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Trauma-Informed Support Within School-Connect
Trauma-informed care is good practice for all students—not just those who have experienced significant trauma or adversity. All students benefit from a caring, supportive trauma-sensitive learning environment. But for students who have experienced trauma or live with ongoing toxic stress, trauma-informed care is imperative for learning and healing.
To create a learning environment that is calm, predictable, supportive, empathetic, and safe, it is essential to understand the neurological impacts of trauma and toxic stress. The hyper-vigilance that often accompanies PTSD symptoms can make crowded, loud, or unpredictable environments especially triggering.
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School-Connect Lessons Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
Trauma-informed strategies are built into most of the format and lesson content of School-Connect 4.0 and EQ @ Home or School. The S-C skills embedded in the lessons most essential and transferrable to trauma-informed care are:

  • Lesson 1.4: Understanding Your Brain—Keep in mind that when students are emotionally charged (anger, stress, fear, anxiety), they are not thinking clearly. Their limbic system (the brain’s emotional center) has hijacked their prefrontal cortex (the brain’s rational center). They need time to cool down and regulate before being ready to problem-solve, apologize, or take responsibility.
  • Lesson 1.7: Checking In with Ourselves and Others—Continue to use class check-in times to build relationships and help students connect with you, each other, and their emotions. Check the “Get Connected” lesson boosters for ongoing check-in options.
  • Lesson 2.4: Using Active Listening—Use “EARS Active Listening” to patiently listen, reflect on students’ feelings, and paraphrase what you hear.
  • Lesson 2.6: Communicating with the Adults—The N.I.C.E.R (Notice, Initiate, Connect, EARS active listen, and Re-connect) steps are good reminders for adults as we look for opportunities to connect with students.

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