M4U4A2 - Responding to Traumatic Stress by Daniel Wang https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g Cohort 11 en-us 2021-05-07 04:22:46 UTC 2023-03-04 12:06:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Trauma from Natural Disasters wang_daniel1 https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1504617366 Caused by natural disasters such as floods, storms, bushfires, earthquakes.....etc

Symptoms include
• Asking lots of questions about the event or future
• Avoiding talking about what has happened
• Wanting to help others who have been affected
• Crying, feeling down
• Bad dreams or nightmares about different things
• Being more clingy and having fears of separation from loved ones, homes, pets
• Trouble getting to sleep, waking from sleep, occasionally sleepwalking
• Physical reactions (eg, fast beating heart, upset stomach, headaches)
• Feeling grumpy and losing temper
• Trouble concentrating
• Difficulty with schoolwork
• Agitation
• Difficulty interacting with peers and adults
• Playing, drawing and re-enacting parts of the trauma
• Difficulties with everyday functioning (eg, not completing homework,
forgetting to pack bags, bring swim gear)
• Feeling shocked
• Grief and sadness about loss of a loved one, pet or possessions

Teachers' Responses
- Monitor symptoms over time
- Maintain routines
- Talk about the traumatic event
- Set clear and firm limits/expectations of behaviour
- Use a ‘buddy’ or ‘support’ system
- Safe ‘relaxation’ spaces
- Provide choices – regain control
- Anticipate difficult times and plan ahead
- Prepare children and adolescents for situations which may
trigger reactions
- Focus on strengths and positives
- Teach self-care]]> 2021-05-08 05:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1504617366 Secondary Trauma Stress (STS) wang_daniel1 https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1504640386 Caused by experiences of traumatic experiences of another person.  Sometimes known as compassion fatigue, the toll of tending to someone's painful experiences can create very real symptoms in caregivers, including teachers.

Symptoms include

  • Increased anxiety and concern about safety
  • Intrusive negative thoughts and images related to students' traumatic stories
  • Fatigue and physical complaints
  • Feelings of numbness or detachment from students and peers
  • Diminished concentration and difficulty with decision making
  • Desire to physically or emotionally withdraw from others
  • Feelings of professional inadequacy

Who Is Most At Risk?

  • Educators with previous or unresolved trauma exposure
  • Female educators
  • Highly empathetic educators
  • New or inexperienced educators, with a lack of training
  • Educators working with unsupportive administrations
  • Educators working in communities that have experienced communal trauma, including high levels of poverty, high levels of crime, generational/historical trauma, tragic events, and natural disasters

Responses

  1. Listen: Create a safe space for teachers to share their stories with one another.
  2. Protect: Preserve that teacher's confidentiality and work to keep them safe from their stressors.
  3. Connect: Connect with the teacher's experience and use that to help provide them with resources for stress management.
  4. Model: Develop systems and plans for stress management.
  5. Teach: Using these steps, help one another in your teacher capacities, continue to learn more about STS, and share your experiences.
]]> 2021-05-08 05:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1504640386 Trauma From Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) wang_daniel1 https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1504646895 Caused by physical and emotional abuse, neglect, caregiver mental illness, racism, community violence and household violence.

Symptoms include

- Heart disease and diabetes
- Poor academic performance
- Substance abuse later in life

Responses

- therapeutic sessions with mental
health professionals
- meditation
- physical exercise
- spending time in
nature
- ideal approach is to reduce sources of stress from people's lives

]]> 2021-05-08 06:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1504646895 Bullying alexandermoore10 https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1508231557 Caused by "deliberate and unsolicited action that occurs with the intent of inflicting social, emotional, physical, and/or psychological harm to someone." Also includes cyberbullying.

Symptoms
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Anger
  • Frustration
  • Poor self esteem
  • Loneliness or Isolation
  • Missing classes or school
  • Poor academic performance
  • Suicidal or homicidal thoughts
  • Self-injury
  • Eating or sleeping changes

Responses
  • Stop the bullying immediately
  • Investigate/refer investigation
  • Refer to school rules regarding bullying
  • Support the bullied child
  • Offer guidance to peers
  • Impose immediate consequences
  • Notify colleagues and parents
  • Follow-up and intervene as necessary

Sources
  • https://www.nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/trauma-types/bullying
  • https://www.learningforjustice.org/professional-development/bullying-guidelines-for-teachers

-Alex M.

]]> 2021-05-10 08:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1508231557 Traumatic Grief alexandermoore10 https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1508757158 Caused by a death or event where a child has "ongoing difficulties that interfere with everyday life and make it difficult to recall positive memories of their loved ones."

