Dr. Janine Darragh

Dr. Janine Darragh

Professor of Literacy and ESL, Professional Setting: University of Idaho

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Lessons Learned

• In contexts of crisis, children with disabilities are less likely to go to school/have access to schooling than students without disabilities. And girls with disabilities are perhaps the most vulnerable to interrupted schooling in contexts of crisis. 
• All students can benefit when teachers thoughtfully incorporate trauma-sensitive practices into their pedagogy and practice.
• Teachers are particularly susceptible to secondary/vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout, especially when working with students who come from trauma backgrounds. They need support and knowledge regarding identifying, accepting, and protecting themselves, so they can better support their own students.

Resources Developed

• Supporting All Students: Teacher Education and the Realities of Trauma https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/RIFOP/article/view/89435 
• “I feel like I’m teaching inn a landmine”: Teaching in the context of political trauma https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0742051X18313271…
• YouTube Video: “Social-Emotional Learning & Trauma-Sensitive Practices in English Language Teaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg5HFugz67w

Suggested Resources

• Best Practices for Trauma-Informed Instruction - https://wasa-oly.org/WASA/images/WASA/6.0%20Resources/Hanover/BEST%20PR…
• Landscape Review: Teacher Well-Being in Low Resource, Crisis, and Conflict-affected Settings.  https://reliefweb.int/report/world/landscape-review-teacher-well-being-…
• Trauma and learning in America’s classrooms https://kappanonline.org/trauma-classrooms-learning/

Collaborative Areas of Interest

• My areas of expertise is trauma-sensitive teaching and teaching in contexts of crisis.