Good morning everyone and welcome to another Friday. We are offering you an opportunity to think deeply about addressing trauma in education as we move into the weekend.
In an article on Trauma-Informed Schools, Paul Gorski shares about his experience at a particular school and asks us to explore how we are seeking to implement Trauma-Informed practice in our school systems.
"A major challenge at this school, as in many schools, was the leadership team's habit of embracing shiny new program after shiny new program rather than addressing deep institutional problems...
The trouble surfaces when we apply trauma-informed education in ways that risk reproducing trauma or that ignore significant sources of trauma.
It is in response to that trouble that I share three transformative commitments for trauma-informed education. My hope is that, by embracing these commitments, we might maximize the transformative potential of trauma-informed education rather than just layering it onto our program pile."
To read the full article and Gorski's 3 transformative commitments, please click the link below.
http://www.ascd.org/publicatio...e,_Really%C2%A2.aspx
May we dwell upon these and other incidents so that we can learn from past experiences the best way to implement the very important principles of creating a Trauma-Informed organisation, not just a school.
Have a great weekend!
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