Derek Place

How can educators help students recognize and identify trusted adults in their school community?

Trauma truly can impact the body physically and emotionally.  Teachers should be aware of both.  This will allow teachers to help support students more effectively.

Vicarious trauma is interesting to me.  I have never thought about the fact that those who work closely with people who are going through trauma and dealing with trauma can actually be experiencing trauma themselves.

Trauma creates many responses in children.  The fawn response was new to me,.  I have always heard of Fight or flight.  I can understand freeze, but Fawn was new to me.  I can see it now that it has been explained to me.  We see students like this.  I did associate it with a trauma response until now.

Some of the students that I work with in high school are over 18. They haven't graduated yet, but they are considered adults.  Are teachers still required to reposrt situations of students that are in unhealthy situations if they are already 18 years of age?  

As teachers we are going to encounter students that have suffered situations that cause them trauma and PTDS.  It is important that we support them, but also keep in mind important boundaries that need to be in place.  Boundaries are important for teachers ans for students.  It is important for teachers to teach students about boundaries.  Also, teacher need to understand they are mandatory reporters.  If a students share infomration regarding abuse, teacher must report it.