Childhood Trauma: Fueling Challenging Behavior
The perfect book for your next book club or in-service training. Childhood Trauma: Fueling Challenging Behavior is a comprehensive guide designed to equip educators serving children birth through age nine, with effective strategies for managing classroom behavior and addressing trauma-informed teaching from a biblical worldview. This book is structured to help participants achieve the following learning objectives:
Approach classroom management and trauma-informed teaching from a biblical worldview perspective: Integrate faith-based principles into classroom management and teaching practices.
Utilize behavior management techniques for diverse needs: Learn to apply various behavior management strategies tailored to the unique developmental needs of each student.
Evaluate instructional skills and methods: Assess the effectiveness of different teaching methods to enhance classroom success.
Complete a Functional Behavioral Analysis (FBA) and create a Behavior Intervention Plan: Use provided tools and case studies to conduct FBAs and develop intervention plans.
The book includes practical tools such as a biblical emotions and choice chart, a functional behavioral analysis chart, and detailed procedures. The chapters cover a wide range of topics, including:
The impact of modern challenges on child development and mental health
Understanding and addressing childhood trauma
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Distinguishing challenging from typical behaviors
Functional Behavior Analysis (FBA)
Positive reinforcement of acceptable behaviors
Recalibrating the reticular activating system through multisensory learning experiences
The interplay of nature, nurture, and ACEs in child development
Cultivating resilience through relationships
Research on preschool expulsion rates and their impact
Predictability in structure, procedures, and routines
Social and emotional learning
Using choices to share power and control
This book is an essential resource for educators seeking to create a supportive and effective learning environment while addressing the diverse needs of their students.
