Creating Safe, Secure, and Trauma-Informed Classrooms Through PBIS

The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration defines trauma as the response to an “event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful, or life threatening, and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being.” Trauma can result from a single event or it can result from multiple traumatic events over time. Potential traumatic events include, but are not limited to accidents, child abuse and neglect, bullying, medical illness, parent/caregiver death, inconsistent parenting due to mental health/alcohol or drug issues and more. The sad fact is that educators are becoming more and more familiar with trauma in the classroom because we are seeing it more often in the students we serve. Today we'll discuss how specific PBIS classroom practices can help us create a system of support that is ready to address these needs. Co-Hosts: Heidi Kerchenski and Mike Kaschak, SST8 Educational Consultants Additional Resources: Trauma Aligned Classroom Practices Crosswalk-Midwest PBIS Integrating a Trauma Informed Approach Within a PBIS Framework SST8 Canvas Catalogue: PBIS Effective Classroom Practices (free account required)