Trauma Awareness within the PBIS Framework

Who Should Participate

Any individual including teachers, family members, administrators, mental health professionals, clinicians, social workers, psychologists, or other school personnel. District and school-based teams are also welcome to participate in the training as a group.

Objectives

• Know how trauma-informed practices fit within a three-tiered framework

• Articulate the definition of trauma

• Describe the stress response and what it could look like in the classroom

• Describe "downstairs brain" and provide examples

• Know the importance of setting up routines in the classroom for regulation, relationships, and self-awareness

• Understand the 3 R's (regulate, relate, reason) when interacting with youth