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Dunn, Alyssa Hadley – Teachers College Press, 2021
What should teachers do on the days after major events, tragedies, and traumas, especially when injustice is involved? This beautifully written book features teacher narratives and youth-authored student spotlights that reveal what classrooms do and can look like in the wake of these critical moments. Dunn incisively argues for the importance of…
Descriptors: Current Events, Social Justice, Teaching Methods, History Instruction
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Farrell, Derek; Taylor, Charlotte – Psychology Teaching Review, 2017
This article addresses the global burden of psychological trauma caused by both natural disasters and wars. Trauma and traumatic stress exact a human and socio-economic toll that is vast in its magnitude and immense in its consequences. Given the massive prevalence of trauma, this then raises an important pedagogic question: how do you educate and…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Natural Disasters
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Lohr, Kathy D. – Educational Gerontology, 2018
Adversity has always been a part of life, however, today's hurricanes and earthquakes in increasingly populated areas, violent unrest creating a global refugee crisis, battlefield stress and work-place harassment, and the challenges of aging populations are demanding a better understanding of how individuals cope with adversity regardless of the…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Adult Education, Adult Educators, Transformative Learning
Nanmathi Manian; Wendy McColskey; Kim Benton; Noah Lipshie – National Comprehensive Center, 2021
School communities in both urban and rural settings need trauma-informed (TI) supports; however, the adversities experienced and access to student supports may be unique to rural school communities. In addition, the contextual challenges experienced by rural schools and communities, as well as the strengths that can be drawn from them, will…
Descriptors: Trauma, Rural Schools, Child Development, School Districts
Oehlberg, Barbara – Redleaf Press, 2014
Children living with uncertainty and insecurity often have difficulty focusing on learning. They might demonstrate disrespectful or defiant behaviors, act out, or act with aggression. As an educator, you may provide the only stability in their otherwise turbulent world. "Making It Better" explains trauma-­informed education, an approach…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Class Activities, Learning Activities