Trauma Informed Foundation
This classroom management approach is a lens which focuses on understanding students past experiences.
What is a trauma-informed approach?
The book emphasizes these as ways to build rapport.
What is daily check-ins, consistency, empathy and boundaries.
The book suggests limiting class expectations to this many positively stated behaviours.
What are three to five?
The book ties trauma‑informed practices with this three-tiered support approach.
What is MTSS (Multi‑Tiered Systems of Support)
Establishing and teaching these at the start of the year helps students know what’s expected in everyday classroom activities.
What are classroom routines?
Trauma-informed practices means shifting the question from "what's wrong with this kid?" to _________.
What is "what happened and how can I support them?"
The book highlights that students dealing with trauma need their teacher to see them as _______.
What is not just a problem.
A teacher should deliver this type of reinforcement four times for every corrective feedback given, known as this ratio.
What is the 4:1 ratio?
The final chapter provides these “closing thoughts” meant to plot a proactive path toward teacher resilience.
What is self‑care?
This term refers to predictable patterns in the classroom that reduce anxiety for students affected by trauma.
What is structure?
A trauma-informed approach involves the use of many tools this one helps us with the trigger, behaviour and consequences.
What is the ABC chain.
Rapport, expectations, and reinforcement together help establish this environment, impacting student achievement.
What is a positive classroom climate?
Trauma-informed teachers use expectations to build _______.
What is safety and emotional growth.
Self‑care strategies should be tailored—there is no _______ preset.
What is a one-size-fits-all?
Visual schedules, posted expectations, and consistent signals are examples of this type of classroom support.
What are proactive environmental supports?