In addition to being potentially vulnerable to the effects of chronic stress, many educators who work day-in and day-out with youth who have experienced trauma find that they begin exhibiting symptoms similar to those of their students—even when they haven't had to endure trauma themselves.
The growing body of scientific literature shows that children who endure trauma before adolescence struggle to learn in school because their brains and brain function — memory, ability to focus, response to punitive measures — are measurably different from those of students who don't experience high levels of trauma.
And in time, these children began to endure traumas of their own in a world of convict leasing, peonage and Jim Crow/Apartheid.
The same student explains safe spaces as areas on campus where "students – especially but not limited to those who have endured trauma or feel marginalised – can feel comfortable talking about their experiences", and gives the example of a Hillel House for Jewish students.
Simply put, a significant number of people have endured trauma at one point in life, be it a car accident, abuse or abandonment, childhood bullying, health issues, severance packages, deaths of parents, hidden addictions, etc. Behind the business persona of every professional is a person in need of development.
He has endured trauma and yet has compassion and understanding for his life.
My students who had endured trauma beyond my imagination continued to work well into the late morning, as the school became overwhelmed by the rapidly increasing number of "hall-walkers".
Harris said she had to have "hope" and "faith" in immigration judges that they would not "see this decision as in any way restricting or constraining them from actually exploring the merits of an asylum claim and remembering that asylum seekers are vulnerable individuals who may have endured trauma".
Together with its partners, UNICEF and the Office of the Special Representative reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring that the monitoring mechanism leads directly to programmes that provide appropriate care and support to children, including support for children who have endured trauma, as well as medical care, family tracing and reunification.
The analysis of the factors' role in the complex study of the endured traumas' consequences (head injuries, fractures of the locomotor system, burns), occurring in extreme situations.
It's still uncertain how this plot will resolve, but Julia's quest to take control of her narrative is part of a larger polemic on how trauma repeats itself and how those who are traumatized are forced to endure that trauma repeatedly.
