Trauma Informed Teaching

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Trauma-Informed_Teaching_Assessment

Please answer any one of the following in the Forum:

  1. Explain why an awareness of trauma-sensitive teaching is useful and important for all yoga teachers.
  2. Describe the heart of trauma-sensitive teaching and provide trauma-sensitive teaching guidelines.
  3. Discuss the difference in approach when moving about the classroom in more common teaching vs. trauma-sensitive teaching.
  4. Provide considerations for verbalizing.
  5. Discuss touch from a trauma-sensitive perspective.
  6. Describe how to avoid causing common triggers.
  7. Explain clues that may indicate a student is being triggered and how you might respond.
  8. Give trauma-sensitive considerations related to Savasana.

In this lesson, we apply knowledge of trauma effects to help identify triggers and to optimize teaching using a trauma-sensitive approach.

Objective

Become familiar with foundational considerations related to trauma-sensitive teaching and review specific tactics for promoting emotional and psychological safety in the classroom.

Description

Explain why an awareness of trauma-sensitive teaching is useful and important for all yoga teachers. Describe the heart of trauma-sensitive teaching and provide trauma-sensitive teaching guidelines. Discuss the difference in approach when moving about the classroom in more common teaching vs. trauma-sensitive teaching. Provide considerations for verbalizing. Discuss touch from a trauma-sensitive perspective. Describe how to avoid causing common triggers. Explain clues that may indicate a student is being triggered and how you might respond. Give trauma-sensitive considerations related to Savasana.