Download or read book Mitigation of Adverse Childhood Experiences Within a School System written by Michael Eddy and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are events in a child's life that negatively affect the child's well-being. Cohort studies demonstrate those affected by ACEs are more likely to develop mental and physical health issues later in life. The Centers of Disease Control calls for a multi-systemic approach to preventing ACEs, including immediate intervention. Nevertheless, there is little research provided of interventions that mitigate or support students within the school system who may be affected by them. Middle-school aged children and adolescents, in general, are particularly susceptible to the effects of prolonged trauma exposure. Positive psychology and mindfulness research provide a framework for intervention that yield positive results. Because of the increasing research in positive psychology, this branch of psychological interventions is widening with increasing viability of substantive positive outcomes for individuals of all ages. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a gratitude journal and direct instruction in positive psychology strategies to help reduce the effects of ACEs in a school setting. Addressing a student's need for social/emotional education is a critical key to help adults advocate and empower students to prevent the effects of ACEs. Twenty-nine school counselors evaluated the curriculum providing insight into their perceptions of the need and impact of these potential interventions. Their perceptions indicate a strong need for early intervention in order to meet the needs of students exposed to ACEs through strategies based on the tenets of positive psychology.
Download or read book Restorative Practices in Schools written by Margaret Thorsborne and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines the techniques to learn and apply when planning and facilitating school conferences. This book contains key documents such as preparation checklist, conference script, typical agreement, evaluation sheet and case studies. It includes guidance on: analysing school practice; deciding whether to hold a conference; and preparing a conference.
Download or read book Alleviating the Educational Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences written by R. Martin Reardon and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent crises—whether policy-induced (e.g., family separation at the Mexico/U.S. border) or natural disaster-related (e.g., hurricanes in Florida and North Carolina and wildfires in California)—have galvanized the attention of the U.S. and international public on the plight of children who endure these traumatic events. The sheer enormity of such wrenching events tend to overshadow the trauma endured by many children whose everyday life circumstances fall short of affording them a safe, stable, and nurturing environment. At the national level, three rounds of data collection spanning January 2008 through April 2014 constituted the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV) that—according to Finkelhor, Turner, Shattuck, and Hambly (2013) in reporting on the 2011 round—assessed “a wide range of childhood victimizations” (pp. 614-615). Among many other findings, Finkelor et al. concluded that “overall, 57.7% of the children and youth had experienced or witnessed at least 1 to 5 aggregate exposures (assaults and bullying, sexual victimization, maltreatment by a caregiver, property victimization, or witnessing victimization) in the year before this survey” (p. 619). According to the recent re-visiting of NatSCEV II by Turner et al. (2017), “almost 1 in 4 children and adolescents ages 5-15 in the United States lived in family environments with only modest levels of safety, stability, and nurturance, while about 1 in 15 had consistently low levels across multiple domains” (p. 8). Adverse childhood events (ACEs) have both immediate and long-term impacts on children’s health and well-being (Banyard, Hambly, & Grych, 2017; Bowen, Jarrett, Stahl, Forrester, & Valmaggia, 2018; Walker & Walsh, 2015). Children do not shed their entanglement with ACEs at the schoolroom door. To highlight just one study, Jimenez, Wade, Lin, Morrow, & Reichman (2016) conducted a secondary analysis of a national urban birth cohort and found that experiencing ACEs in early childhood was “associated with below-average, teacher-reported academic and literacy skills and [more] behavior problems in kindergarten” (p. 1).
