Problem Analysis: Why is trauma-informed care important for teachers to learn?

Overview
Provide a history on trauma-informed care and how it has become a widely used theory for social workers. Also explore how some schools have implemented this into their curriclum.
Problem Definition
This is the most important step and something you may have to return to as you go through the analysis process. Consider Bardach’s advice: avoid defining the problem in terms of a solution; make your definition measurable; and think of deficits, excesses and causes. Problem definition is necessarily a political act, but try to appear objective in your presentation.

Idea: Explore how teachers need support in the classroom and how social workers are often overworked and unavaiable. Teachers are often on the front lines of their classrooms, meaning they would be able to identify a struggling child before anyone else in the school will. Explore how their involvement and interactions with students would benefit from them implementing trauma-informed care into their classrooms.

Evidence
What evidence of the problem can you provide? A brief review of related research is helpful, but also try to include data specific to to teachers and schools
Alternatives and Criteria
Develop a list of alternative solutions to the problem and the criteria that should be used to choose among them. A brief description of related literature may be helpful, however, what works in Sweden may not work in Ohio.
Examples of solutions: mandatory trainings for teachers, implementation of trauma-informed care into teacher’s undergraduate education etc.
Project the Outcomes
Choose one of the alternatives from the previous section, and discuss how it could be evaluated. What would be reasonable criteria for success?

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