{"id":5976,"date":"2024-02-18T13:27:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/?p=5976"},"modified":"2024-02-18T13:27:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T18:27:25","slug":"building-resiliency-through-trauma-informed-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2024\/02\/building-resiliency-through-trauma-informed-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Resiliency Through Trauma-Informed Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I would argue that there is not a single teacher who has not worked with a student with trauma, but how many of us are aware of how to handle trauma responses in a positive manner that helps foster resiliency in our students? Trauma events in youth can and do occur in all environments, all socio-economic levels, and in all shapes. The natural question then is how do we as educators handle trauma events and trauma responses in our students to help mitigate the negative long-lasting impacts? How to respond comes in two main parts; how we handle ourselves and how we handle our students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:200\">\n<p>&#8220;Our Capacity to acknowledge and attend to personal difficulties while still working toward expectations is often defined as resilience&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>&#8211; Fostering resilient Learners, Kristin Souers<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helping Ourselves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Self-Awareness: <\/strong>As teachers, we must learn to be aware of our own thoughts and reactions to trauma responses. If we first learn to press pause and gain awareness for not just the situation at hand but for our personal response, we can become better at knowing how to help ourselves help our students. &#8220;Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom&#8221;(40).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Relationships:<\/strong> The bonds we form with our students are strong, but they can either be positive or negative depending on how we as teachers work to build relationships. As educators, when we experience a shift in a relationship with our students, one of the best things we can do is take the time to reflect on what happened and how our assumptions and labels of our students can impact the relationships we foster. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Belief:<\/strong> It can be so easy to become hopeless over a situation in which we feel we have so little control. Instead of focusing on what we can&#8217;t do, we must focus on what we can do. We must walk into class every day believing that the time we have with our students can and does make a difference. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2024\/02\/1_xF0LqFSoO8YzWIMHD5uwmw-1024x750.jpg?resize=482%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5979\" width=\"482\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2024\/02\/1_xF0LqFSoO8YzWIMHD5uwmw.jpg?resize=1024%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2024\/02\/1_xF0LqFSoO8YzWIMHD5uwmw.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2024\/02\/1_xF0LqFSoO8YzWIMHD5uwmw.jpg?resize=768%2C562&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2024\/02\/1_xF0LqFSoO8YzWIMHD5uwmw.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2024\/02\/1_xF0LqFSoO8YzWIMHD5uwmw.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helping Our Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;Regardless of how our trauma has affected us, we get to choose whether we will allow it to damage us forever&#8221; <\/strong>(139): As teachers, we can demonstrate to our students that they are in control. This is easier said than done because knowing you have control is something that must be learned and practiced. Leading our students through breathing techniques, or taking the time to help them identify why they are experiencing the reactions they are can help them learn to take control of their trauma. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shift Focus: <\/strong>Students in trauma response are using their &#8220;downstairs&#8221; fight or flight brain. They are unable to fully process and think through their decision-making at the moment. Practice working to shift your student&#8217;s focus to help them redirect their energy into something positive. This can look like letting them take a moment away, listening to some music, coloring, etc. Help them identify what helps them shift their focus and get out of the downstairs brain pattern. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trauma-informed teaching considers how experiences of chronic stress and trauma affect students \u2013 especially those with ADHD, learning differences, and other conditions. Use these strategies in your classroom to support learners of all ages. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d1YE9sWByl\">https:\/\/t.co\/d1YE9sWByl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y96CHYJnqf\">pic.twitter.com\/Y96CHYJnqf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ADDitude (@ADDitudeMag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADDitudeMag\/status\/1664708755982897154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Build resiliency in your students with trauma-informed teaching. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CqIh6iSezH\">https:\/\/t.co\/CqIh6iSezH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EDT431?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EDT431<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/scienceteaching?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#scienceteaching<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristinKsouers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KristinKsouers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NSTA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fosteringresilientlearners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fosteringresilientlearners<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Melinda Barman (@BarmanMelinda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarmanMelinda\/status\/1759283286206005338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Melinda Barman<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I would argue that there is not a single teacher who has not worked with a student with trauma, but how many of us are <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2024\/02\/building-resiliency-through-trauma-informed-teaching\/\" title=\"Building Resiliency Through Trauma-Informed Teaching\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":8041,"featured_media":5978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[61,106,15,231,50,68],"class_list":["post-5976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resiliency-in-learners","tag-culturesofthinking","tag-edt432","tag-education","tag-resiliency","tag-science-education","tag-science-teaching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-18-at-12.37.59.png?fit=1986%2C1116&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5983,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5976\/revisions\/5983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}