Spring Registration Now Open for These Courses for Educators!

Trauma-Informed Education

is designed to bridge the gap from

knowing about the effects of trauma

to being able to fully implement a

trauma-informed approach in your classroom!

Have you ever thought:

Trauma-Informed Education goes well beyond an introductory understanding, and will equip you with tools you can use in your classroom right away.

Though presentations, selected readings and multi-media sources, written activities, and discussions, this course will examine trauma and its possible effects on students and teachers, and provide participants with ways to intervene against harmful effects. The course will explore the research on toxic stress, and explain how it can impact a child’s education. Grounded in an understanding of how structural racism and system-induced trauma impact education, it will explore the key principles of a trauma-informed approach, and how they can be applied in an educational setting to achieve equitable and just outcomes.

Participants will work with concepts that will help them lower stress levels of their students. This will have a direct impact on student health, well-being, and educational outcomes. Topics of this 45-hour course will include:

• Learning how to identify possible triggers in their classes, and how to mitigate them;

• Identifying times when they interacted with a student that they now suspect may have been displaying symptoms of trauma, and develop alternative ways of handling similar situations in the future;

• Exploring how multicultural identities can impact teaching and learning;

• Avoiding the re-traumatization of students and helping them regulate their emotions and build resilience;

• Addressing the power differentials that are at play in a classroom, and how privilege impacts relationships;

• Understanding the difference between: intent and impact; and equality and equity;

• Identifying common institutional beliefs that contribute to inequities;

• Learning how to de-escalate situations and help students better regulate their behavior;

• Considering the merits of universal trauma screening in schools;

• Modifying the physical space of their classrooms based on trauma-informed principles;

• Examining school discipline policies through a trauma-informed lens and how to interrupt the “school-to-prison pipeline” through which students with disabilities and students of color experience disproportionate disciplinary measures; and

• Critically evaluating/constructing lessons centered on sensitive topics including immigration and race from a culturally- and trauma-sensitive perspective.

Details for Trauma-Informed Education

Class Starts on March 19, 2022

Trauma-Informed Education is a 9-week, 45-hour course. New York City DOE teachers may earn 3 A+ credits for this course.

• The course will be delivered remotely on-line, through Google Classroom.

• The first four sessions of the course will be delivered asynchronously (you work at your own time and pace, with work due every two weeks), with instructor facilitation and forum discussion encouraged.

• The final class will be an virtual, real-time discussion session.

Each of the first four sessions will include a pre-recorded presentation and a variety of the following:

• Selected readings and multi-media sources for participants to review;

• A quiz on the material presented; and/or

• Questions, activities, or writing assignments that require participants to apply the materials covered to their classes, schools, or lessons.

All graded assignments and discussion sessions will be evaluated using a rubric. Detailed feedback will be provided no later than one week after the assignment is due. Participants may modify and resubmit written work within one week of receiving feedback. Participants who obtain an average of 80%, or a total of 124 points, will be eligible for A+ credits or be issued a certificate of successful completion.

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TRUAMA-INFORMED EDUCATION

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