Symptoms
  • Decreased academic performance
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Avoidance and numbing
  • Intrusive memories about the death
  • Lack of sleep
  • Decreased concentration
  • Lower grades
  • Fear of safety
  • Headaches
  • Irritability
  • Anger
  • Reminder triggers

Responses
  • Effective Interventions
  • Child Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Normalize expressed feelings
  • Be sensitive
  • Peer support groups
  • Maintain normal routines
  • Provide opportunities to talk and ask questions
  • Listen and acknowledge feelings
  • Be brief and patient

Sources
  • https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/mental-health-resources/addressing-grief/addressing-grief-tips-for-teachers-and-administrators
  • https://www.nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/trauma-types/traumatic-grief

-Alex M.
]]> 2021-05-10 12:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1508757158 Traumatic Accidents vanessanaranjo1 https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1511623859 Caused by physical injuries of sudden accident and severity which require immediate medical attention.

Symptoms: 
  • Flashbacks or intrusive thoughts about the traumatic accident.
  • Intense physical or emotional reactions to reminders of the accident.
  • Nightmares
  • Avoiding people, places, activities or sensations that remind you of the accident.

Responses: 
  • Immediate interventions 
  • Staying connected to friends and other important people
  • Being able to talk about the traumatic accident and your reactions to it with supportive people
  • Having supporters who avoid reacting in unhelpful ways when told about the acident.
  • Returning to your routine, such as going to work or school, doing chores and maintaining a sleep schedule.

Sources:
  • https://www.healthline.com/health/traumatic-events 
  • https://www.edutopia.org/article/are-you-risk-secondary-traumatic-stress 
]]> 2021-05-11 01:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1511623859 Medical Trauma vanessanaranjo1 https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1511753710 Caused by a pain, injury, serious illness, medical procedures and frightening treatment experiences.

Symptoms: 
  • Hypervigilance
  • Avoidance behavior
  • Anxiety 
  • Intrusive memories
  • Intense emotions
  • Emotional numbing
  • Exaggerated startle response
  • Exhaustion (not wanting to go to school or falling asleep in school)
  • Confusionin class 
  • Sadness

Responses:
  • Medical healthcare
  • Mental healthcare
  • Counseling
  • Interventions

Sources: 
  • https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/trauma-and-stressor-related-disorders-children
  • https://istss.org/public-resources/friday-fast-facts/fast-facts-medical-trauma#:~:text=Medical%20trauma%20is%20emotional%20and,be%20difficult%2C%20uncomfortable%20or%20frightening. 
]]> 2021-05-11 01:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1511753710 Treatments for traumatic stress giacomonicolosi1988 https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1512012282 Psychologists can provide evidence-based interventions to help you cope with traumatic stress or acute stress disorder.
One is Psychological First Aid (PFA), originally designed to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the aftermath of a disaster or terrorism. It’s now used to help people who have experienced any type of trauma. PFA is based on the idea that distress is normal after a traumatic event. Rather than treat that stress like a disorder, the focus of this approach is to provide support and assistance and share information about stress reactions and coping strategies. Mental health providers and disaster response workers provide PFA in the days and weeks after a trauma, in diverse settings including hospitals, housing shelters, community settings, and even over telephone crisis hotlines. The goal of PFA is to reduce distress and improve coping and functioning, both short-term and long-term.
Another evidence-based treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, which is successfully used to treat many psychological disorders, including traumatic stress. CBT is a psychological treatment that helps people learn to change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns. The World Health Organization recommends trauma-focused CBT to treat symptoms of acute traumatic stress in adults. Some research also suggests that people who receive trauma-focused CBT may be less likely to develop chronic PTSD.
In addition, a variety of treatments have been developed to help children and adolescents who have been exposed to trauma or adverse childhood events such as neglect or abuse. Many of these therapies are family-based and include the child’s parents or caregivers in the treatment process.

Sources: How to cope with traumatic stress (apa.org)

Giacomo Nicolosi
]]> 2021-05-11 03:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1512012282 Trauma of Racism njheldt https://padlet.com/wang_daniel1/h9z0l7ugl1fe846g/wish/1512224169 Caused by
Racial trauma can result from major experiences of racism such as hate crimes, or it can be the result of an accumulation of many small occurrences, such as everyday discrimination and microaggressions.

SEL Responses

  • Identity representation in books
  • When reading a story to the class, discuss how characters might think or feel.
  • Assigning responsibilities and tasks to each student builds a sense of self-worth.
  • Starting the day with an affirmation can set the tone for a positive learning environment as it encourages positive self-talk and promotes a growth mindset.
  • Teaching mindfulness activities such as breathing can be done in conjunction with “brain breaks” in between lessons.
  • Journal exercises help students identify and express their feelings or opinions, and group discussions can promote healthy and respectful disagreements.
  • Social-Emotional Learning Circles help promote community discussions and respectful, reflective listening.

Sources: 
  • https://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/spotlight/issue-128 
  • https://resilienteducator.com/classroom-resources/trauma-informed-teaching-tips/

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