Te Whare Whakaruruhau: Trauma Informed Practice

Educational settings can be often limited by single, dominant narratives that perpetuate outdated, behaviorist approaches to learning. Adults make off-the-cuff remarks about ākonga that devalue their personal worth and integrity. It happens all too often. It goes something like this: Anthony’s lazy, attention-seeking, manipulative. We’ve heard these unnecessary behaviourist comments before. These comments can be short and sweet (like the example above) or long-winded affairs. Both forms are drai