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Publication Date: 2023-Apr
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Transforming Trauma-Informed Understanding into Trauma-Informed Practice: The Reflective Circle Education Model
Southall, Anne E.; Baxter, Lindy P.; Gardner, Fiona
Australian Journal of Education, v67 n1 p62-75 Apr 2023
Trauma-informed practice in education applies neuroscientific knowledge of the profound impact of early childhood trauma on learning and emphasises the central role of the student-teacher relationship in recovery. In adopting trauma-informed understandings, teachers are required to change their current practices and strengthen their relationships with their students. This often requires a reassessment of the beliefs and values informing their practice and relationships and insight into alternate ways of responding. While recommendations in the trauma-informed education literature emphasise the need for schools to support teachers in this deeply reflective work, it is rarely included in implementation practices. This study trials a form of critical reflection, the Reflective Circle Education Model (RCEM), with a group of six teachers in a school in Victoria Australia over a school year. Teacher perspectives on the value of the RECM model to support trauma-informed practice are then discussed.
Descriptors: Trauma, Trauma Informed Approach, Comprehension, Educational Practices, Neurosciences, Early Experience, Models, Foreign Countries, Beliefs, Teachers, Students, Learner Engagement, Reflection, Self Efficacy, Emotional Experience, Self Management, Program Effectiveness
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