Sandy Goodwick posted:What specific trauma information do you intend on sharing with its teachers and admins? Will it be similar to the NCTSN video on secondary trauma... from a book written in 1995?
Will you propose to the teachers that they (at most) might be suffering from “secondary trauma” while knowing nothing RE: the stresses teachers experience?
Have you read up on occupational health psychology (specifically as stress impacts teachers)?
I’m with Badass Teachers Association. Part of the Quality of Work life Team. We have been addressing school stress since 2014- after learning of four teachers suicides in less than ten days.
Please listen to decades long concerns and wisdom... or risk further traumatizing everyone. Helping kids is like propping up one part of a badly injured building. There’s so much more that needs to be seen. And the people there can help.
Hi Sandy,
Thank you for your reply. You bring up some very important issues to consider for this type of seminar. This is why I posted my idea; to find out any issues I need to address or be careful of in working in this area in the region.
My plan was to offer the seminar to provide teachers, counselors, and school leaders an opportunity to learn more about ACEs, the impacts on students (and ourselves), identify strategies that can help all children experience productive learning environments, share productive classroom and school-wide (behavior) management, self-care, supporting each other, and other factors to help teachers and schools.
The seminar is only one day, so I can only cover a few topics during this first session.
Thank you,
John Eller