Strong relationships and supportive conditions can offset the effects of trauma on learning and behavior¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 2022 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Evidence from the science of learning indicates that strong relationships and supportive conditions can offset the effects of trauma on learning and behavior and can support growth. → Cookson 2022

Evidence¶

Cookson 2022¶

Cookson, P. W., Jr., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2022). Building school communities for students living in deep poverty. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/121.698

q1 · i? · review · r2

The report asserts, citing the science of learning without printing a specific study, that "strong relationships and supportive conditions can offset the effects of trauma on learning and behavior". It offers no effect size or test statistic for this claim.

"Evidence from the science of learning has found that strong relationships and supportive conditions can offset the effects of trauma on learning and behavior and can support growth."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Adverse Experiences — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
• Social Supports — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

Related Claims¶

• Trauma-informed practices such as safe environments and positive relationships can mitigate the effects of trauma and promote resilience — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Positive learning communities and collaborative social interaction drive learning — related
• Co-regulation strategies were reported to create a safe, positive classroom climate and to help youth manage emotions — related
• Quality of staff-student and staff-parent relationships most strongly defines safe schools, with disadvantaged high-relationship schools feeling safer than advantaged low-relationship schools — related
• Intensive remediation alone will not meet students' needs and, if segregating and stigmatizing, can deepen inequality and trauma — related
• Positive school-based relationships support secondary students' learning and well-being, especially for youth experiencing poverty, trauma, and discrimination — a broader claim this one bears on
• An open classroom climate at school can partially compensate for the disadvantages of young people with low socioeconomic status — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Many students and staff will return to school with trauma that can adversely affect teaching and learning — related
• Adverse childhood experiences create toxic stress that impairs attention, learning, and behavior, and school responses can magnify or buffer the harm — related