When Learning is Trauma: Takeaways
WEEK 1: Reading & Trauma with Dr. Steve Dykstra
“When teachers build relationships with those students who are the most challenging, you never know who is being impacted-for life.”
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WEEK 2: Reading Pains with Hilderbrand Pelzer III
“We should take lessons from our students who are incarcerated and glean information on how better to teach. Anyone in teacher training should spend time teaching or working with incarcerated youth.”
WEEK 3: Going Through Life With Learning Difficulties with Rosalin Abigail Kyere-Nartey
“You only need one person to believe in you!”
WEEK 4: Emotionally Safe Learning Environments with Lenore Hall
“It is time to stop “blaming” the student for their lack of growth, take a step back, and reflect on our teaching.”
WEEK 5: Learning to Read is Not Enough for Dyslexics with Don Winn
“Anxiety brings out a new level of symptoms that impact learning.”
WEEK 6: When Equality of Opportunity Became An Opportunity for Quality with Martin Bloomfield
“We have been “trained out of asking “why?” We must ask “why” and listen to the responses.”
WEEK 7: The Cost of Delaying Diagnosis with Ashley Sullivan Roberts
“The cost of delaying diagnosis is not just financial.”
WEEK 8: When Learning is Trauma with Amy Marhaba
“Document. Document. Document.”
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WEEK 9: The Importance of Advocacy to Avoid Trauma in Education with Colleen Tralongo
“Educational trauma is one that if not addressed can last a lifetime, for both the child, the child’s advocate, & the family & society at large.”
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WEEK 10: A Conversation w/ Dr. Neil Alexander-Passe
“Childhood trauma from school is real; however, to overcome challenges, students need to see themselves not as broken "vases" but instead use the past to create a new "vase" or a mosaic from the fractured pieces.”
