{"id":862,"date":"2023-11-03T10:03:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/?p=862"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:03:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:03:27","slug":"trauma-informed-teaching-and-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/teaching\/trauma-informed-teaching-and-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Trauma-informed teaching and learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Utilize trauma-informed teaching practices.<\/strong>&nbsp;Alex Shevrin Venet, in the&nbsp;excellent book&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bowdoin.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CBB_BOWC\/b484ai\/alma991031792376008041\"><em>Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Education<\/em><\/a>, shares four priorities to guide&nbsp;pedagogical choices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a.\u00a0<em>Predictability<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 routines and structures contribute to a feeling of safety. Additionally,\u00a0transparency and communication provide signals when change is about to occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">b.\u00a0<em>Flexibility<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 this may look like flexibility for individuals, but it can also be built into the\u00a0routines and structures (everything from a 5-minute break during class to no-questions-asked coupons that allow students to extend a due date). During and after a critical\u00a0incident, you may wish to implement flexibility to the content or structure of the course that provides grace for you and your students.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">c.\u00a0<em>Empowerment<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 providing students with a sense of decision-making and control\u00a0acknowledges their agency. Even small opportunities for self-directed learning can have\u00a0a big impact, such as student-written discussion questions or student-chosen topics for\u00a0research.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">d.\u00a0<em>Connection<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 authentic relationships with peers and faculty support learning.\u00a0Meaningful small group work, individual check-ins with students, and whole-class check-ins (such as fist-to-five where students indicate with one hand their readiness for an\u00a0activity or ability to focus or confidence in content) are all ways to facilitate this sense of a connected class community.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utilize trauma-informed teaching practices.&nbsp;Alex Shevrin Venet, in the&nbsp;excellent book&nbsp;Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Education, shares four priorities to guide&nbsp;pedagogical choices.&nbsp; a.\u00a0Predictability\u00a0\u2013 routines and structures contribute to a feeling of safety. Additionally,\u00a0transparency and communication provide signals when change is about to occur. b.\u00a0Flexibility\u00a0\u2013 this may look like flexibility for individuals, but it can also be built into the\u00a0routines and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-teaching"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kathryn Byrnes","author_link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/author\/kbyrnes\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}