The brain and body of a traumatized student

The brain and body of a traumatized student
In an interview for the Attachment and Trauma network, Joe Ristuccia of the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative explains that trauma is not an event in itself, but how we respond to that event. Traumatized students feel overwhelmed, their ability to cope dramatically undermined. Traumatic childhood experiences can lead to a cascade of social, emotional, and cognitive difficulties, Ristuccia says, that not only impact school success but can lead to high-risk behaviors, such as substance abuse, sexual promiscuity, cutting, eating disorders, and other difficulties. Neurobiologically, students with significant traumatic experience are impacted in brain systems that control language, memory, and specifically, sequential memory. Trauma response in the limbic system lives in the primitive part of the brain, which is more reactive, so often students with significant traumatic experience come to school and aren't operating from the thoughtful part of the brain, they're operating from the reactive part. In addition, students with significant traumatic experience are often on a daily rollercoaster of stress hormone injection into their bloodstream, which impacts their ability to focus, as well as their behavior and presentation. More

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Los Angeles Education Partnership (LAEP) is an education support organization that works as a collaborative partner in high-poverty communities.

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