Trauma-informed practices such as safe environments and positive relationships can mitigate the effects of trauma and promote resilience¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 2020 · checked against its sources 2026-10-17 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Trauma-informed practices, including safe and supportive learning environments and consistent positive relationships with peers and adults, are described as powerful ways to mitigate trauma effects and promote resilience. → Pate 2020

Evidence¶

Pate 2020¶

Pate, C. (2020). Strategies for trauma-informed distance learning. Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED606091

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

The brief asserts, citing background literature on trauma and adverse childhood experiences, that trauma-informed practices mitigate trauma effects and promote resilience. The brief offers no empirical data or study of its own for this assertion.

"Trauma-informed practices — such as creating safe and supportive learning environments and helping students develop consistent, positive relationships with peers and adults — are powerful ways to mitigate the effects of trauma and to promote resilience in children and youth."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Affect Regulation — outcome: instruction changes it
• Adverse Experiences — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

Related Claims¶

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• Positive learning communities and collaborative social interaction drive learning — related
• Educators perceived FH2T positioned students as doers of mathematics with agency and mathematical decision making in a safe practice environment — related
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