Supporting Students with PTSD | Origin: ED130
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Teaching Students with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder --> Supporting Students with PTSD
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I was not aware of the number of students who have a learning disability. I do appreciate that students are encouraged to advocate for themselves.
Persons experiencing PTSD are more likely to isolate themselves, while feeling more insecure with how they are thinking and feeling at the time.
Person with PTSD should have additional support
A student improvement plan from HS can bean important tool to assist students with PTSD.
What I have learned is that even though IEP are not used in college but it is helpful knowing what disability's my students have so I can find a way to help them.
IEPs do not follow students past their graduation date, but can be a useful document in demonstrable strategies that assisted the student while in their K-12 environment. I find it disturbing that so much onus is on the student to request accommodations in the post-secondary environment when there was a clear need that should follow them. Many students likely struggle with the executive function to jump through these hoops and need to feel clear support in transitioning to the post-secondary environment.
It is helpful to know that even though the IEP is not used past high school, it can still be referred to to determine what helped before that may be helpful as the student navigates college.
I learned that students with PTSD may struggle with focus, anxiety, and emotional triggers in the classroom. I plan to create a supportive, trauma-sensitive environment with flexibility and understanding to help them feel safe and succeed.
This module helps me reflect on the practices in our institution, and how we might adjust or attempt to better support our student body, especially with regards to the processes in place and mentorship, rather than self-navigation.
This module helps with identifying students who are dealing with PTSD. As an instructor identifying this early can aid in students' overall success.
It is good that an IEP can be put into place for k-12 up until the age 21, however it is a bit tougher when the attend the Colleges forward and needs to be worked with HR to ensure proper care is being taken for the student wherever needed.
Programs exist to assist students with PTSD or TBI. Instructors need to make such students feel welcome in the classroom.
I learned that PTSD is a mental disorder and students who have this need to register through the Student Services department to alert instructors and get awarded accomodations. All students with a learning disability should be encouraged to report it so teachers can work with them.
Teaching students with PSTD and all the ways we can help them to get support through the school.
Nobody should lose out on an opportunity to learn solely due to a disability.
Learning that TBI's are the leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. was surprising. I would have thought cancer, heart isssues, etc. Depression being the leading symptom of TBI's is something I have already noticed in some of my students. The course is helping identify ways to support these folks the best I can so they can have a successful experience at my school.
Understanding the role of an IEP in career education is very important. I can see how it can be helpful to use an IEP as more information to understand what students have had and needed in the past can. Knowing what is available to help students with PTSD is reassuring to me.
Supporting students with PTSD in the classroom requires establishing a safe and predictable environment and it can be helpful to assign a student a mentor
I did not realize that if we have access to a student's IEP, we can still use the development of that to apply appropriate accommodations for post-secondary students.
