By Erin Browder, Transformation Facilitator, and Lara Kain, Senior Director, Transform Schools, LAEP Part 2: Creating Trauma Informed Classrooms In October a video showing a senior deputy yank a student from her seat and flip her desk at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina went viral on the Internet. This incident gained wide national attention and demonstrates the need for trauma informed classrooms. In a Los Angeles Times article about the incident, Kent Peterson, an elementary school teacher explains how he would try to "maintain a level of professionalism and be calm and direct" when handling conflict in his classroom. He states, "I'd ask them if they were ready to have...
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