Creating a Trauma-Sensitive School 1: Culture and Environment
This session focuses on environmental awareness, trauma processes, adherence to student's learning styles as well as their attention and behavior levels, and establishing coherent connections through your professionalism to address traumatic school centric issues.
Provide an environment that addresses the needs of students who have experienced trauma
Develop policies and practices to create a compassionate trauma-sensitive and informed school
Facilitate staff awareness of the impact of trauma on student's learning, attention and behavior
Explore models of creating a safe and healing school environment to assist traumatized and stressed children in learning
Develop a strategy to link with medical and mental health professionals to address trauma-induced memory and attention deficits, behavioral and physical health issues, and integration of trauma assessment in special education