Working with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma by https://padlet.com/grisentiz/Trauma en-us 2018-09-17 00:52:27 UTC 2018-09-17 02:18:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png What is trauma grisentiz https://padlet.com/grisentiz/Trauma/wish/282066372 Trauma is defined by something that is deeply distressing or disturbing.  Someone who is experiencing the effects of trauma usualy are shaken or disoriented.  They might seem withdrawn or not really present even if they are speaking.  Anxiety can also be an effect of trauma.  Some symptoms of trauma that aren't as easy to decipher are the emotional ones.  People who have experienced trauma may be angry, sad, or have emotional outbursts.  ]]> 2018-09-17 00:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/grisentiz/Trauma/wish/282066372 How can teachers help students with trauma? grisentiz https://padlet.com/grisentiz/Trauma/wish/282066937 Three ways that teachers can help their students who have gone through traumatic experiences are: creating calm, predictable transitions, by praising publicly and criticize privately, and finally by recognizing the triggers and being patient with the child.  Creating calm, predictable transitions is important because sometimes transitions can cause the fight or flight mode to switch on in a child who has been through trauma.  If the child can predict the transition, it is not as shocking.  Playing music to signal certain transitions and using the same words for the same transitions will help.  Praising publicly and criticizing privately is a major one for children who have been in trauma regarding an authoritative figure. Being in trouble at home may mean getting beaten, so if they get in trouble in school they could feel the same as when they are getting beaten at home.  Recognizing the triggers and being patient is  one of the hardest ones as a teacher because it can seem like you are favoring this child.  Part of it is knowing how the way something was said affects the child who has been through trauma and knowing how to change it.  Sometimes trauma can cause children to act out from a trigger, so being patient is necessary so the child doesn't feel more threatened by someone they they should be able to trust.  ]]> 2018-09-17 00:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/grisentiz/Trauma/wish/282066937 Teacher Resources grisentiz https://padlet.com/grisentiz/Trauma/wish/282067152
  • https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u57/2013/child-trauma-toolkit.pdf
  •  This is a “toolkit” for teachers who have children who are dealing with trauma. It goes over the different ages and what someone might expect from that age group.   This article also has tips for teachers and tips the teachers can give the parents to help out at home with the trauma care.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoqaUANGvpA
  • This is a video that explains the differences between learning brain and survival brain the video goes over why students will act different in the classroom after trauma and it explains what is happening with the brain during the aftermath of trauma.

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  • https://www.nctsn.org/audiences/families-and-caregivers
  • This website is called The National Child Traumatic Stress Network and it has a lot of hyperlinks to different articles and resources for handling children who have the effects of trauma due to all different trauma.  Some of the links include: what parents need to know about sexual abuse, what is child traumatic stress?, and resource parent curriculum training modules.  
  • https://childmind.org/our-impact/trauma-response/trauma-resources/
  • This website provides different ways to help children with trauma, in many different languages.  I liked this one because of the languages the document was translated into different languages making it accessible for many families.  

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  • https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_silent_epidemic_in_our_classrooms
  • This website provides background information on trauma as well as strategies for helping children with trauma.
  • https://www.psychguides.com/guides/trauma-symptoms-causes-and-effects/
  • This article is a good resource article because it goes very in depth about what trauma may look like in a variety of different situations.  

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