Trauma Basics
This term refers to a deeply distressing or disturbing experience that can affect a person’s mental, emotional, or physical well-being.
What is trauma?
Trauma can impact this ability, making it harder for students to focus or retain information.
What is concentration?
This principle focuses on creating environments where students feel physically and emotionally secure.
What is safety?
This type of language avoids blaming or judging students.
What is non-judgmental language?
Campus leaders should prioritize this when supporting students impacted by trauma.
What is student well-being?
Naming 5 things you see, 4 things you feel, etc., is this type of strategy.
What is a grounding exercise?
Students experiencing trauma may struggle with attendance, participation, or this academic outcome.
What is academic performance?
This practice involves giving students control and options in decisions affecting them.
What is empowerment (or choice)?
Instead of saying “Why didn’t you report it?”, a trauma-informed approach would say this.
What is “How can I support you?”
This approach ensures policies and practices consider the impact of trauma on students.
What is a trauma-informed approach?
True or False: Trauma only affects a person immediately after an event.
What is False?
Trauma may cause students to appear disengaged, anxious, or this commonly misunderstood behavior.
What is avoidance?
Difficulty focusing or feeling disconnected from reality can be this response.
What is dissociation?
This communication skill involves fully focusing, understanding, and responding thoughtfully.
What is active listening?
Leaders should connect students to this type of support services?
What are campus resources?
This type of trauma results from exposure to others’ traumatic experiences, often experienced by helpers or staff.
What is secondary trauma?
True or False: All students respond to trauma in the same way.
What is False?
This key principle involves being open, honest, and clear to build trust with students.
What is transparency?
True or False: The words we use can impact a student’s healing process.
What is True?
True or False: Trauma-informed care is only the responsibility of counseling staff.
What is False?
This response system in the body is often activated during trauma and includes fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.
What is the Instinctive Trauma Responses?
This refers to something that reminds a person of past trauma and causes an emotional or physical reaction.
What is a trauma trigger?
This concept encourages collaboration between staff and students rather than authority-driven interactions.
What is collaboration?
This harmful communication style can make students feel responsible for their trauma.
What is victim-blaming?
This leadership quality involves understanding and sharing the feelings of others.
What is empathy?