Download or read book Adverse Childhood Experiences written by Gordon G. J. G. Asmundson and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adverse Childhood Experiences: Using Evidence to Advance Research, Practice, Policy, and Prevention defines ACEs, provides a summary of the past 20 years of ACEs research, as well as provides guidance for the future directions for the field. It includes a review of the original ACEs Study, definitions of ACEs, and how ACEs are typically assessed. Other content includes a review of how ACEs are related to mental and physical health outcome, the neurodevelopmental mechanisms linking ACEs to psychopathology, sexual violence and sexual health outcomes, and violence across the lifespan. Important and contemporary issues in the field, like reconsidering how ACEs should be defined and assessed, the appropriateness of routine ACEs screening, thinking about ACEs from a public health and global perspective, strategies for preventing ACEs, understanding ACEs and trauma-informed care and resilience, and the importance of safe stable and nurturing environments for children are discussed. Adverse Childhood Experiences is a useful evidence-based resource for professionals working with children and families, including physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, lawyers, judges, as well as public health leaders, policy makers, and government delegates. Reviews the past 20 years of ACEs research Examines ACEs and mental and physical health Discusses the neurodevelopment mechanisms of ACEs and psychopathology Examines ACEs and violence across the lifespan Reconsiders the definition and assessment of ACEs Examines the issue of routine ACEs screening Discusses ACEs from a public health and global perspective Summarizes effective ACEs prevention, trauma-informed care, and resilience Provides recommendations for the future directions of the ACEs field
Download or read book Alleviating the Educational Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences written by Jack Leonard and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may include major disruptive events (e.g. earthquakes, hurricanes, or floods), but more pervasive is the impact of the daily stress of coping with one of more of the facets of family challenges (e.g. economic hardship and its attendant issues) or even dysfunction (e.g. parent or guardian divorce or separation, or living with neglectful or abusive parents). The use of the term pervasive is warranted. For example, as highlighted in the Introduction, a 2019 study of the findings emerging from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health found that, among the more than 45,000 children on whom parents reported data, more than one-fifth experienced economic hardship and parent/guardian divorce. The consequences for educators of children exposed to ACEs are far-reaching and have galvanized the attention of a broad swath of educational researchers and practitioners. As discussed in a 2019 insightful five-part series in Education Week (https: //www.edweek.org/ew/collections/trauma-sensitive-schools/index.html), the consequences include the imperative for teachers and educational leaders to adopt an informed approach to alleviating the educational impact of ACEs on their students while making provision for their own well-being. In this volume, various authors explore the educational context of ACEs and describe and reflect on their research-inspired endeavors to integrate the resources of schools, universities, and communities to sustain a safe and supportive educational environment for and build the resilience of all students.
Download or read book Building Resilience in Students Impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences written by Victoria E. Romero and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use trauma-informed strategies to give students the skills and support they need to succeed in school and life Nearly half of all children have been exposed to at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE), such as poverty, divorce, neglect, homelessness, substance abuse, domestic violence, or parent incarceration. These students often enter school with behaviors that don’t blend well with the typical school environment. How can a school community come together and work as a whole to establish a healthy social-emotional climate for students and the staff who support them? This workbook-style resource shows K-12 educators how to make a whole-school change, where strategies are integrated from curb to classroom. Readers will learn how to integrate trauma-informed strategies into daily instructional practice through expanded focus on: The different experiences and unique challenges of students impacted by ACEs in urban, suburban, and rural schools, including suicidal tendencies, cyberbullying, and drugs Behavior as a form of communication and how to explicitly teach new behaviors How to mitigate trauma and build innate resiliency through a read, reflect, and respond model Let this book be the tool that helps your teams move students away from the school-to-prison pipeline and toward a life rich with educational and career choices. "I cannot think of a book more needed than this one. It gives us the tools to support our students who have the most need while practicing the self-care necessary to continue to serve them." —Lydia Adegbola, Chair of English Department New Rochelle High School, NY "This book highlights the impact of trauma on children and the adults who work with them, while providing relevant and practical strategies to understand and address it through reflective practices." —Marine Avagyan, Director, Curriculum and Instruction Saugus Union School District, Sunland, CA
Download or read book Creating Adversity Aware Schools written by Sophie Tales and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-07-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences lie behind many of the most common and bewildering classroom challenges today. Understanding the why behind students' behaviour can be transformative in shifting school behaviour, as well as the welfare of your students. This book is grounded in the lived experiences of educators who overcame challenges in early life. It combines their insights with easy to implement tools, worksheets and resources drawing on proven Restorative Practice, Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approaches. It will provide you with a fresh perspective - to see what is really going on in your classroom - and will give you the confidence to provide the support your students really need in order to thrive. Whether you are a school leader, teacher or classroom assistant; primary or secondary; in mainstream, SEND or alternative provision, this book will help you to create positive change.
