a relationship with his mother has helped a lot by talking to her about things going on at school and home. Building this relationship has also allowed her to feel more comfortable coming to the school and getting involved with his academics and school activities happening.

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While learning all the information in this course this week about trauma, I had a certain child come to mind that I worked with in an after school program. Over the last year I was a lead after school teacher at an after school program where I would plan fun activities for my students and also assist them in their academic learning. During this time I got to know each and everyone of my students very closely but one student in this weeks learning really popped into my head. This particular student was the smartest and sweetest student you would ever meet but had major outburst and behavioral issues. This student connected with me and shared about trauma he has inured throughout his childhood while also dealing with a split household. He was constantly going back and fourth from mom and dads house which can have a huge physical and mental tole on a child's over well-being even more when both parents are living to complete different lives. Creating this bond with this student allowed me to be his safe place but also when he had outburst or behaviors occurring he would take it out on me. During my time working with him he would throw water bottles at me, kick his shoes at me, scream at me and other behavioral issues that occurred. The activity that would set him off the most was me trying to get him to do his school work. That was a task he always refused to do and would go ballistic if he was made to do so. At the end of the day I knew he never meant any harm by what had happened early in the day and that he had a very rough home life but I just didn't always know how to adapt and handle the situation for him. After reading chapter one, I was brought a lot of clarity into why he acted the way he did. This student was always in a high arousal state cause him to have this outburst and behavioral issues. As an educator my job is to try and keep all my students in the optimal arousal state but trauma in a child can make that a very difficult thing to do. Trauma cause the child's brain to always be in flight or fight mode causing them to have outburst or seclude themselves from the outside world. As I continued to work with this child I was able to figure out what his triggers were and work around them while he still enjoyed learning. I learned he was very sensitive to loud noises and had a particular interest in more advance school work that I allowed his access to for optimal brain growth and enjoyment of his education. I hope to continue to learn how to help future students with issues they are having at either at home or at school and guide them through the difficult times so they can continue to develop and learn ways to adapt to any trauma or disruptions they may have experienced in life.

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When a child is neglected or abused it can affect them long term in life. This can cause a disconnect with with a child causing cognitive impairments and emotional dysregulations. This can cause them to struggle in school as they grow up and in their everyday lives with social and emotional skills. Abuse and neglect in a young child can cause many hardships and concern. This trauma put a child in a consent state of fight of flight mode.

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A large part of the human brain develops before the age of five. This is why it is so critical for guardians and peers to help guide children from infancy to adulthood develop physically, emotionally, socially and cognitively. There are many factors that take place in a child's overall development. Some of these are their environment, the social connections they are building, attention they are receiving, etc.