Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Literacy
Bonnie Stright
How can literacy
act as a tool to
empower
students’ mental
health through
trauma-informed
practice?
Prevalence
Effects
Trauma-Informed Education
Empowerment through Literacy
Critiques & Concerns
Resources
References
1. Realizing the widespread impact of trauma & paths for
recovery
2. Recognizing the signs & symptoms of trauma
3. Responding by integrating knowledge on trauma into
policies, practices, procedures
4. Seeking to actively resist re-traumatization
(NCTIC, 2015)
Realizing
Prevalence
Realizing
Effects
Recognizing
A • Perpetuated harm
C • Referrals to special education
A • Emotional/behavioral or conduct
D disorder diagnoses
E • Punishment by zero-tolerance policies
M • Push out into the school to prison
I pipeline
C (Morris, 2018)
Responding
Trauma-Informed Education
Responding
(Dutro, 2019)
Responding
(Campano, 2007)
Responding
Proactive Change
Resisting