Trauma

Alex Shevrin Venet (2021) reminds educators that trauma is a lens not a label. The importance of looking at trauma through a lens versus using trauma as a label is only too clear when we observe the...

Implementing trauma-informed practices requires appropriate training, tools, and support. Educators will need to commit to self-care to continue to be present for their students and aware of their own...

Jennifer De Lapp describes how teachers and candidates can engage in honest self-reflection to increase their efficacy and see the teaching and learning process through a new lens.

As teachers in today’s classrooms, we see traumatized students every day. We are not mental health workers or social workers, but there are many strategies and skills we can employ as educators that will allow us to meet the responsibilities of an educator more effectively for all of our students.

On Wednesday, Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) penned a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar highlighting the negative impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on student mental health.