Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can influence physical, cognitive and social development, impacting life outcomes including the child's capacity to learn and become socially integrated. While steady relations to reliable, understanding adults may enhance child resilience and mitigate long-term effects on well-being, the difficulties of…

In this qualitative study, we conducted semi-structured interviews to learn about caregivers' experiences with early childhood expulsion. We analyzed the data using a trauma-informed lens to examine if/how caregivers experience or do not experience trauma-informed care during or after the expulsion. Additionally, we explored the ways in which the…

Research has demonstrated links between childhood trauma and changes in brain development that negatively impact students' academic achievement, language development, student behavior, and mental health. Trauma impacts children across all aspects of their lives, including within the school setting. Traumatic experiences can have a negative impact…

Trauma informed educational practice emerges as a result of contemporary advances in medical science, technology and national forms of mental, behavioral health, and social service advocacy. It is not known how special education teachers working in the non-public special education setting view the implementation of trauma informed educational…