Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD), in educational environment may reflect in a learner response that is hypervigilant to protect from any pain that could be associated with triggers. during time on spending time slated for achievement of education. PTSD could be related to physical, emotional childhood or during adulthood the abusive behaviors that may not have been assessed or diagnosed in our diverse student population. Some students may isolate themselves to protect them from further stress that associate them with their past experiences. Student learner peer groups may distort and manipulate the responses, of PTSD suffering learner and inflict emotional pain with or without intent.
In instructor role, through appropriate therapeutic communication, in non judgmental manner a SBAR tool could be used fro cause root analysis to assess the situation, background, assessment . A PTSD learner, often may adopt a defense mechanism to cope with the sporadic poking, gossiping by non PTSD learners. A student with PTSD, in a learner role, may see all the efforts in vain to achieve the desired education, when the group has non acceptance of such student.
