Date Approved

8-5-2024

Graduate Degree Type

Project

Degree Name

Education-Instruction and Curriculum: Early Childhood Education (M.Ed.)

Degree Program

College of Education

First Advisor

Sherie Klee

Academic Year

2023/2024

Abstract

Trauma exposure may have a negative impact on students within the K-12 setting. Whether through first and secondhand accounts, trauma may affect students in areas that can lead to academic, psychological, and social emotional developmental concerns. Lasting impacts of trauma can affect cognitive, affective, behavioral, psychological, relational and self-attribution domains, and can lead to psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, borderline personality disorder, depression, etc. (O’Neill et al., 2010, pg. 190). When the brain is affected by neuroanatomical and neurophysiological changes a child’s language is impaired, which affects their ability to comprehend ultimately leading to effects on a child’s ability to learn as well. The goal of this project is to increase parent and educator knowledge of trauma and trauma-informed practices designed to support all learners across all environmental settings through a seminar specifically created to house content regarding the following objectives. Parents and educators will be educated through interactive and engaging slides as noted in the appendices on what trauma is, how it looks or is presented within students, the potentially lasting effects it has on the brain development and a child’s education, and trauma-informed practices and strategies that are designed to support all in order to attempt to mitigate the effects trauma may have. Shifting the disciplinary focus from reactive and punitive to protective and trauma informed is projected to reduce the frequency and quantity of challenging or concerning behaviors, and allow for an increase in learning to occur within the K-12 school setting (McGruder, 2019).

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