Effective Behavioral Supports in WI

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Good Morning AGP,

I like to refer to charts like this often to remind myself that some of the behaviors we see as teachers could be due to students’ trauma histories. Although a trauma history may not always be the cause, there is often no way of knowing, which is why our responses should always be sensitive to the possibility.

When a child with a trauma history is triggered by a real or perceived threat, the survival instincts of fight, flight, or freeze responses could be activated. During fight, flight, or freeze, the neocortex part of the brain that controls language, reasoning, planning, and reflection are not accessible.

Three actions to keep in mind if you think a student may be operating from the primitive part of the brain are: validate, mirror, and emphasize. Validation takes practice, as it is often our instinct to say “it’s ok”, or “no, you’re really good at this”. A child in fight, flight, or freeze needs validation for how they are feeling in the moment before they can regulate and access the part of the brain where reasoning occurs.

Later I’ll post a video about how to validate, mirror, and emphasize.

- A Teacher at Ana’s School

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