Reaching and Teaching Children Who Hurt: Strategies for Your Classroom
Each year hundreds of thousands of children in the United States experience trauma—such as abuse, neglect, or community violence—that creates tough obstacles to academic achievement and social success. Now there's a practical, strategy-filled book that shows educators how to reach and teach students exposed to trauma.\ \ Through clear and readable explanations of current research and enlightening vignettes, educators will understand how violence and other forms of trauma affect the key...
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Each year hundreds of thousands of children in the United States experience trauma—such as abuse, neglect, or community violence—that creates tough obstacles to academic achievement and social success. Now there's a practical, strategy-filled book that shows educators how to reach and teach students exposed to trauma.Through clear and readable explanations of current research and enlightening vignettes, educators will understand how violence and other forms of trauma affect the key elements of a child's school and social success, including behavior, attention, memory, and language. Then they'll find dozens of simple, creative ideas—easy to use in any classroom, on any budget—that show them how toadapt instruction to address the learning characteristics of children exposed to traumahelp students develop the most important skills they need to succeed in schooluse positive behavior supports so children can stay calm and focused on learningbuild meaningful, appropriate, and supportive teacher-student relationshipsencourage positive peer relationships through cooperative games, group projects, and buddy systemsprovide predictable routines that instill a sense of safety and controlavoid burnout and reduce the effects of "compassion fatigue"integrate a trauma-sensitive perspective across an entire schoolThroughout the book, realistic sample scenarios demonstrate how teachers can make the strategies work in their classroom, and challenging What Would You Do? quizzes sharpen educators' instincts so they can respond skillfully in difficultsituations. With this timely, much-needed guidebook, education professionals will create supportive classrooms and schools that meet the complex learning needs of children who hurt—and help the most vulnerable students build resilience and hope.
Foreword Susan F. Cole Cole, Susan F.1 Family Violence: A Problem of Epidemic Proportions 12 Exposure to Violence Changes How Children Learn 173 How Family Violence Influences Children's Language and Memory 454 The Impact of Family Violence on Relationships 755 Creating Opportunities for Self-Regulation 976 Supporting the Acquisition of Reading and Writing Skills 1197 Managing the Emotional Demands of Teaching 1438 Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools 169References 197Resources: Suggested Books for Students 211Index 215
