ability to think to organize multiple priorities executive function and hence to learn particularly literacy skills Part 2 The changes to the childs neurobiology predispose hypervigilance and suspici ID: 899188
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1 Childhood Trauma can be defined as a res
Childhood Trauma can be defined as a response of overwhelming fear or helplessness to a painful or shocking event, or to chronic, toxic stress, including ACEs (adverse childhood experiences). ACEs include physical, emotional and sexual abuse, physical and emotional neglect, a missing parent (due to separation, divorce, incarceration, death), witnessing household substance abuse, violence, or mental illness and more. ability to think, to organize multiple priorities (Òexec
2 utive functionÓ), and hence to learn, pa
utive functionÓ), and hence to learn, particularly literacy skills Part 2: The changes to the childÕs neurobiology predispose hypervigilance and suspicion, leading trauma-impacted children to misread social cues. Their fears greater on the still-developing brain. ACE-impacted kids are more common than seasonal allergy sufferers Schools are not trauma-informed organizations in advance of any Òfight or flightÓ response. All day today. All week this week. All mo
3 nth this month. More context: A teacher
nth this month. More context: A teacher is not permitted to consider adjusting the scope or pace of lessons: the ÒCommon CoreÓ, or academic Ònational standardsÓ which are connected, lesson-by-lesson, and which lead to ÒstandardizedÓ testing. The recurring, ÒstandardizedÓ tests and the resulting stresses are rightfully controversial for many reasons, by themselves. Traumaimpacts add more controversy. First, the stress of the high stakes of the tests can re-trigger past
4 traumas during testing. Second, the te
traumas during testing. Second, the tests also occur in urban settings with higher concentrations of violence, poverty, stress and trauma, impairing cognition. Test results can then be distorted as Òachievement gapsÓ for during childhood development, but meanwhile, children are losing their right to equally access their education In spite of the devastating impacts and implications, Developmental Trauma remains Òthe elephant in the [class]roomÓ! That is wrong, morally