Preventing Secondary Trauma: Supporting Staff in School
Download PDF Preventing Secondary Trauma: Supporting Staff in School Working on the front line with those who have experienced trauma and neglect, and abuse can be very challenging on both a professional and personal level. The emotional impact of caring for dysregulated children can be profound, as students with big feelings tend to generate big […]
Becoming an attachment and trauma aware school – Your school’s team for change
Download PDF Becoming an attachment and trauma aware school Your school’s team for change The most effective organisational change is led from the top. When parents and professionals describe their children having positive school experiences, they talk not only about what the school has done for their child but also more broadly about the school’s […]
Playground Policies and Negativity from Other Parents
Download PDF Playground Policies and Negativity from Other Parents Stigma surrounding adoption and care experience is not limited to children and young people. Adoptive families and other permanency families can routinely face negativity from other parents at the school gates. Adoptive parents and permanency carers face a lot of blame and judgement, as their children […]
Culturally Sensitive Communication
Download PDF Culturally Sensitive Communication Professionals in education are increasingly dealing with children with diverse cultural backgrounds, such as youngsters with a migration or refugee background. Providing this group with adequate support requires an understanding of behaviours or reactions that stem from cultural experiences and forms of culturally sensitive communication. This article explores the most […]
Encouraging participation of youth and children at schools
Download PDF Encouraging participation of youth and children at schools Education has undergone tremendous changes throughout time. It used to be that the teacher was viewed as an absolute authority who had all the knowledge, and a student’s role was simply to passively receive this information. This meant there was a clear power imbalance between […]
Multilingualism and Home Language
Download PDF Multilingualism and home language When new students come to school, we often think too quickly in what they cannot do, like “their poor knowledge of the (new) language,” forgetting that these students have already gained knowledge about a lot of things in their time before this (new) school, but in a different linguistic […]
My story is mine alone!
Download PDF My Story Is Mine Alone! Why It Is Important to Keep Private Boundaries in Mind Laws protect the right to privacy, but “privacy” is also a cultural and situated concept. Protecting this right is thus not just a legal obligation but also a pivotal relational tool for building interpersonal trust. For this reason, […]