Trauma-Informed and Healing Centered Pedagogy
Trauma Aware teaching and Trauma-Informed pedagogy are educational practices that place emphasis on how student learning is often negatively impacted by traumas such as witnessing violent incidents, abuse, sexual violence, poverty, racism or a global pandemic like the COVID-19 crisis. The readings selected here offer various perspectives on trauma-informed and aware teaching:
- Yes, You Can Do Trauma-Informed Teaching Remotely (and You Really, Really Should) - Education Week.pdf
- Trauma-Informed Practices for Post Secondary Education A Guide 28 pages Education Northwest.pdf
- Carter: Teaching-with-Trauma-Disability-Pedagogy-Feminism-and-the-Trigger-Warnings-Debate.pdf
- Trauma-Informed College Care.pdf
- Feminist Pedagogy in a Time of Coronavirus Pandemic (1).pdf
On Healing Centered Pedagogy:
For more information on Trauma Aware teaching and Trauma-Informed pedagogy we recommend:
- Dr. Cathy Davidson’s "The Single Most Essential Requirement in Designing a Fall Online Course"
- Reviewing the University of Buffalo School of Social Work's website on Trauma Informed Teaching
- Watching this 16 min TEDx talk by Dr. Meredith Fox on Trauma Informed Teaching
- Watching this panel discussion on Difficult Knowledge, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, and Safe-ish Spaces at UC Berkeley
- Reading "Teaching with Trauma: Trigger Warnings, Feminism, and Disability Pedagogy" (pdf)
