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Reply to "PBIS-Trauma Informed-RJ all living together?"

Hi, Leora:

Several schools in Washington State that use PBIS have incorporated trauma-informed practices. It's a good fit. Here are links to a couple of stories:

There's no such thing as a bad kid in these Spokane, WA, trauma-informed elementary schools -- Spokane, WA

Q-and-A with Suzanne Savall, principal of trauma-informed elementary school in Spokane, WA    -- Spokane, WA

What a trauma-informed approach provides that PBIS and restorative justice/practices usually don't is the attention paid to vicarious trauma of teachers & staff, to how their own behavior can contribute to inadvertently triggering a student, as well as to students whose response to trauma is to withdraw instead of act out. There's also more awareness of looking at all school policies through a trauma-informed lens, which PBIS and restorative justice/practice usually don't do. 

Cheers, Jane

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