Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies: Create Safe, Supportive Classrooms for Students Impacted by Childhood Trauma

Onsite Professional Development Training

Topic Description

Trauma can have a lasting effect on how students learn, behave, and relate to others. In fact, nearly 50% of students under the age of 17 have experienced at least one traumatic event—shaping how they process information, manage emotions, and interact in school environments.

The Trauma-Informed Practices Professional Development Course helps educators recognize the signs of trauma, respond with compassion, and create classroom environments that promote emotional safety, academic engagement, and student success. Based on research-backed principles of trauma-informed care, this training equips teachers with actionable strategies to prevent re-traumatization, foster resilience, and support every learner’s growth.

This course emphasizes the core values of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment, and provides tools to redesign instruction, discipline, and classroom culture through a trauma-sensitive lens. You’ll learn how to avoid retraumatization, build strong teacher-student relationships, and create consistent routines that support regulation and healing.

What You’ll Learn in This Trauma-Informed PD Course

  • How trauma affects brain development, learning, behavior, and classroom engagement
  • How to build physically and emotionally safe learning environments
  • Strategies to shift from traditional discipline to trauma-informed behavior support
  • How to integrate restorative practices, and co-regulation tools into your teaching
  • Methods to create classroom cultures rooted in trust, collaboration, and empowerment

By the end of this course, educators will be equipped to design safe, connected, and supportive classrooms where all students can heal, grow, and thrive.

What's Included

  • Digital Resource Bundle: Lifetime Access to Resources
  • Professional Development Hours
  • Downloadable Handout for Note-Taking
  • Break-out sessions & collaboration
  • Interactive engagement
  • Real-life examples/Case Studies

Who This Training Is For

  • Elementary School Teachers
  • Secondary School Teachers
  • Education Specialists
  • School Administrators (Principals, Asst. Principals, Curriculum Directors)
  • Counselors
  • Coaches
  • Special Education Teachers
  • Curriculum Coaches
  • Educational Support Staff
  • Title 1 Teachers & Directors
  • Gifted & Talented Teacher

Training Options

  • Full-day or Half-Day Training
  • PLC Sessions
  • Before/After School Faculty Meetings
  • Virtual Professional Development
  • Coaching & Support
  • Mini-Lesson Modeling

What You'll Learn

Understand the ways trauma changes the brain

Strobel Education provides insights into how trauma influences the brain, aiding educators in understanding and supporting affected students.

Recognize the impact of trauma on students achievement

Strobel Education helps educators identify the effects of trauma on student achievement, paving the way for supportive strategies and improved outcomes.

Implement trauma-informed practices

Strobel Education assists educators in implementing trauma-informed practices, fostering a supportive and understanding environment for affected students.

Trauma-Informed Practices Schedule

Module 1: Understanding Trauma and Its Impact on Students

Module 2: The Science of Trauma and the Brain

Module 3: Trauma’s Effect on Learning and Academic Performance

Module 4: Trauma-Linked Behaviors and Classroom Responses

Module 5: Creating a Trauma-Informed Classroom

Module 6: Discipline vs. Punishment—Rethinking Behavior Support

Module 7: Schoolwide Trauma-Informed Care

Module 8: SEL and Employability Skills for Trauma-Impacted Students

Module 9: Restorative Practices in the Trauma-Informed School

Module 10: A Day in a Trauma-Informed Classroom

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