Building a trauma-sensitive school involves creating a safe, supportive environment where all students feel seen, heard, and valued. It requires staff to understand the impact of trauma on learning and behavior, and to respond with empathy and consistency.
Participants learn that this shift includes training educators, implementing supportive practices, and fostering strong relationships that build trust, and resilience. The goal is to create a school culture that promotes healing, equity, and academic success for every student.
The course can be taken as this independent course or as part of the deep dive Trauma-Sensitive Schools course. For the latter, please click on the link below.
https://istep-global.com/our-courses/
Who is the course designed for
The course has been designed for educators, support staff, and paraprofessionals who deliver services directly or indirectly to children, adolescents, and teachers in the public, independent/private, and international sectors. Relevant professionals include teachers, school counselors, adjustment counselors, child-care staff, college counselors, education-related health professionals, educational psychologists, juvenile-detention and youth prison educators, and social workers.
Organizations include independent/private, public, and international preschools, middle schools, elementary schools, high-schools, colleges, residential settings, juvenile detention centers, youth prisons, and children’s homes.
Course duration & pace of learning
✓ 30 minutes to 1 hour
✓ Self-paced learning
✓ Recommended over 1-2 weeks.
Course availability
✓ 12 months
Course certification
✓ Following course completion, click on the link to download your Certificate of Course Completion with the stated number of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours.
Course credits
✓ Completion of this course course provides 1 point towards the purchase of future courses.
Course objectives
- To understand the 13 steps to getting a trauma-sensitive school (TSS)
- To be aware of the questions to ask in preparation for getting to a TSS
- To develop a plan of action for getting to a trauma sensitive school
Books, video, websites & academic references
Books, video, websites and academic references are provided to help educators access and explore rigorous practice and research findings.
Open AI
You are advised to utilize ChatGPT to ask questions throughout lessons. To ask your questions, open the ChatGPT search page (click on the link below or copy the link into your browser).
NB: There is no research evidence to support ChatGPT strategies for individual client’s mental health.
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