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Publication Date: 2021
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Addressing Trauma in Urban Schools: Examining the Evolution and Encouraging Revolution
Feldman, Joseph L.
School Social Work Journal, v46 n1 p11-28 Fall 2021
This conceptual article examines the evolution of trauma treatment in schools--from early interventions such as cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools to more recent interventions such as trauma-informed schools--that boast schoolwide supports for students. I argue that the current conceptualization of trauma used in schools, based largely on the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, focuses on family dysfunction and overlooks systemic factors, such as racial trauma. Because this conceptualization of trauma is particularly detrimental to marginalized and vulnerable students, school social workers have an ethical responsibility to guide educators toward revolution and social justice by encouraging systemically trauma-informed practice.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Trauma, Trauma Informed Approach, Educational Change, Intervention, Family Problems, Racism, Systems Approach, School Social Workers, Social Justice, Power Structure, Disadvantaged
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Language: English
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