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Traumatic Stress, Situational Causes Traumatic Brain What Is Traumatic…

- - - - Gratitude as an Expression of Appreciation
      - Strength Chain
      - Accomplishment Box
    - - [3X3 approach] (https://youtu.be/89Jc4QB5MaM)
      - Get to know your students
      - Self awareness worksheet
    - - Universal Design approaches
      - [UDL in the classroom] (https://youtu.be/B7qYJY62X2s )
    - - SEL Activities for self-regulation
      - Stay Conscious of & Plan for Secondary Trauma through the (5 step program)
        
        Teachers
        
        School Admin
        
        Other Staff
        
        Students
        
        Families
- - - - Policing, Prisons, Memorials & Resistance
      - State Violence
      - The Immigrant and Migrant Experience in the United States: Trauma and Healing
      - Gender-Based, Resistance, and Healing
      - Intergenerational Trauma, Resistance, and Healing
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  - - - Displacement of homes and personal property
      - Relocation of families
      - Uprooting school year or changing schools entirely
      - Injuries and loss of lives within families and community
      - Loss of community support system
      - Trouble learning and low school attendance after initial event
        
        Decreased student achievement in schools
        
        "A study examining North Carolina schools impacted by the 1999 – 2000 storms (e.g., Hurricane Floyd) found that student achievement scores were lowered by 5 – 15% across schools." srcd.org
      - Exposure to community violence after disaster
      - Disasters can also lead to additional types of trauma such as medical trauma, etc.
    - - "Young children who experienced a natural disaster within the past month showed a 9 to 18% increase in acute illnesses, depending on the outcome examined (e.g., diarrhea, fever, respiratory illness)." - srcd.org
      - Somatic symptoms
        
        i.e. headaches, lethargy, nausea
      - Altered brain function
        
        Memory difficulties
        
        Troubles with focus
      - Sleep disorders & nightmares
    - - "As many as 50% of children report post-traumatic stress symptoms after experiencing a disaster, such as recurring thoughts about the disaster, hyper-vigilance, or difficulty sleeping or concentrating." - srcd.org
      - Depression
        
        i.e. sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest in activities
      - Anxiety
        
        i.e. phobias, fears, and worries about safety or reoccurrence
      - Potential for mental health symptoms to become chronic (they have been observed even 4 years after initial disastrous event)
    - - Pre-K
        
        thumb sucking
        
        bedwetting
        
        clinging to parents / increased separation anxiety
        
        fear of dark
        
        loss of appetite
        
        withdrawal
      - Elementary
        
        poor concentration
        
        irritability
        
        aggressiveness
        
        clinginess
        
        nightmares
        
        school avoidance
        
        withdrawal
      - Adolescents
        
        physical complaints
        
        agitation or irritability
        
        delinquent behavior
        
        poor concentration
        
        mood changes
        
        increase in conflict
        
        changes in appetite or eating habits
        
        sleep disturbances
  - - - In this timeframe, about 85% of these disasters were connected to climate change, while the remaining percentage were geophysical events in nature.
  - - - Invest in school infrastructure & restoration efforts
      - Improved and increase availability of mental health services
      - Assistive supports and services target at most vulnerable
      - Increased availability of academic catch-up programs
    - - Understand that recovery takes time
      - Open conversation with parents, professional learning communities, administration, and community
        
        Help families connect to community resources
        
        Discuss routines, concerns, and progress with other teachers who teach the same students
      - Determine status of every child & their needs
        
        Be careful to observe student behavior
      - Incorporate information about the disaster as appropriate
        
        Allow students to discuss the disaster whether it be as a class, in a private conversation with the teacher, or with a school psychologist
      - Video on Talking to Children about Natural Disasters
      - Limit exposure to media content on recent natural disaster