Op-ed: Philly schools must prioritize trauma-informed learning [NewsWorks.org]

Samantha Sangenito 6/19/1710:10 AM

Powerful and surprisingly prevalent horrors are blocking access to education and ravaging children’s lives. Sadly, they remain the elephant in the classroom: adverse childhood experiences.

Adverse childhood experiences include physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, including bullying; physical and emotional neglect; a missing parent, due to separation, divorce, incarceration, or death; witnessing household substance abuse, violence, or mental illness; and witnessing environmental violence.

Developmental (or childhood) trauma after these adverse experiences often goes unidentified or misunderstood, and is often worsened within school systems. Experts call it a crisis.

[For more of this story, written by Daun Kauffman, go to http://www.newsworks.org/index...ype=hp_opinionessays]

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