Trauma-Informed Practices for Higher Education

Addresses the prevalence and impact of trauma among LGBTQ youth, what it means to adopt a trauma-informed approach, and why a trauma-informed approach is needed.

Offers a framework for implementing a trauma-informed approach agencywide or schoolwide across six key domains; (2) specific strategies for adopting a trauma-informed approach for LGBTQ youth within each domain; and (3) steps that organizations and schools can take to support trauma-informed systems change that benefits all, including LGBTQ youth.

Examines the literature on how trauma experienced at the individual-level is influenced by trauma experienced at the community-level. Explains the Social Ecological Model which indicates individual trauma cannot be addressed without addressing community-level factors, including housing, education, and employment opportunities.

Includes discussion of long-term impact on academics and other tasks that require higher-level thinking and
feeling.

In this 15 minute video, pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.

This 34-min. video is designed to help K-12 teachers understand the impact of trauma on children and learning, with some special attention to COVID.