Trauma-Informed Teaching in Your Elementary Classroom

This book offers simple strategies, based on evidence-based studies, that elementary educators can use to effectively recognize trauma, teach resilience, and support their students in being ready to learn.

Lori Brown, Psy.D. has 28 years of experience working as a teacher, registrar, counselor, administrator, and consultant in the public school system. Alison Bartlett, B.Ed. has worked in the Anglophone East School District since 1989 as a classroom teacher and had a Special Position of Responsibility (SPR) for her school's Positive Learning Environment.

Meet the Authors Introduction Part 1- The Why Chapter 1 - Understanding Trauma The Human Nervous System Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Systems Memories: Regular and Traumatic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn (FFFFs) Fight/Flight Freeze Fawn Chronic Stress and Changes to the Brain Epigenetics Brain Connections Exposure to Stress Hormones War Answers to Brain Breaks References Chapter 2 - Intergenerational Trauma Back to ACEs Prenatal Epigenetics FASD Cigarettes Maternal Nutrition Postnatal Attachment Theory Historic Trauma Reserves Residential Schools First Nations and the Courts Sixties Scoop Inuit Housing Today Slavery and Its Legacy in the USA Answers to Brain Breaks References Part 2 - The How Chapter 3 - Culture Biases Unconscious Bias Resource Bias Deficit Thinking Ethnocentricism Trust Cultural Humility and Cultural Competence Case Study: Forest Glen School (K-4) Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Culturally Responsive Teaching Resources Answers to Brain Breaks References Chapter 4 - Safety and Predictability Attachment Mirror Neurons Identifying and Removing Triggers Answers to Brain Breaks References Chapter 5 - Cognitive-Behavioral Theory What is Cognitive Behavior Theory? How Does CBT Work? CBT: Body-Brain Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources for You and Your Students Flow Reflective Listening Reflective Feeling CBT: Brain-Body Recognizing and Challenging Thoughts Social Emotional Learning (SEL) For Your K-3 Students Social Emotional Learning (SEL) For Your Grade 4-6 Students CBT for Teachers Brain Break Answers Resources References Conclusion