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Introduction to Trauma Informed Care for Educators

2 hours

FREE

Teachers, school administrators, and paraprofessionals at every level—from preschool to university—play a vital role in shaping a supportive learning environment. Understanding the impact of trauma on learning can transform classroom management, strengthen student connections, and empower educators to create spaces where all students feel safe, valued, and ready to learn. This course provides the knowledge and strategies needed to recognize trauma’s effects and respond in ways that foster resilience and academic success.
Introduction to Trauma Informed Care for Educators

Course Details

Duration

2 hours

Language

English, Haitian Creole

Format

On-demand

Rating

★★★★★

Course Description

Trauma impacts a person’s ability to learn. It changes brain development and often results in students living in their fear brain, which turns off their thinking brain and impairs the ability to hear, learn, and understand. And if that wasn’t hard enough, trauma can also make it more difficult for students to trust authority or build healthy relationships in or out of the classroom.  This course helps you more thoroughly understand how overwhelming behaviors and emotions may be tied to past traumas and gives you classroom strategies to better connect with and care for students who come from a history of trauma or chronic stress so that they have the greatest chance at succeeding in the school environment.

This bundle includes:

Video Training: 10 easy-to-navigate video-based sessions that share the essential skills of  Trauma-informed care

Self-Reflection Questions: The Companion Guide has self-reflection questions to dig deeper into developing personalized strategies you can use in your class or school

Group Discussion Questions: The Companion Guide is built to help small groups work through the materials together without needing a trauma pro or group leader. Click here to view our Host Guide for some tips on how to easily start a group.

“I especially appreciated the scientific data on how trauma changes children’s brains physically. They are not choosing to be difficult, they are doing their best. It is our job to do our best for them. This course gives insight into how to do that!”

Ann Frank, Teacher
Lebanon City Schools in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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