{
  "course": "Classroom management",
  "department": "Teacher education",
  "audience": "Undergraduate or graduate",
  "description": "How can teachers build a safe, supportive, trauma-sensitive school environment that helps all students learn and thrive? This course focuses on the mind shift changes necessary for approaching all students in trauma-sensitive ways, so that teachers are better equipped to:",
  "learningObjectives": [
    "realize the widespread impact of childhood trauma",
    "recognize signs and symptoms indicative of possible trauma histories",
    "respond in ways that not only prevent re-traumatization, but also help youth feel safe, build healthy relationships, self-regulate, and learn"
  ],
  "courseContent": "This course shows teachers how to create a trauma-sensitive classroom by establishing a positive environment and school culture, prioritizing relationships, using trauma-informed RTI, relying on trauma-sensitive discipline techniques, and paying active attention to educator self-care.",
  "courseSchedule": [
    {
      "week": 1,
      "topicQuestions": "What is your Why?",
      "chapters": "Intro"
    },
    {
      "week": 2,
      "topicQuestions": "What are trauma and attachment, and how do they affect the stress response system?",
      "chapters": "Chapters 1,2"
    },
    {
      "week": 3,
      "topicQuestions": "What are the possible biological, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, self-concept, and relationship effects at school for youth who have been traumatized? How can educators better understand common triggers and avoid discipline techniques that could re-traumatize students?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 3"
    },
    {
      "week": 4,
      "topicQuestions": "What is a trauma-sensitive school, and what paradigm shifts are required to become a trauma-sensitive educator?",
      "chapters": "Chapters 4,5"
    },
    {
      "week": 5,
      "topicQuestions": "What are the four essentials of the trauma-sensitive school? What does tier 1 for helping students be and feel safe look like?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 6,7"
    },
    {
      "week": 6,
      "topicQuestions": "What do tier 2 and tier 3 interventions for helping students be and feel safe look like?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 8"
    },
    {
      "week": 7,
      "topicQuestions": "What are the four essentials of the trauma-sensitive school? What does tier 1 for helping students be connected look like?",
      "chapters": "Chapters 6,7"
    },
    {
      "week": 8,
      "topicQuestions": "What do tier 2 and tier 3 interventions for helping students be connected look like?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 8"
    },
    {
      "week": 9,
      "topicQuestions": "What are the four essentials of the trauma-sensitive school? What does tier 1 for helping students get regulated look like? Specifically, how do you incorporate the use of the River of Feelings?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 6,7"
    },
    {
      "week": 10,
      "topicQuestions": "What do tier 2 and tier 3 interventions for helping students get regulated look like? Specifically, how do you incorporate the use of the River of Feelings?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 8"
    },
    {
      "week": 11,
      "topicQuestions": "What are the four essentials of the trauma-sensitive school? What does tier 1 for helping students learn look like? Specifically, how do you help students develop executive function skills?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 6,7"
    },
    {
      "week": 12,
      "topicQuestions": "What do tier 2 and tier 3 interventions for helping students learn look like? Specifically, how do you help students develop executive function skills?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 8"
    },
    {
      "week": 13,
      "topicQuestions": "How do we design individual plans or programs for students with complex needs in relation to histories of trauma?",
      "chapters": "Chapters 2,8"
    },
    {
      "week": 14,
      "topicQuestions": "How do we use the PACE approach when responding to individual students?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 9"
    },
    {
      "week": 15,
      "topicQuestions": "What are trauma-sensitive discipline practices?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 10"
    },
    {
      "week": 16,
      "topicQuestions": "What is educator self-care and why is it important? What goes into a personal self-care plan?",
      "chapters": "Chapter 11"
    }
  ]
}