The Day Trauma Came to Class

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The Day Trauma Came to Class is the course created specifically for educators. There are three modules consisting of 13 segments. With each segment there are additional resources, questions to assess knowledge, as well as additional activities for extended learning for yourself or with your professional learning community. The video segments are quick TedTalk size ranging 15-25 minutes.

Module 1 - When the High Need is Your High Call

• Segment 1 – Poverty, Trauma, and Your Professional Teaching Standards
  LO: Describe how a knowledge of poverty and trauma can equip participants to successfully
  meet professional teaching standards and why that is important
• Segment 2 – Living the Golden Rule in Your Classroom
  LO: Demonstrate understanding of SAFETM strategy and how to apply it in their classroom
• Segment 3 – Attachment and Resilience: The Yin and Yang of Trauma
  LO: Identify the different types of attachment and associated traits

Module 2 – The Traumatized Brain at School

• Segment 1 – What Does It Look Like in Your Classroom
  LO: Describe the construct of dysregulation, its cause, and its impact on learning
• Segment 2 – One Size Does Not Fit All
  LO: Describe the variables impacting trauma
• Segment 3 – It's All a Matter of Perspective
  LO: Describe the purpose of using models and frameworks for understanding and sharing complex topics
• Segment 4 – One Things Leads to Another
  LO: Explain how symptoms of trauma can mimic learning disabilities
• Segment 5 – The Lost Child Theory
  LO: Describe The Lost Child Theory and its impact on children of trauma.

Module 3 – The Educator’s Bankshot

• Segment 1 – Start with the End in Mind
  LO: Describe The Educator’s BankshotTM as well as explain why it is important
• Segment 2 – The Affective and Behavioral Impact of Trauma
  LO: Describe the research regarding the impact of trauma
  on the affective and behavioral processes
• Segment 3 – The Educator’s Response to the Affective and Behavioral
  LO: Identify strategies for responding to the affective and behavioral impact of trauma
• Segment 4 – The Cognitive Impact of Trauma
  LO: Describe the research regarding the impact of trauma on cognitive processes
• Segment 5 – The Educator’s Response to the Cognitive
  LO: Identify strategies for responding to the cognitive impact of trauma