Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Origin: ED130
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Teaching Students with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder --> Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
PTSD can come from many various things and not just experiences from the military.
PTSD is a condition that is caused by significant trauma that causes stress in the individual experiencing it. It can present as anxiety, inability to sleep, depression, trouble breathing, and panic. As well as it can cause psychological issues like inability to concentrate, bursts of anger and a general inability to function in society.
People with PTSD struggle to maintain relationships and consistent work. They may have low self-esteem and continually fail to succeed. Children with PTSD can carry that trauma into adulthood and struggle their whole life.
People who have experienced PTSD can become withdrawn from society and afraid to participate in life.
I plan to use this knowledge to assess whether people I am teaching that are struggling with attendance and participation may have experienced trauma and may need some additional support. It is important to listen and not judge. You never know what someone may be experiencing at home or in relationship.
ptsd is common and what to look for.
Understanding the different ways that a student could be dealing with PTSD is helpful.
Understanding that some students are impacted by PTSD and may react differently because of that helps to prepare educators for situations such as these.
PTSD is becoming more common by the day
Recognizing the high prevalence of PTSD in the community, and advocating for interventions early is super important.
Again the incoming student should seek help before entering this profession.
Seek help before entering this profession.
Students entering the nursing profession with known PTSD should seek assistance and help for this diagnosis. Nursing school is hard and requires intense studying and dedication. We should encourage them not to add to the stress and problems that may accompany this field of profession.
I learned that PTSD is not specific to certain groups and can happen to anyone.
I learned the percentage of young children exposed to traumatic events.
The only thing I really learned was percentages.
I am surprised at the percentage of young children exposed to traumatic events. It explains the percentage of children with SI ot acts
I larned this is much more common in children than I originally thought.
What I have learned from this is that there is a lot of people have experienced PTSD and that's it's not just in Military it can be in a wide variety of different people.
I enrolled in this course specifically to support an incoming student with a known PTSD diagnosis. I have known this student for some time and not really understood how their diagnosis showed up in school as it didn't fit the classic "panic attack/flashback" symptoms I'd always known of for PTSD. Knowing that the sleep difficulties go hand in hand with symptoms now, it makes a lot more sense that the student is chronically late in the mornings. Other difficulties that have tracked with this student's life pre-diagnosis fit into the puzzle of symptoms. I am hoping as I progress I will be able to glean real strategies to help them succeed in my CTE course, or at the very least be able to engage on terms comfortable for them.
It is important to understand the various factors that lead to the development of PTSD and how it affects all ages. It is also important to be aware of how PTSD affects children versus adults.
This is a common symptom in the diseased world in which we live.
