More than a third of students from low鈥慽ncome households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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We all know the student, the one whose stress response goes from zero to 100 at seemingly small triggers; whose defiant moments test the teacher鈥檚 hourly resolve; and whose initial resistance towards a classroom task can lead to the tanking of an entire school day.
By incorporating somatosensory activities in a relationally mediated way, students will have more opportunities to experience a regulated body. (Perry, 2009). An individual student鈥檚 trauma history can dramatically influence classroom group behaviors, given the considerable relational and regulatory deficits that can occur because of trauma鈥檚 effects on unmet developmental needs.
My students need a classroom space that is setup in a therapeutic manner, provides adequate space, and is multi-sensory.
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We all know the student, the one whose stress response goes from zero to 100 at seemingly small triggers; whose defiant moments test the teacher鈥檚 hourly resolve; and whose initial resistance towards a classroom task can lead to the tanking of an entire school day.
By incorporating somatosensory activities in a relationally mediated way, students will have more opportunities to experience a regulated body. (Perry, 2009). An individual student鈥檚 trauma history can dramatically influence classroom group behaviors, given the considerable relational and regulatory deficits that can occur because of trauma鈥檚 effects on unmet developmental needs.
My students need a classroom space that is setup in a therapeutic manner, provides adequate space, and is multi-sensory.