To all educators, parents, or anyone that would like to educate themselves on the impacts of adverse childhood experiences on children please continue to these sources.
What Does it Mean to be Trauma Informed?
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-does-it-mean-to-be-trauma-informed-a-4-part-video-explainer
This video also introduces the concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), which include living through emotional neglect, physical abuse, witnessing domestic violence, parent abandonment through separation, and much more. It is important for teachers to know about ACEs because this framework provides specifics about what can be traumatic for developing children. Not only do these experiences affect children neurologically but also physically.
The Brain Science Behind Student Trauma by Bruce D. Perry
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-the-brain-science-behind-student-trauma/2016/12
Bruce D. Perry does a great job of getting into the nitty gritty of brain function and the effects trauma has on it. He begins by explaining the specific part of the brain that happens to be most affected which is the neocortex. This part of the brain is constantly changing and storing information from experiences. When young children are facing poverty and recurrent stressors, their mental and physical health face the consequences.
Their name is Today: Reclaiming Childhood in a Hostile World
The book offers information from There is tons of information within this book coming from child psychiatrists and /psychologists, parents, teachers, and the author himself on how to effectively raise and support children’s healthy growth. This book addresses how important play time is for children and how important it is for parents and /teachers to play with their children and /students.
Student Trauma, Trauma-Informed Teaching, and Self-Care in Preservice Teachers’ Clinical Experiences
https://doi.org/10.1080/13664530.2022.2146180
This article discusses why trauma informed teaching is important for the students’ emotional needs, and ultimately their academics. However, the importance of understanding students’ trauma before they enter our classrooms is important for the mental health of the teacher as well.
