Educators gathered in Thunder Bay Junior High Wednesday evening to learn about how childhood trauma and adverse experiences affects student learning and behavior, and how teachers can help.
Attendees heard about how childhood trauma, toxic stress and adverse experiences can affect how a child's brain develops, leading to learning and behavioral problems down the road. Teresa Bellows, a teacher consultant with Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Services District, said dealing appropriately with students who have experienced trauma requires a whole-school approach. So Thunder Bay Junior High special education teacher Brenda Rost said she wants to form a group to come up with ways to better work with students who have faced these experiences.
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