Trauma Informed Practices
from @sspellmancann
Trauma Informed ... Helping our students
According to NAASP Trauma Informed means
Feelings of physical, social, and emotional safety in students.
A shared understanding among staff about the impact of trauma and adverse affects on students.
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What is Trauma Informed Practice?
RESEARCH
ACES research . Be Informed
Ace the way we measure is a look at the research being done around aces
https://youtu.be/v3A_HexLxDY
https://youtu.be/66hVchAd5ok
https://youtu.be/Yt63Y5Ythi0
TIPS for YOU
- Change the words what's wrong with you to what happened to you.Help students learn to re-frame as well.
- Brains in pain cannot learn. Empathy is essential.
- Be that reliable presence, responsible , resilient adult who cares for the youth knowing that one human being can truly make a difference in the life of a child. Supportive relationships matter.
- By showing curiosity you can unlock the key to trust & to building relationships with students. Curiosity can help students de-escalate from freeze/flight/fight mode. When you are able to get a student to focus on something different, something GENUINE, something different from the immediate moment, the situation can quickly shift.
- Give student the language to solve their own problems. Routines help . Be calm & in control!
- Use blame free, positive language .
- Always use concrete language - show them more than tell them.
- Point out student strengths every chance you get(be specific) - TALK TO THEM!
- Maintain high expectations (our students can't afford misplaced empathy).
- Nurture optimism. Help students see a different world view.
- Teach students to cope with the stumbles along the way.
- When disciplining a student come "along side" of them rather than confronting them.
- Acknowledge your own stressors and triggers. What self-regulation strategies do you use?
RESOURCES
the Childhood trauma Youtube channel
Vdeos just for you
https://youtu.be/HTbAFmOdImY
Trauma Informed Care
Alberta Health Services
Four essential considerations of trauma informed care described by Hummer, Crosland, and Dollard (2009).
- Connect Focus on relationships.
- Protect Promote safety and trustworthiness.
- Respect Engage in choice and collaboration.
- Redirect (Teach and Reinforce) Encourage skill building and competence.
- Show up as a caring trustworthy adult
- Listen
- Notice
- Affirm
- Be predictable and teach new strategies so that students can cope better
- Smile, and use a calm and matter-of-fact voice when you explain things, and model what to expect
- Listen more than talk- which can be a very difficult thing to do.
- Consider starting questions with a "WONDER CLAUSE". To make sure our questions don't feel too demanding, we sometimes soften them with what we call a wonder clause. This means, we insert a simple clause before the question to assure the student of our genuine and caring curiosity.
- I'm curious to know...
- I'd be interested to know, what seems most important to you right now?"
- Help me understand more about the choice you made."
- Awareness of our non verbals matter Students who've experienced trauma often pay more attention to nonverbal cues than to verbal cues, make sure your own body language is consistent with your message. A furrowed brow, crossed arms, hovering above a student, using a harsh or accusatory voice are all ways we might send triggering messages to students, even if not with our words.
https://youtu.be/3bKuoH8CkFc