Teaching SWEET (Students Who Have Experienced Extreme Trauma)

• Main Author: Averill, Mavis J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons@Georgia Southern 2017
• Subjects: Trauma-informed teaching; Kearning; Healing; School design; Stories; Curriculum and Instruction; Curriculum and Social Inquiry; Disability and Equity in Education; First Nations; inuit
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2017/2017/4; https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/context/nyar_savannah/article/1677/viewcontent/Teaching_SWEET___Averill___Tang.pdf

High school youth who live in the inner city, many of First Nations, Metis and Inuit (FNMI) descent, have traditionally had struggles within school systems. Many have had a great deal of personal trauma in their lives. This presentation subscribes to the idea that the trauma they have experienced has affected them in a way, which compromises learning and causes students to be continually distracted from their classroom lessons. The presentation will illustrate how to work with these youth using trauma-informed teaching practices to support their emotional, behavioural, mental and spiritual well being.