QUESTIONS
Question 1
In the article “The Future of Healing: Shifting from Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement” by Shawn Ginright, Ph.D., trauma informed care is described as (check all that apply):
Select one or more;
- a set of principles that guide and direct how we view the impact of severe harm on young people’s mental, physical and emotional health
- harsh discipline
- possible therapy or counselling to support the restoration of that student’s well-being
- care that encourages support and treatment to the whole person, rather than focus on only treating individual symptoms or specific behaviors
- an important approach in schools and agencies that serve young people who have been exposed to trauma
- possibly akin to saying, “you are the worst thing that ever happened to you.”
- potentially deficit based, rather than asset driven strategies to support young people who have been harmed
Question 2
Healing Centered Engagement, as described by Dr. Ginright, (check all that apply):
Select one or more;
- Is culturally grounded and views healing as the restoration of identity
- Supports adult providers with their own healing
- Is strength based, advances a collective view of healing, and re-centers culture as a central feature in well-being
- Is political
- Comes from the idea that people are not harmed in a vacuum, and well-being comes from participating in transforming the root causes of the harm within institutions
- Is clinical
- Involves the ability to acknowledge the harm and injury, but not be defined by it
- Is an asset driven approach aimed at the holistic restoration of young peoples’ well-being
- Views those exposed to trauma as agents in the creation of their own well-being rather than victims of traumatic events.
- Is a tectonic shift in how we view trauma, its causes and its intervention
- Requires a different question that moves beyond “what happened to you” to “what’s right with you”
Question 3
In the first video, needs of students include (check all that apply):
Select one or more;
- Feeling loved and nurtured
- Safety
- Activation of social connectedness
- Encouragement
- Affirmation
- Activation of cognitive skills
- Acceptance
- Sense of belonging
- Community
Question 4
Fill in the blank for this statement from the first video: “When we feel we don’t belong, our brains naturally monitor for ___________, leaving fewer cognitive resources for higher-ordered thinking.”
Question 5
From the first video, please complete another sentence: “Academic assignments that draw on students’ experiences decrease __________ load and make learning easier.”
Question 6
In her TEDTalk “School suspensions are an adult behavior”, Rosemarie Allen states that the key is for us to be _______
Question 7
In the article “How Teachers Can Use Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Practices to Support their Students” by P. Desai, the brain and body in fight/flight/freeze mode include (check all that apply):
Select one or more:
- Turning off of the academic (upstairs) brain
- Eyes dilating
- Cortisol acting like poison to a developing brain
- Sweaty palms
- Inaccessibility executive functioning and higher-ordered thinking
- Muscles contracting
- Improved problem solving
- Sensitization of the amygdala
- Cortisol, adrenaline, and stress hormones flooding the brain
- Increased heart rate
Question 8
A brief elevation of cortisol, according to the article “How Teachers Can Use Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Practices to Support their Students” by P. Desai, can help us perform better.
Select one:
- True
- False
Question 9
In the article “How Teachers Can Use Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Practices to Support their Students” by P. Desai, Eric Jensen, author of Teaching with Poverty in Mind, is quoted as saying: “The brain that is susceptible to adverse environmental effects is _________ susceptible to positive, enriching effects.”
Question 10
Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot interchanges “respect” with “civility”.
Select one:
- True
- False
ANSWERS
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Question 1
In the article “The Future of Healing: Shifting from Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement” by Shawn Ginright, Ph.D., trauma informed care is described as (check all that apply):
Select one or more;
- a set of principles that guide and direct how we view the impact of severe harm on young people’s mental, physical and emotional health
- harsh discipline
- possible therapy or counselling to support the restoration of that student’s well-being
- care that encourages support and treatment to the whole person, rather than focus on only treating individual symptoms or specific behaviors
Question 2
Healing Centered Engagement, as described by Dr. Ginright, (check all that apply):
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