Childhood Trauma and the Power of Teachers with Beck Thompson

TW: This episode discusses childhood trauma, and abuse.

In this episode, I get the absolute privilege of talking with Beck Thompson. She is absolutely amazing, sharing her journey of resilience, transformation, and empowerment. As a teacher, author, and speaker, she brings a unique perspective shaped by her lived experience of trauma and abuse.

We discuss how transformative compassionate teaching can be and the impact educators can have on their students, often without even realising it.

This episode is not to highlight the difficulties that some of your students will go through, but how impactful you can be as an adult in their life, without even realising it. It’s to help you understand what it’s like in the classroom for a child with trauma and how important teachers really are.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• How understanding trauma can help you support your students more effectively
• Why it is absolutely ok to prioritise compassion and safety before the curriculum
• How recognising and nurturing a child's strengths can make the world of difference and transform their educational experience
• Why small conversations and interactions can have a lasting impact on students' lives. It’s the micro-moments that make all the difference
• How the brain processes trauma and it affects what you are seeing in a student's behaviour.
• Why perceived and felt safety is the number one thing that needs to be prioritised for children to learn
• Why adults are so important in the development of resilience in a person's life.

It’s about giving educators permission to focus on creating a safe, supportive environment where every child feels seen, heard and valued.

There is so much more I could add to this list.

This is for you. To recognise and truly understand the impact you, as a teacher, has on a child in your classroom. Make sure you listen in, because this may open up a perspective and change the way you support your students, in the most simple but effective way.

Connect with Beck Thompson:

• Trauma Informed Teachers Page Facebook - Join her community here.
• Facebook: BECK Thompson - Author, Chasing Normal.
• Website: beckthompson.com.au
• Instagram: @beckthompson_teachersmatter
• Book

Connect with Em

• Website: Emma Gentle
• Instagram: @em_gentle
• LinkedIn