How trauma affects student learning, behavior [TheAlpenaNews.com]

Jane, I don't have access to the Alpena newspaper. I think Tina's scanned article is the best we can do. I attached the research from Dario and Teri Barila. 

I don't have a subscription either but I will add the scanned article -- it may be a little grainy but will see...

Jim: For those of us who don't live in Alpena and don't have subscriptions to the newspaper, could you share the entire article here?

Thanks!

This was a great part of our community effort and three other schools (I believe - I will have more information after our next June 4th meeting) are interested in our presenting.  Everyone was very enthusiastic and everyone I talked to, has let me know they felt it was an excellent presentation that provided a lot of information.  So on the way out... attendees put on post its their "gots" and "wants".  We typed them up and here is the list below:

Here is the list of “gots and wants” from 5/20/15:

Gots

Understanding of issues

Importance of looking at the ‘whole child’

Reminders and visuals of brain function

How trauma affects learning, teachers not being aware

Recognizing signs of adverse child experiences

Introduction into how this can impact learning

Inside view of what child is going through – great

Understanding of brain development

Reminder that behaviors are just the tip of the iceberg

Need new delivery- must be ENTIRE COMMUNITY

Very interesting, simple to understand – hard to cure

A question to ask, “what happened to you?”

Better understanding of trauma in kids and how it effects the brain

The importance of finding out what happened to these kids

Don’t overlook the quiet ones

Some understanding of why kids act out

Some great info and help in understanding the next layer ‘beyond the iceberg’ in our kids

Some understanding, some experience a job that can help

Good info

Wants

More parent involvement!  More school social workers

A strategy to help the students

Copy of purple book,

How to mandate parenting,

parent leaders?

School success hosts parenting ‘stuff’ as required??

Keep info coming

How do we move forward, what are the next steps?

How do schools counteract what goes on outside?

Ways to work with students who have dealt with trauma

How to provide info to staff?

More specific info to Alpena

Strategies for dealing with kids rating high

Practical ways to get families on board with rectifying tough situations

To know how to share some of this with my staff and adult volunteers

Training to help them help children

Continued training in what to be active in developing ways to break trauma to children

More materials on trauma in schools

How do we start building relationships and mending/building kids’ brains

More practical info about what to do with behavior issues in the classroom

Resources/ideas for elementary teacher/staff understanding/parent support/training

More awareness/ time

Realistic expectations for children who have are/have been traumatized – brain developmentally appropriate

More help for trauma students

More informational sessions

To know more and want to be part of a group

 The staff to hear about this in professional development 

Samantha, I just received this article by email. Teri Barila and Dario Longhi just released new research on a case study done at Lincoln High School that shows a trauma-informed model actually trumps ACEs through resiliency. I saw that Tina was an active participant at the meeting, it is exciting to see this kind of discussion going on across our country. I am attaching the research report, I think it is very exciting to put the science behind how effective a trauma-informed model is for our schools. It gives us everything that educators are working towards, but they are not able to see the results of their hard labor, because we focus on the academics before we focus on the emotional and social well being of our kids. Powerful information.