Creating Adversity-Aware Schools: Trauma-Informed Tools and Strategies from Educators with Lived Experience
English
By (author): Sophie Tales
The impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences lie behind many of the most common and bewildering classroom challenges today.
Understanding the why behind students' behaviour can be transformative in shifting school behaviour, as well as the welfare of your students. This book is grounded in the lived experiences of educators who overcame challenges in early life. It combines their insights with easy to implement tools, worksheets and resources drawing on proven Restorative Practice, Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approaches. It will provide you with a fresh perspective - to see what is really going on in your classroom - and will give you the confidence to provide the support your students really need in order to thrive.
Whether you are a school leader, teacher or classroom assistant; primary or secondary; in mainstream, SEND or alternative provision, this book will help you to create positive change.