Contents
Introduction: Trauma, Teaching, and Learning ?1
Personal Trauma and Its Lasting Effects ?2
Trauma and Its Effects on Young People?4
But Past Is Not Prologue?5
The Purpose of This Book?6
1.?The Protective Power of Relationships?9
Relationships and Traumatized Youth?10
Teacher?Student Relationships?11
Differential Treatment of Students ?13
The Damaging Effects of Humiliation and Sarcasm?14
Interrupt the Pattern?19
Measuring Teacher?Student Relationships Through Warmth and Conflict?21
The Warm Demander?24
Build the Resilience of Students Through Stronger Relationships?25
2.?Social and Emotional Learning Is Woven into the Curriculum?29
Identity and Agency?30
Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom?32
Integrating Identity and Agency ?33
Peer Relationships and Social Capital?37
Addressing Bullying and Cyberbullying?44
Suicide Prevention ?45
Build the Resilience of Students Through Social and Emotional Learning?50
3.?Utilizing Literacies to Maximize Learning?53
The Power of Literature?55
Identity and Literacy Response?56
Literacies as Levers to Maximize Learning for Traumatized Youth ?57
Relevance and Triggers?58
Using Discussion for Engaging and Active Dialogue?62
Secondary Trauma and Discussion?62
Empathy Through Reading and Discussion?63
Using Discussion Tools?64
Teachers? Responses and Disclosures?67
Writing as Catharsis?68
Story Writing with Young Children?69
Writing with Adolescents?70
Locating Appropriate Literature for Reading, Discussion, and Writing?71
Build the Resilience of Students Through Literacies?73
4.?Teaching for Empowerment?75
Learner Empowerment and Engagement?77
Empowerment Is Action-Oriented?78
Relational Conditions for Empowerment?79
Choice and Voice?80
Research and Inquiry as Tools for Empowerment?81
Three Kinds of Debate of Controversial Topics?88
Civics Education and Engagement?92
Building Resilience Through Empowerment?96
5.?School Communities as Agents of Change?99
The Mask Project?99
Complex Trauma Requires Complex Responses?100
Trauma-Sensitive Schooling?101
Characteristics of a Trauma-Sensitive School?102
A Logic Model for a Trauma-Sensitive School?104
Home-Like Schools Build Resilience Through Change?113
Literature Cited?115
References?116
Index?127
About the Authors?138
