Adapt instructional practices to be trauma-informed | TRA-5300-Trauma-Informed Strategies for Educational Environments | Northcentral University

Reflect on instructional strategies and practices you are currently familiar with. Examples include asking students to “find a partner” to complete a worksheet with, organizing students into small groups to conduct an experiment, lecturing students on specific content, reading aloud to students, and using a protocol such as Socratic seminar or peer critique.

Consider describing the educational setting (preferably early childhood, K-3), along with three strategies For example, if this is your classroom, identify yourself as the educator and describe your instructional strategies. Then, consider adjustments to these strategies which would enhance student agency and learner empowerment.

Consider how you would describe how learner empowerment supports students who have experienced trauma. See attached format.