SUMMARY - Trauma-Informed Classrooms
A teacher learns that her student's aggressive outbursts may reflect trauma responses, not defiance. A school redesigns discipline approaches to avoid re-traumatizing students who've already experienced harm. A classroom teacher learns to recognize trauma indicators and respond in ways that support rather than punish. Trauma-informed approaches have spread through Canadian education, shifting understanding of challenging behavior and reshaping how schools respond to students who've experienced adversity.