I write and talk extensively about the impacts of trauma on learning, educational trauma, and how trauma-responsivity in teachers can provide a counter to the impacts, and interrupt cycles of harm. I learned these things largely through my own practice, and applying research and observation, but hearing how other people interpret and apply this work is a full-on blessing from the Universe.

There are many things teachers do instinctively that are helpful with regard to trauma, but we have also all been through and witnessed educational harm. Our own educational journey is usually where we learned our default habits, reactions, and behaviors whether we enjoyed that journey or not. This episode’s guests and I have a warm and loving conversation about kindness, trust, and how experiencing those things for ourselves brings home how important it is to offer them to students.

References

Building a Trauma-Responsive Educational Practice: Lessons from a Corrections Classroom (Daniels, 2022)

Galactic Cow, S2E1 with Dr. Cate Denial - Kindness, Learning, and Higher Ed

Jenn Brazleton, on the interwebs

Show Notes

theme music: composed and performed by Alden Zac (here, here, here) thanks friend!

editing & production: emareena (who is relieved this is mostly listenable)

logo: emareena, who loves Galactica very much

website: galacticcow.com and, occasionally, on the blog