Trauma-informed schools: A must
Trauma-informed schools: A must
Authors
Margaret R. Paccione-Dyszlewski, Ph.D.
Sourced from:
The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter July 2016
http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.holmesglen.edu.au/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=10&sid=bacda41f-d469-4c3b-a5c6-203ac32edd97%40sessionmgr4010
There is hardly a child who crosses the threshold of a school who does not carry with them a reservoir of trauma. Whether this pain is the size of a pencil case, knapsack, or duffel bag, the odds are that some degree of trauma is present and that it hurts.
Schools can no longer be just a place where a child goes just to learn to read and write; they must focus equally on becoming an epicenter of social and emotional development.
Whilst the
authors provide data from a variety of reliable U.S. sources, it is safe to
assume the findings would be similar in Australia. The article advocates a
shift in school culture to become more trauma-informed. Schools that do so,
will achieve maximum academic growth.
The article
campaigns the need for tutorial and educational support services to also consider
trauma informed pedagogy in their practice, to ensure the toxicity of trauma does
not impede the potential of learning.