Crocker College Prep is now one of five New Orleans charter schools in a collective to become more trauma-informed. That means Crocker aims to account for the social, emotional and behavioral needs of all students, and their lives outside of school.
The Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies found that kids in New Orleans screen positive for post-traumatic stress disorder at more than three times the national rate. The institute also found that up to half of all kids have dealt with homicide in some way, with 20 percent actually witnessing murder. And then there's the city's high poverty rate - about 40 percent of kids living below the poverty line. The state's high incarceration rate means many children have a parent behind bars
"Generally there just was really not an understanding of how trauma impacts a child," says Paulette Carter, president and CEO of the Children's Bureauof New Orleans, a mental health agency for kids and families.
To read more of Mallory Falk and Eve Troeh's article, visit; http://www.npr.org/sections/ed...nding-not-discipline
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