The Power of 3: ATrauma-Informed Approach to Dial Down Reaction

"Reaction provides more than the sense that there's something we can do when we don't know what else to do. It's also a discharge behavior that relieves unpleasant physical sensations and emotions, especially anxiety and fear. This information explains a lot of what was behind the "seens" in Section 8C. Behavioral reflection didn't come easily to them. When reviewing a situation with a student, there was always a justified reason to blame behavior on what so and so did to force "me to do what I did, which I didn't do" or else I'd hear the perennial, "You're always accusing me!" They much preferred the safety of what they knew—default reaction....

"In the next post in this series, I'll continue with a strategy designed to empathize with students."

http://www.wholechildeducation.org/blog/the-power-of-3-a-trauma-informed-approach-to-dial-down-reaction

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