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Why Trauma-Affected Children Fail in Traditional Schools
“He seems lazy. He can’t motivate himself to do his work or remember anything.” “She has angry outbursts in class and screams at teachers and students.” “She always seems to have a stomach ache.” Trauma and toxic stress exposure can wreak havoc in the classroom.
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Why more peaceful childhoods create more peaceful societies
Many aspects of life in the Holy Land can generate toxic stress for children: the blare of missile alarm systems as rockets hurdle overhead, the pang of hunger in the stomach of a child growing up in poverty, or the sense of unease and fear on the street after a terror attack from a Jewish…
