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Why Trauma-Informed Education is Vital for Mental Health

Teaching is no easy feat, especially during these trying times.

From the healthcare outbreaks to the gripping narratives being told by people of colour, we’re seeing more and more pervasive messages in the media, that are being delivered to the forefront of students and educators alike.

Fostering Personal and Professional Self-Awareness

For educators, having a heightened self-awareness of the developmental pathways and trajectories of trauma will help educators attribute students’ traumatic symptoms towards their current and historical histories, instead of attributing it solely to low levels of achievement, socioeconomic standing, and behavioural problems.

For students, the pervasive effects of trauma can have implications on their ability to perform well and focus carefully in school. Furthermore, according to a study conducted on traumatic stress, educators often overlooked the effects of trauma, alongside aggravating and misinterpreting various social cues.

Fostering Empathy from Active Listening

To give teachers a toolkit, empathy has to be first mastered. Whether it is through active listening or person-centred communication, there is a lot at stake. For example, to be empathetic is not the same as being sympathetic. Instead, you put yourself in the shoes of the other recipient and relate to that person through similar experiences of your own.

While it sounds fairly straight-forward, it isn’t always in practicality. To be genuine about empathy, you can’t assume what the other person is feeling. Instead, you have to listen in carefully, and then ask open-ended questions.

Other steps towards empathy can include fostering and cultivating curiosity on your own, challenging your own perceptions of prejudices, finding commonalities, inspiring motivation to change, and many more.

Developing a Trauma-Informed Mindset

In addition, to develop a more trauma-informed approach, educators will need specialized training, particularly from therapists who are used to servicing traumatic youth.

Rather than being trained on how to treat trauma, educators will instead learn how it permeates and impacts the various corners of a student’s life. Furthermore, educators can help students identify personal emotions and potential coping mechanisms ahead of time before further problems arise. Plus, it helps if the educator knows of the various local resources that a student can go to during times of stress.

With educators, it can be pretty complicated and overwhelming to learn so much about the emotions of others, especially when you have many students to deal with, who are already on their lowest reserves.

Why Trauma-Informed Education is Vital

As to why we need trauma-informed education? We need it because there might be a shortage of therapists. Plus, the accessibility of seeing therapists might be a problem, while the teacher is there either physically or remotely for the student for many hours in the day.

Furthermore, while validating students’ trauma, it will help them foster improved academic-oriented outcomes, alongside improved behaviour and attentivity. Better yet, fostering empathy for others improves personal emotional intelligence.

While teaching during these trying times is no easy feat, perhaps your students will view you as an empowering force, especially in the years ahead.

For similar articles from the author, please visit:

An Aspiring Psychotherapist’s Review of 7 Cups

Insights from an Active Listener

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3 Tips for Staying Awake During Distance Learning

Insights From a Former Educational Consultant

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