Saturday, September 16, 2017
Personal Research Journey
My chosen topic is how to teach children who have experience trauma, primarily trauma due to parents drug problems. I chose this topic because it is an issue that I deal with personal and professionally. Three of my children are adopted, their birth mom is in and out of prison for drug related charges. Before I adopted them, it was common for them to go a whole weekend without food, because their birth mother sold their food stamp card for drugs. The kids deal with high anxiety, toxic stress, and feeling abandoned. I see similar situations in my classroom as well. Over half of my class last year were living with relatives or in foster care due to parents being in prison for drug realted charges. Several of the children came to school late and hungry. I use to keep snacks to feed these children when they arrived. Besides feeding them, what else can I do to help them?
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How blessed are these kids to have someone like you to take care of them and care for them. You are a great person, keep it up. Great topic, I think that to be a teacher, we should understand and know how to deal with children who experience trauma. We can know how to help them. Can't wait to read the information you find.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind words Desiree. There are days I feel like I am doing a crappy job and they deserve someone much better than me.
ReplyDeleteKaleena, Just by reading your blog, I personally feel you a strong female. It takes a special person to adopt children, you are truly a blessing. I also think your topic is will be beneficial to all early childhood professionals. Katisa Smith
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