Trauma Informed Schools
Fiedeldey Consulting LLC defines what it means to be trauma informed and leads school communities to proactively identify and support individuals who have suffered traumatic and toxic stress.
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Phase One: Evidence-Based Emergency Response
Utilize evidence-based instruments to determine suicidal ideation, non-suicidal self-injurious behavior, and threat to others
Adopt common language across staff and providers
Integrate results in student information system
Results in 73% decrease in need for medical clearance
Utilize evidence-based program consisting of 3 simple steps to help save a life from suicide
Offer hope through positive action
Results in a community trained to intervene early in the chain of survival
Phase Two: Proactive Identification
Youth suicide in New Jersey has increased 66% in the past 10 years
Proactively combat the #1 cause of suicide, untreated depression, through universal screening
Train your staff in the gold standard of treatment for depression, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Provide school-based CBT to students identified at-risk of depression
Results in a 40% decrease in depressive symptomology
Phase Three: Preventative Community of Care
Develop community and manage conflict by repairing harm and building relationships
Give voice to both the person harmed and the person who caused harm
Problem-solve collaboratively
Dialogue based decision-making process
According to CASEL, teaching SEL can yield an 11% increase in academic achievement
Staff and students who are happy and motivated work harder, longer, and are inoculated from stress and fatigue
Increase creativity which enhances the ability to find novel solutions to complex problems