Jennifer L. Bashant – Trauma Informed Compassionate Classrooms

You as an educator are responsible for meeting all students’ emotional and social needs. This is not only difficult for the average learner, but even more so for those with mental health problems or who have been through trauma.

Jennifer L. Bashant – Trauma Informed Compassionate Classrooms

Trauma What Students Should Look For

• Fight, flight, or freeze responses: How it manifests at school
• Wired for Fear: The Impact on the Whole Child
• Study and survey on ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Poverty and mental health problems:

Trauma Therapy

• Benefits
• Limitations of the Research
• Potential Risks

Discipline is a Trauma-Informed Classroom

• Changing your mindset: Punitive vs. collaborative
• Strategies to encourage intrinsic motivation
• Implementing a collaborative approach requires 3 steps
• Case studyHow to respond

Neuroplasticity: Activities to Establish & Strengthen Neural Pathways

• Strategies for developing new ways to respond
  • Slow down and stop to think
  • Instead of reacting, respond instead
  • Social stories
• Techniques to incorporate the 4 R’s:
  • Rhythmic
  • Repetitive
  • Relational
  • Rewarding

Relationships are a protective factor

• Techniques to form positive relationships and increase students’ likeliness to:
  • Stay in school for longer
  • Work harder
  • Increase test scores & grades
  • Their self-esteem should be increased-Have confidence
• There are techniques that students can use to feel more connected to their school, making them less likely not to:
  • Smoke or Drink
  • Intercourse sexually
  • Emotional problems can be a problem
  • Suicidal thoughts, or attempts to commit suicide
  • Be prepared to carry weapons
  • Engage in violence or other dangerous activities
• Study in case: Strengths-Based, Solution-Focused approach

Mindfulness and self-Awareness Activities For:

• Assistance with transitions
• Reduce impulse-driven behaviors
• Increase empathy, kindness, and compassion
• Keep calm and pay attention

Social and emotional learning techniques to increase:

• Concentration and focus
• Impulse control
• Conflict resolution skills

Mindful Communication Tools to Increase Student Engagement

• Lead with Presence
• Attention
• Intention

Mindful Strategies to Increase Connection, Empathy & Community

• Gratitude
• Heartfulness

Zones of Regulation for Teaching Self-Awareness & Emotional Control

• Red zone
• Yellow zone
• Green zone
• Blue zone

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Description:

You as an educator are responsible for meeting all students’ emotional and social needs. While this can be difficult for most learners, it is more challenging for those who have been through trauma or who are dealing with mental health problems. Many students who have suffered trauma are difficult to engage with and exhibit problematic behavior, such as low frustration tolerance, anger outbursts, or difficult social relationships. All of these behaviors can hinder learning and teaching. A student who has been through trauma will often be in a fight/flight/freeze state, which hinders their ability to learn. You will need to pay attention to their disruptive and outwardly aggressive behavior. You can spend lots of time on behavior charts or incentivize good behavior but traditional classroom management methods and a punitive approach for discipline are not effective, no matter how much you try.

Dr. Bashant Learn how to deal with trauma-An informed approach can greatly reduce difficult behavior, increase student engagement, and improve learning outcomes. Finish this recording with new strategies, tools and resources to reduce students’ impulsiveness, aggressive behaviors and inattention and increase their focus, attention and compassion. This positive approach will not only benefit students suffering from trauma, but it will also be beneficial to all students in your class. With:

• Research-Based practices to establish trauma-informed classroom
• Plan to build trust and positive relationships with your hard workers-To-reach students
• Use these techniques to communicate with difficult students more effectively and collaboratively
• Cognitive skill-Building strategies that incorporate neuroplasticity science and strengths-Neurodiversity from a neurodiversity-based perspective