Join us for this FREE online event
Trauma-Informed Strategies for Teaching and Learning:
Creating a Culture of Belonging, Fostering Retention,
and Increasing Degree Completion
A series of interactive workshops and conversations designed to introduce participants to the principles of trauma-informed care (TIC) and help them discover ways to infuse the principles in their learning environments.
This timely opportunity offers critical insights and brings fresh perspectives to
faculty preparing course assignments and administrators writing policy and developing
programming for spring semester.
Furthermore, with recent spikes in and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need
for a trauma-informed faculty and staff is more urgent than ever.
Why take a trauma-informed approach to teaching and learning?
Studies show that 66% to 85% of youth report lifetime traumatic event exposure by the time they reach college (Frazier et al., 2009; Read, Ouimette, White, Colder, & Farrow, 2011; Smyth, Hockemeyer, Heron, Wonderlich, & Pennebaker, 2008), and that as many as 50% of students are exposed to a potentially traumatic event in their first year of college (Galatzer-Levy et al., 2012).
ACEs and trauma are not destiny.
Practices developed through a trauma-informed framework promote resilience and help
build skills and networks that serve as protective factors for students who have experienced
trauma and can increase the likelihood that they remain in college (Davidson, 2018;
Boyraz et. al, 2013).