Download or read book Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences written by Jennifer Hays-Grudo and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an interdisciplinary lens from which to view the multiple types of effects of enduring childhood experiences, and to recommend evidence-based approaches for protecting and buffering children and repairing the negative consequences of ACEs as adults.
Download or read book The Trauma Sensitive Classroom Building Resilience with Compassionate Teaching written by Patricia A. Jennings and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Mindfulness for Teachers, a guide to supporting trauma-exposed students. Fully half the students in U.S. schools have experienced trauma, violence, or chronic stress. In the face of this epidemic, it falls increasingly to teachers to provide the adult support these students need to function in school. But most educators have received little training to prepare them for this role. In her new book, Tish Jennings—an internationally recognized leader in the field of social and emotional learning—shares research and experiential knowledge about the practices that support students' healing, build their resilience, and foster compassion in the classroom. In Part I, Jennings describes the effects of trauma on body and mind, and how to recognize them in students' behavior. In Part II, she introduces the trauma-sensitive practices she has implemented in her work with schools. And in Part III, she connects the dots between mindfulness, compassion, and resilience. Each chapter contains easy-to-use, practical activities to hone the skills needed to create a compassionate learning environment.
Download or read book Resilience and Vulnerability written by Suniya S. Luthar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-05 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents
Download or read book Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Association with Chronic Disease and Health Service Use in the Welsh Adult Population written by Kathryn Ashton and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Use of Knowledge Regarding Adverse Childhood Experiences to Implement a System of Identifying and Supporting Elementary Students who Experience Trauma written by Ashley Marie Sinnen and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact that trauma has on children who experience it is profound--physically, emotionally, intellectually, and socially. Brain structures are altered, and behavior norms have been set because of the trauma. While a multitude of programs exist to support students in coping with their experienced trauma, students are still failing academically, are misunderstood behaviorally, and are dropping out of school, in addition to facing health struggles. Mitigation can only occur when there is a system in place to identify students needing support. This study used a grounded theory approach to determine how schools are implementing such a system. Seven principals at Twin City metro area elementary schools with 80 percent of students receiving free or reduced price lunch, participated in semi-structured interviews and shared their current realities and implementations. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced price lunch is often used as a proxy measure for the percentage of students living in poverty. Four themes emerged from the interviews: students at the core, societal pressures, conflicting priorities, and lack of knowledge. While all principals demonstrated care for their students and some level of trauma informed instruction, there were no systems in place to either identify or support the impacts of trauma on children. Further research is needed in how to transfer the trauma informed knowledge from academia to school sites working with students. Additionally, trauma knowledge needs to be shared with the community and school decision makers at all levels.
Download or read book The Deepest Well written by Nadine Burke Harris and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2018 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress leads to lifelong health problems, and what we can do to break the cycle.
