Building a Trauma-Informed, Compassionate Classroom: Strategies & Activities to Reduce Challenging Behavior, Improve Learning Outcomes, and Increase S

Meeting your students' social and emotional needs in the classroom is foundational to effective learning. It's a difficult job among typical learners, let alone with students who have a trauma history and more demanding mental health or behavioral challenges.

Mental health expert Jennifer Bashant details how using a trauma-informed approach will greatly reduce, even eliminate, challenging behavior in your classroom. Using her practical, easy-to-use strategies based on the latest research, every educator can create a classroom where all students feel welcomed, supported, and ready to learn.

Understand the impact of trauma on learning and behavior

Tools to connect with all students, and foster intrinsic motivation

Learn how to move away from points and stickers

Strategies to build resilience and instill hope in your students

27 downloadable worksheets and exercises

Jennifer L. Bashant, Ph.D., LMSW, has a mission to provide educators with evidence-based strategies to reduce challenging behavior in the classroom and create a positive impact on learning. Her approach is trauma-sensitive and strengths-based and she seeks to foster collaborative relationships between educators and students as they work together as partners in learning. Jennifer incorporates collaborative problem solving, restorative practices, and mindfulness in her work with students ages kindergarten through grade 12.

Jennifer is a certified trainer in DiSC Work and Communication Styles, EQi 2.0 Emotional Intelligence, mindfulness, and restorative practices. As a licensed social worker with over 20 years of experience, she shares her knowledge and expertise in a way that is heart-centered, practical, and relevant on the ground and in the trenches.