The Benefits Of Overcoming Traumatic Experience

A traumatic experience can physically and emotionally affect a child. Overcoming a traumatic experience means that the child is resilient. According to Werner (1995), “Resilient children exhibit good developmental outcomes despite high-risk status, sustained competence under stress, and recovery from trauma” (as cited in Couchenour & Chrisman, 2011, p. 91). Teachers can help build resilience in their students. This article mainly focuses on this topic and provides different strategies that teachers could use to help students overcome traumatic experiences.

Summary

This article informs the reader about the benefits of building resilience in their students. The article explains that academic performance has increased in 11 states who have implemented

For instance, I learned that one major component of resilience is physical health. Thus, it is imperative for children to eat well, exercise, and get six to eight hours of sleep each night. Another component of resilience is school support. This means that children need support from another adult that does not pertain to their family, such as a school counselor. Furthermore, I learned several strategies that schools and teachers can implement to help their students overcome traumatic experiences. For example, I learned that teachers should keep familiar routines, maintain high expectations for their students, and avoid focusing on their students’ negative behaviors. In addition, schools can be flexible and give these students time to speak to their teachers, counselors, or staff members. Talking to any of these individuals helps students express their feelings instead of bottling them up. Overall, this article helped me acquire more knowledge on resilience and strategies that I can one day use with my future

In class, we learned that family resilience is a family’s ability to bounce back after dealing with a harsh situation. Elasticity and buoyancy are two essential pieces in family resilience. Elasticity means the family is able to conserve their established patterns after dealing with a harsh situation. On the other hand, buoyancy is the family’s ability to rapidly recover from a tough situation. Reading this article, helped me realize that both, families and children, need social support in order to build resilience. In fact, this article states that children need school and community support when trying to overcome a hardship. In addition, the textbook and the article provide similar ways which adults, especially teachers, can help children be more resilient. For example, both state that teachers should focus more on their students’ strengths and less on their