TRAUMA-INFORMED, HEALING-CENTERED BEHAVIOR

Beyond Trauma: Healing Centered Education

OVERVIEW

By embracing Healing-Centered Engagement and Trauma-Informed principles, educators unlock the potential to cultivate thriving learning environments where every student feels valued and empowered. This dynamic approach moves away from victim-centered perspectives, instead recognizing students as active agents in their own growth, with a strong emphasis on cultural identity, community connection, and collective healing.

FOUR MODULES
(30-minutes each expandable based on partner goals)
    • UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA: Staff will explore the complex nature of trauma, including personal, intergenerational, racial, and institutional impacts on learning and behavior.
    • ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES): ACEs are traumatic events like abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction before age 18, often leading to lasting health and education challenges.
    • HEALING-CENTERED ENGAGEMENT: This strength-based approach shifts focus from trauma to healing through cultural, collective, and identity-restoring practices.
    • INTERNAL WORKING MODEL: Educators will design interventions to meet the emotional and academic needs of trauma-affected students.

Understanding Challenging Behaviors


Prerequisite for Responding to Challenging Behaviors

OVERVIEW

By exploring the connections between trauma, behavior, and emotional regulation, participants will gain insight into how adverse experiences shape students’ actions. The session also examines the role of power dynamics and implicit bias in shaping our perceptions of behavior, encouraging staff to reflect on how these factors influence their responses and interactions with students.

FOUR MODULES
(30-minutes each expandable based on partner goals)
    • IDENTITY AND BEHAVIOR: Explore how social identities shape experiences and behavior. Discuss privilege, marginalization, and self-awareness in social interactions.
    • DECODING BEHAVIOR: Challenging behaviors signal unmet needs. Instead of labeling actions, view them as cues and ask, “What is this behavior trying to tell me?”
    • TRAUMA’S FOOTPRINT: Investigate trauma’s effects on behavior, especially in children. Cover key symptoms and trauma-informed approaches.
    • NAVIGATING ESCALATION: Learn the seven-phase escalation cycle. Understand behavioral patterns to implement timely interventions.

Responding to Challenging Behaviors


Prerequisite is Understanding Challenging Behaviors

OVERVIEW

Responding to Challenging Behaviors delves deep into the behavioral escalation cycle, equipping participants with the knowledge and tools necessary to foster a positive learning environment. Participants will learn trauma-informed strategies to proactively prevent and effectively de-escalate problem behaviors.

THREE MODULES
    • INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR ESCALATION CYCLE: Learn targeted strategies for each escalation phase, using proactive and reactive techniques to manage behavior, ensure safety, and foster positive outcomes.
    • VISUALIZING BEHAVIOR: Explore behavior maps linking actions, consequences, and emotions. Create and use these tools to encourage positive choices and reduce challenges.
    • ESSENTIAL TOOLS: Access a glossary of tools and strategies to address challenging behaviors effectively in educational and therapeutic contexts.

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