iSTEP-GLOBAL experts introduce trauma-sensitive schooling as a compassionate and effective approach to understanding and addressing student academic difficulties.
By recognizing the impact of trauma on learning, relationships, and behavior, educators will learn strategies to create supportive, safe, and nurturing environments that promote resilience, and academic success for all students.
The course can be taken as this independent short-course or within 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, private, and independent 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 a trauma-sensitive approach that creates a safe and supportive environment, addresses traumatized students emotional, behavioral & learning needs, and provides strategies for overcoming academic challenges’
- To learn 7 academic strategies to implement within the class setting.
- To be able to develop effective classroom strategies to help students deal with trauma and enhance their learning.
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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