Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
This 5-session course examines how teachers can support and nurture their students’ emotional well-being before, during, and after traumatic events in order to mitigate the impact of complex childhood trauma. Many of our students have been exposed to multiple tragic events, often of an invasive, interpersonal nature. This course helps teachers learn to deal with wide-ranging, long-term impact of this exposure that often results in grief and depression, adversely affecting their students’ learning and social/emotional well-being.
This course will focus on:
- identifying psychological and behavioral symptoms of complex childhood trauma,
- the role of the teacher after a traumatic event,
- how to develop support systems and safe spaces for students to cope with grief,
- teacher self-care to prevent secondary traumatic stress, and
- the impact school and community culture have had on celebrating life to manage grief associated with death or loss.
This course will support teachers in creating a safe and supportive environment in which students feel nurtured, not only to learn, but also to express their feelings. Participants will receive the CPS Crisis Management Manual. They also work with the instructor to produce their Classroom Crisis Plan. This offering is aligned with the CPS Framework for Teaching Components 1b, 2a, 2d, 3b, 3c, 4d, and 4e.
Instructor:
(312) 329-6275
Session Date: 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, and 5/15/2017
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Tuition: $125 – 17.5 ISBE PD Hours
$175 – 17.5 ISBE PD Hours and 1 Lane Placement Credit
Parking: Free parking available.
Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom – 17.5 ISBE PD Hours – $125
Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom – 17.5 ISBE PD Hours and 1 Lane Placement Credit – $175