EVERETT — As you learn to look at something in a different light, it can change the choices you make.

When children get into trouble at school, sometimes the root cause is trauma and toxic stress they have experienced outside the classroom doors.

If the people who provide care for them — including teachers, principals and social workers — know how to recognize and address that trauma, they can do a better job. They can try to make sure it doesn’t keep the child from growing academically, socially or emotionally.

[For more on this story by Rikki King, go to http://www.heraldnet.com/news/...g-impacts-of-trauma/]