Building Knowledge and Connections

1. Welcome families’ perspectives!
Families need to know they are important and valued in our learning communities. Ask families about their experiences, and listen to their stories.

2. Offer ideas for extending children’s learning at home!
Ask questions in your classroom and offer families examples of open-ended questions that help scaffold children’s critical thinking. Share games or activities to try at home that complement what they have learned at school.

3. Share children’s explorations and growth!
Take pictures to show families what their children are learning. These photos can be used as conversation prompts to help their children recall and retell.

Members can read the 7 tips outlined in the article here https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/tyc/spring2024/7x-dare-to-roar

This is 💯 % on point! This is exactly why we support schools, districts, and organizations on understanding, planning, and implementing trauma-informed educational practices.

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Trauma Informed Educators Network Conference: Shifting Paradigms The TIENetwork Conference is back in 2023!

We like this graphic created by Potential Project of the continuum towards compassion.

https://www.potentialproject.com/insights/connect-with-empathy-but-lead-with-compassion

Heidi Priebe shares an interesting thought. What are your thoughts?

Checklist for Caregivers Feeling overwhelmed? This Checklist for Caregivers will help you outline a clear path of professionals and documents to have on hand at the start of the caregiving journey.

Here are a couple more articles to add to read if you are interested in how trauma impacts a child's ability to learn.
When trauma hinders learning: What's a teacher to do when difficult experiences in early childhood prevent children from entering kindergarten with the executive functions they need? By Donald A. Barr.
Making a dent in the youth mental health crisis by Zara Abrams

Wanted to share some articles that I have been studying. If you are interested in trauma's impact on development. You may find them interesting:

* Child Development in the Context of Adversity by Clancy Blair & Cybele Raver
* Neurobiological Development in the Context of Childhood Trauma by Dorthie Cross, Negar Fani, Abigail Powers, & Bekh Bradley
*The Impact and Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma by Heather Dye

I'll share more as I discover new ones to share. If you know of any good articles about Trauma, please share.