Download or read book Trauma Sensitive Schools for the Adolescent Years written by Susan E. Craig and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this follow-up to her bestseller, Trauma-Sensitive Schools, Susan Craig provides secondary school teachers and administrators with a trauma-sensitive approach to instruction that will improve students’ achievement. The text provides an overview of the effects of three types of trauma on adolescent development: early childhood adversity, community violence, and systemic inequities. Book Features: Provides an overview of the effects of three types of trauma on adolescent development: early childhood adversity, community violence, and systemic inequities.Links the effects of trauma on students’ cognitive development to educational reform efforts.Integrates research on adolescents’ neurodevelopment and current educational best practices.Builds the capacity of education professionals to successfully manage the behavior of adolescents with symptoms of complex developmental trauma. ?Susan Craig’s book provides the scientific evidence and the reasons why it is so critical that schools take this new path in serving our students.? ?From the Foreword by Jim Sporleder, principal profiled in the documentary Paper Tigers ?A uniquely comprehensive and accessible resource for all educators and school administrators.? ?Eric Rossen, National Association of School Psychologists ?An in-depth look into the impact of trauma on the adolescent brain along with ideas about how educators can support student learning. This is an essential book for any secondary educator or administrator.? ?Sara Daniel, director of clinical services, SaintA, Milwaukee, WI
Download or read book Implementing Restorative Practices in Schools written by Margaret Thorsborne and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restorative practice is a proven approach to discipline in schools that favours relationships over retribution, and has been shown to improve behaviour and enhance teaching and learning outcomes. However, in order for it to work, restorative practice needs a relational school culture. Implementing Restorative Practice in Schools explains what has to happen in a school in order for it to become truly restorative. Section 1 explains the potential of restorative practice in schools, describing the positive outcomes for students and teachers. It also outlines the measures that need to be in place in order to embed restorative practice. Section 2 examines the process of understanding and managing change, providing realistic and pragmatic guidance on the practical and emotional barriers that may be encountered. Finally, Section 3 provides in eight practical steps, strategic guidance for achieving a restorative culture that sticks. Featuring useful pro formas and templates, this book will be an indispensable guide for educators, administrators and school leaders in mainstream and specialist settings.
Download or read book Trauma informed Care written by Keyetta L. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to investigate how school systems in Michigan are using social-emotional learning (SEL) to mitigate the effects that complex life traumas or adverse childhood experiences have on student behavior and achievement. Traumatic events can have a negative impact on children at any level and from any background (SAMHSA, 2014). In school-aged children, in particular, the negative effects of trauma manifest in multiple ways including lower academic performance, absenteeism, and higher rates of disciplinary infractions.We argue that schools must prioritize implementing trauma-informed practices. When educators are trauma-informed, it is possible that their values, beliefs, and practices can help mitigate the negative effects of trauma on student learning (SAMHSA, 2014). Focusing on students' SEL is one such practice that can provide educators with the necessary tools to respond to trauma. The implementation of SEL in schools is vital in connecting "education with the larger social world and set of social responsibilities that children will encounter as adults" (Elias & Arnold, 2006, p.1).Through a comparative research design, our study examines the journey of implementing and integrating SEL to mitigate the effects of trauma for four case study school districts in Michigan. The various journeys and stages of the four cases help inform our findings of discovering the supports, resources and organizational conditions that are needed from all system levels (district, school, and classroom) for SEL to be extended in schools across the state of Michigan.
Download or read book Professional Development for Trauma informed Schools written by Rhiannon Kathleen Steffen Law and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood exposure to trauma is a significant public health concern that negatively impacts an individual's development and mental well-being. Per the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) survey, the millions of children exposed to trauma are at a higher risk for developing comorbid mental health issues, substance abuse, poor relationships, academic problems, and even a multitude of physical health illnesses (CDC, 2016). Although this crisis may appear insurmountable under our current mental health model, new research in the field of trauma-informed systems has been supported to mitigate the adverse outcomes these children face. The implementation of trauma-informed principles in a school system can offer children a safe and supportive environment to learn and continue developing. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact that a professional development training for school personnel regarding student trauma had on a teacher's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP). Fourteen participants (7 general education teachers, 3 special education teachers, and 4 administrators) completed a questionnaire on their knowledge of the effects of trauma, trauma-informed attitudes towards students, self-efficacy attitudes in supporting traumatized students, and trauma-informed classroom practices both before and after completion of a 2-hour professional development training. The training focused on information regarding student trauma as well as interactive learning and supported discussions to allow participants the opportunity to build their skills in this area.
