- Trauma-Informed Series Stack

In Module 1, Creating a Healing Centered Learning Environment, you will...

• Learn what trauma is.

• Recognize how you can support students with trauma using Tier 1, 2, and 3 interventions.
• Explain how trauma impacts the brain.
• Know how to create a healing-centered learning environment. 

In Module 2, Trauma-Informed Supports for Students, you will learn...

• How trauma affects the brain.

• How you can support students with trauma using Tier 1, 2, and 3 interventions.

• What school systems should be in place to help kids with trauma.

• How educators can connect families to support services.

• Strategies to de-escalate situations.

• Ethical considerations when supporting students with trauma.

In Module 3, Secondary Trauma, you will...

• Identify the causes and implications of secondary trauma (also known as compassion fatigue) on themselves, and develop a healing-centered practice that supports them in their work with students. 

• Define trauma and explain its prevalence among students in school.

• Identify the causes and implications of secondary trauma (also known as compassion fatigue). 

• Create and apply healing-centered, personal self-care practices to address the effects of secondary traumatic stress. 

• Develop a list of accessible resources for additional support to address compassion fatigue. 

In Module 4, Creating Healing Centered Learning Environments for Students Who Are Refugees, you will...

• Explain the meaning of key terms related to the refugee experience.

• Explain how refugees are placed in the U.S. and the support families receive from local, state, and federal agencies.

• Outline key actions that create a welcoming, healing-centered learning environment for students who are refugees.

• Develop and implement a healing-centered plan to support students who are refugees.

In Module 5, Race-Based Trauma, you will...

• Better understand race-based trauma and better understand how society and schools can create conditions that may lead to race-based trauma. 

• Identify how racial bias, discrimination, and other acts rooted in individual and systemic racism traumatize students of color, and cause adversity and  stress.

• Define race-based trauma.

• Comprehend how race-based trauma impacts their students’ health.

• Effectively disrupt these systems and build healing-centered learning environments.

In Module 6, Poverty Related Trauma, you will...

• Reflect on your underlying assumptions about poverty.

• Identify the factors that contribute to poverty.

• Explain the definition of trauma.

• Identify how poverty can be linked to traumatic experiences.

• Recognize the behaviors and negative learning outcomes associated with poverty-related trauma.

• Create a plan for supporting your students who are experiencing poverty-related trauma.