Trauma-Informed Practices

We must either invest a reasonable amount of time attending to fears and feelings or squander an unreasonable amount of time trying to manage ineffective and unproductive behavior...

~Brene Brown

What are trauma-informed practices?

Trauma-informed practices focus on creating safe and supportive learning environments by helping students develop positive relationships with peers and adults. A trauma-informed approach recognizes that trauma affects staff, students, families. Creating a safe learning environment and building relationships with students will help them overcome challenges from both the collective trauma of Covid-19 and any individual trauma they’ve experienced.

How to support someone who has experienced trauma