This blog post explores six effective strategies for building and maintaining a trauma-informed classroom. Nicolette Lesniak provides practical examples of how these strategies are implemented in my classroom and guiding questions to support you in implementing them in your classroom to create a space of healing and growth.

Trauma in special education requires teachers to look beyond the surface and understand that students' behaviors and reactions may be rooted in more profound experiences than we can't see. The students in our classrooms who are “acting out” might be struggling with learning challenges compounded with their traumatic experiences, making the learning environment both a potential place of refuge and a minefield of triggers.