This book details an individualised approach to teaching traumatised students. While being trauma informed is an approach gaining interest in the field of education, frameworks that can respond to the individual nature of traumatic experience and explicitly describe responses that open pathways for learning remain a gap in the literature. This…

While education seeks to develop academic knowledge, there too lies the need for children and young people's personal, social, emotional, and ethical needs to be met, to develop confidence and autonomy. With ongoing austerity and the closure of universal services such as Children Centres, there is an ever-increasing need for schools to become…

The high prevalence of trauma world-wide is such that speech-language pathologists are likely to support clients across the lifespan with experiences of trauma, such as abuse, neglect, intergenerational and racial trauma, and exposure to structural and systemic violence. Trauma can affect peoples' neurobiology and can also impact cognitive,…

This review aims to provide a current, systematic overview of research over the past decade in the context of school-related trauma-studies to understand research-related approaches of school-based trauma pedagogy. To address this question, a systematic review was conducted. A total of 443 articles was selected from four databases driven by…

In higher education environments, there is a high probability that some learners will have lived experience of conflict, violence, terrorism, forced exile, climate-related natural disasters and other significant human rights events. Human rights education (HRE) typically engages learners with these and many other complex and emotionally…

Teachers are vital for the integration of immigrant, refugee and asylum-seeking students; however, they are not often prepared or supported to meet the needs of these students. Teacher training programs rarely focus on strategies and interventions for immigrant students' needs, and even less on the special situations of refugee and asylum-seeking…

This study explores the role of creative arts in professional learning through a trauma-informed education (TIE) event for mentor and pre-service teachers. TIE requires educators to make complex relational shifts with students and to cultivate classrooms that promote safety, empathy, and empowerment. The professional learning event integrated…

The authors, a museum educator and a psychiatrist, present a case study of their collaborative work to develop museum experiences for trauma survivors participating in an outpatient treatment program that uses Cognitive Processing Therapy. The thesis behind the program, now in its eighth year, was that an art museum experience could be designed to…

Principal Salome Thomas-EL is "crazy about the kids" in his school. He's "curious about them and the lives they lead" at home and in the community. He is committed to being a "consistent adult" they can rely on and to maintaining a "culture of love and support for every child." In this inspirational and…

This paper explores the evolving role of trauma in history education, particularly within the context of the Council of Europe's vision of 'understanding the past as vital for a shared future'. The rise of memory studies and remembrance culture in Europe has shifted the focus from impersonal historical events to more personal microhistories and…

This case study explores a seven-year-old child's fears of gun violence expressed through drawings and writings during two literacy lessons in a public American school. The child's artwork and writing revealed a profound fear of attending school due to the possibility of being killed. This study raises critical questions: Should children's…

This academic book delves into the powerful impact of the Clemente program in Australia, focusing on individuals facing various disadvantages. Through partnerships with community organisations, municipal governments, and human service organizations -- the Australian Catholic University and, in Ballarat, Federation University Australia -- the…

While Southeast Asian countries are gearing up toward being internationally recognizable in their economics, tourism, education, and their English proficiency competitiveness, refugee-background populations are often minoritized. Traumatic past and forced migration make refugee-background students different from traditional students. It is vital…

Refugee children are a significant part of contemporary Canadian classrooms. Children who have fled their homes as refugees have experienced trauma and bear the effects of it socially, emotionally and academically. My study identifies trauma-sensitive strategies that music educators in Ontario are using to support refugee students from…

"Exploring Best Practices in Trauma-Informed Teaching and Therapeutic Approaches in Art Education" will address how applying trauma-informed teaching and therapeutic approaches within the art classroom will help students form positive behaviors and coping mechanisms to deal with trauma. Multiple art educators from varying backgrounds and…