Whether your child was already dealing with the effects of trauma long before the pandemic, your child is experiencing trauma related to sheltering at home, of you’re just concerned about what may come up this school year, it is helpful to understand the key principles of providing a trauma-informed environment: Predictability, Flexibility, Connection, and Empowerment.
The below linked article explains all four. While the article was written for educators, we as parents can think about how to infuse a little of each of the four principles into our family structure whether our kiddos are doing virtual or physical learning. These are also four great principles to inform our discussions with schools when we have the opportunity to provide feedback about what is important to us as parents in terms of our child’s emotional well-being.
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55679/four-core-priorities-for-trauma-informed-distance-learning
