Natural disasters, bushfires, floods and pandemics. How do we talk to children about trauma?6/14/2021 These children were exploring the concept of Natural disasters in their inquiry. The teacher became aware that she needed to talk with them about resiliency and the way that they managed trauma within their lives and their family’s lives. She started exploring the text ‘Where do the children sleep?’ as a way of talking to them about personal safety and protective behaviours. She hopes to get the children recreating their bedrooms or sleeping spaces to identify what makes them feel safe and secure within their family and their home and build upon their awareness of personal security and safety.What do they value? What will they take with them if they have to leave home? This will be a wonderful project for the student’s in this class. Many of them are coming from family trauma so this will provide an opportunity for the teacher to talk to them about personal resiliency and what it is that helps them feel safe at home, school, community and in the world. It’s a complex topic to talk about but so important!!
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