Applying Trauma-Sensitive Practices in School Counseling

Stacey Rawson, MA, is a practicing school counselor in eastern Washington and an adjunct instructor at Gonzaga University and Eastern Washington University. She has nearly a decade of experience counseling students with trauma and implementing tiered-intervention counseling programs. Stacey holds an MA in counseling from the University of San Diego and is a credentialed school counselor in both California and Washington.

1: Introuduction Section 1:Understand the Impact of Childhood Trauma on Student Learning and Child Development 2. The ACES Study: Lasting Effects from Childhood Trauma 3. Neurobiology and Learning: How Trauma Changes the Developing Brain 4. Mental Health: What's Beneath the Symptoms 5. The Role of a Trauma-Sensitive School Counselor Section II: Develop Trauma-Sensitivity Schoolwide: Support ALL Students to Reach those with ACEs 6. Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Reframing the “Why” not the “How” 7. Schoolwide Programs that Align with Trauma-Sensitive Philosophy Section III:Implement School Counseling Strategies to Support Studentis with ACEs: The TSC Model 8. Developing TSC 9. Tiered Interventions: Putting it All Together 10. Self-Regulation: Developing Strategies Through Skill-Building Lessons 11. Creating Connectedness: Caring Matters 12. Conclusion: Next Steps for Counselor Leaders