by Sian Phillips, Kim Golding, Dan Hughes, Louise Michelle Bombèr
First published 2020
Educators confront an invisible crisis: students carrying deep emotional wounds from past relationships. Louise Michelle Bombèr reveals how unresolved relational trauma transforms classroom dynamics, making traditional teaching strategies ineffective. Schools become battlegrounds where unhealed childhood experiences manifest as behavioral challenges, academic resistance, and social disconnection. Teachers must learn to recognize trauma's subtle signals and develop responsive, compassionate intervention strategies that rebuild students' sense of safety and connection. This practical guide provides educators with concrete tools to transform traumatized classrooms from sites of potential re-traumatization into spaces of healing and resilience.
Genres: psychology, mental-health, social-issues, education, non-fiction, academic
Vibes: compassionate, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, healing
254 pages · Paperback · Jessica Kingsley Pub
Content warnings: abuse, mental-illness