Traumatic events are defined as those in which individual experiences, witnesses, or confronted with actual or threatened death, serious injury, or threatened physical integrity of self or others (DSM-V). Children are exposed to various experiences that can be traumatic for them. Childhood traumatic experiences may stem from experiences that were of a violent nature, physical, psychological or sexual. Children are often witnesses to physical violence in the homes, domestic violence against the parent. They are exposed to gun violence, drugs/substance abuse, and homelessness. Some children live in households where family members are incarcerated, mentally ill or have experienced a tragic loss as a result of death. Children’s response to
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According to the NCTSN, students who have experienced traumatic events may have significant behavioral or academic problems. When a child is accepted into the school system, unless that are proper documentation, the school is unaware of the child’s history. The Department of Education School Based Mental health Programs offer services to students who have behavioral and emotional difficulties that is hindering a child’s academic success in school. The mental health programs work collaboratively with agencies and hospitals. Although the Department of Education provides various mental health programs, most schools do not have Trauma- Informed Care. In order to implement Trauma-Informed Care, the program has to have the support and follow the Department of Education’s policies and procedures as it relates to mental health, specifically trauma. The implementation of Trauma Informed Care in the school should embody the four key concepts of trauma as outlined by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2014). The four key concepts are as follows: to realize the widespread impact of trauma and understand the path to recovery, to recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in the students, staff, families and others involved in …show more content…
It is also crucial for teachers communicate with the students in ways that would support the traumatized child’s learning in the classroom. Teachers must be trained to look at why the child might be displaying the behaviors. Disciplinary policies will now include trauma informed principles that would not punish the child, but instead focus on ways of helping the child to work through the issue that is causing the behavior. The implementation of the program should embrace the six principle as outlined by SAMSHA. The six principles are:
• Safety for the staff and students that they serve so they feel physically and psychologically safe. The school should have a setting where the child feels safe. It’s important for the staff to promote a sense of safety to the traumatized child
• Trustworthiness and transparency – the school setting must have and maintain trust among the staff, family members and the traumatized child
• Collaboration and Mutuality- In caring for the traumatized student, the staff as well as the administration has to recognize the healing process, and share in the decision
According to the NCTSN, students who have experienced traumatic events may have significant behavioral or academic problems. When a child is accepted into the school system, unless that are proper documentation, the school is unaware of the child’s history. The Department of Education School Based Mental health Programs offer services to students who have behavioral and emotional difficulties that is hindering a child’s academic success in school. The mental health programs work collaboratively with agencies and hospitals. Although the Department of Education provides various mental health programs, most schools do not have Trauma- Informed Care. In order to implement Trauma-Informed Care, the program has to have the support and follow the Department of Education’s policies and procedures as it relates to mental health, specifically trauma. The implementation of Trauma Informed Care in the school should embody the four key concepts of trauma as outlined by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2014). The four key concepts are as follows: to realize the widespread impact of trauma and understand the path to recovery, to recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in the students, staff, families and others involved in …show more content…
It is also crucial for teachers communicate with the students in ways that would support the traumatized child’s learning in the classroom. Teachers must be trained to look at why the child might be displaying the behaviors. Disciplinary policies will now include trauma informed principles that would not punish the child, but instead focus on ways of helping the child to work through the issue that is causing the behavior. The implementation of the program should embrace the six principle as outlined by SAMSHA. The six principles are:
• Safety for the staff and students that they serve so they feel physically and psychologically safe. The school should have a setting where the child feels safe. It’s important for the staff to promote a sense of safety to the traumatized child
• Trustworthiness and transparency – the school setting must have and maintain trust among the staff, family members and the traumatized child
• Collaboration and Mutuality- In caring for the traumatized student, the staff as well as the administration has to recognize the healing process, and share in the decision