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  • How Native American Children Benefit From Trauma-Informed Schools

    Tanya H. Lee

    August 10, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Native American children are 2.5 times more likely to experience trauma than their non-Native peers. Recognizing the significant impact of trauma on these students and others, a group of Montana public schools has fought against funding shortages and lackluster buy-in to employ a trauma-sensitive approach to teaching. One school nurse explains, "All teachers are trained in how to respond to behaviors by asking questions such as, ‘I wonder what happened to them,’ versus ‘Why are they acting this way?’”

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