PO317: Trauma-Informed Interpretations of ODD Behavior and Educator Responses

  • PMD: 6
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. understand how student identities can affect teacher responses to behaviors;
  2. understand how student trauma histories can affect teacher responses to behaviors; and
  3. support trauma-informed approaches to disciplinary and mental health referral processes.

Description

Does informing educators about student trauma history influence responses to student behavior? Results of a vignette-based experimental study demonstrate how trauma-informed interpretations of oppositional behavior may impact educator responses.

Presenter(s)

Alexandra Allen, Boston University

Contributor(s)

Jennifer G. Green, PhD, Madison E. Kitchen, Jessica F. Markham-Anderson, Angelina Hwang

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