Traumesensitive tilnærminger i skolen

Abstract

School-aged children are at risk of being exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACE), which has the potential to negatively affect the rest of their life. It is crucial to identify the children who are at risk of experiencing, or already have experienced ACEs, and to help them cope with the effects such events can have on their lives. The purpose of this systematic-review is to examine which trauma-informed models that are used in schools today, and how it affect the pupils. To examine this, there was conducted a systematic search through various scientific databases, and four papers that incorporated trauma-informed approaches was identified. The papers each viewed one of the four models; The Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools (HEARTS), The Heart of Teaching and Learning (HTL), The New Haven Trauma Coalition (NHTC) and Journey of Hope (JoH). Even though more research on the field is needed, the results indicates that the trauma-informed models have an impact on the pupils post traumatic stress disorder symptoms to varying degree. The studies that focus on teaching and enlightening the employees of schools and the community on trauma and trauma-informed approaches, seems to have better successrate than those who do not have this as one of their primary purposes.