Handle with Care: A trauma-informed approach to help students succeed [register-herald.com]

Alicia Doktor 10/30/177:13 PM

When a teacher sees a student sleeping at his or her desk, arguing with a fellow classmate or otherwise acting out, discipline of some form is usually necessary.

But what if that child's home had burned down the night before? What if that child had witnessed a domestic dispute? What if that child's parent had just been arrested?

If the teacher knew that child had just experienced a traumatic situation, would the disciplinary measure be different?

[For more on this story by Wendy Holdren, go to http://www.register-herald.com...6c-08376eeffa01.html]

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