Trauma and Adversity
Percent of children under the age of 6 that have experienced trauma in the US before the pandemic
What is 50%
How many neurosynaptic connectors are being built every second in a child's brain under the age of 6?
What is 1 million.
The number one pathway to buffer a child's traumatic stress is?
What is an attuned relationship.
Why does SEL not work when children are in their hind and survival brain?
Their cortex is not open for business.
Why are memories not stored with words for young children?
Because the hippocampus is not fully developed (responsible for memories).
Number of children in preschool that are expelled from school each day in the United States (before pandemic)?
What is 250.
Do you need to know the child's trauma history to help them?
What is NO!
T or F: One strategy works to heal a child's trauma.
F: Multiple strategies over time help to rewire the brain to feeling safe and regulated.
What part of the brain is shut down when a child is dysregulated?
What is the cortex.
Name one thing you can say to children who are triggered in the moment.
What is "you are safe" or "you are here now and there is nothing dangerous."
Percent of adults who have experienced trauma in the United States by the time they reach 18?
What is 70%
Brains can change across a lifetime with a concept called...
What is neuroplasticity
What part of the brain is a teacher in when they are triggered and become dysregulated?
What is Hind/Survival/Reactive Brain
What part of the brain is responsible for relationships and emotions?
What is the limbic brain.
Name 1-6 environment strategies.
Olfactory, Tactile, Vestibular, Proprioceptive, Oral, Auditory, Nature, Visual
ACE Stands For?
What is Adverse Childhood Experiences
We can carry trauma epigentically from one generation to the next. But the good news is we also carry sources of ________ in our DNA.
What is strengths and/or resilience.
Where can a child go in a classroom when they become dysregulated?
What is a safe zone, space, zen zone, calming corner, reset space.
What part of the brain is the almond shape device acting like the alarm center?
What is the amygdala.
Name one transition strategy that helps keep kids in the window of regulation.
Reduce number of transitions
Create routines or rituals for each
Provide visual or auditory clues
Provide individual support
Trauma is Defined by the individual's ___________, not by the event.
What is nervous system/sensory system
The goal is to keep children in the Window of ________, where they can think and reason.
What is Optimal Zone of Regulation, Tolerance or Arousal.
This is a free technique to calm the body. It is like a remote control to regulation.
What is Breathing
What part of the brain stores all of our memories?
What is the hippocampus.
Repetitive, somato (i.e. movement) sensory (sight/sound/touch etc.) activities stimulate the brain’s core regulatory networks and help children calm their stress response systems when dysregulated