Matching Pairs Strategies to Create a Trauma Sensitive Learning EnvironmentOnline version Match the 6 strategies that we have previously discussed in our Trauma Tidbit sessions. by Whitney Jones 1 Attend to Your Relationships 2 Doors and Windows 3 Forget Labels, Remember Influence 4 It's Not About You 5 Stay Out of Oz 6 Stay True to Your Cement Shoes Student's actions and behaviors are primarily driven by an unmet need...not by the desire to push your buttons. Creating positive relationships with students is essential in order to create a trauma sensitive classroom. When you find yourself facing a situation in which options are limited, widen your peripheral vision. Recognize what you cannot control and remind yourself of what you can influence to make your student's lives that much better. Keeps you grounded to your core beliefs, your integrity, and your life's mission A child creates a tornado-some sort of disruption to the learning environment-and you get sucked in too.
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