Abstract
The purpose of this special issue is to apply a social justice lens to the question of how education practitioners operating within primary and secondary school contexts around the world are thinking about trauma-informed education and care. Papers explore what school social workers and other educators are doing to address these issues in schools and consider the broader implications of a global shift towards trauma-informed approaches in education. This special issue, the first one for IJSSW, features 10 papers from diverse fields (social work, psychology, education) that all reflect on how trauma-informed practices in schools can be enhanced and understood through the lens of social justice frameworks, and how this can inform further practice and research. This issue, published in October 2021, contains the first five articles. Issue 2 will be published in December, 2021, and contain the next five articles.
Highlights
Introduction to the Special Issue. The purpose of this special issue is to apply a social justice lens to the question of how education practitioners operating within primary and secondary school contexts around the world are thinking about trauma-informed education and care
Papers explore what school social workers and other educators are doing to address these issues in schools and consider the broader implications of a global shift towards trauma-informed approaches in education
The popularization of the “ACEs” model (Adverse Childhood Experiences; Felitti et al, 1998) has contributed significantly to this process and has led to the adoption of trauma-informed approaches in education, even though the ACEs model and subsequentuses of it have come under recent criticism (Vericat Rocha & Ruitenberg, 2019)
Summary
Volume 6 Issue 1 Trauma-Informed Education Through a Social Justice Lens (Part 1) 2021. Trauma-informed Education Viewed Through A Social Justice Lens: Introduction to the Special Issue. Follow this and additional works at: https://newprairiepress.org/ijssw Part of the Educational Sociology Commons, and the Student Counseling and Personnel Services. Recommended Citation Walsh, Gary and Kelly, Michael S. (2021) "Trauma-informed Education Viewed Through A Social Justice Lens: Introduction to the Special Issue," International Journal of School Social Work: Vol 6: Iss. 1.
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