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Addressing the Impact of Trauma on Academic Performance and School Attendance
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2016
Exposure to a traumatic event places a young person at risk of a lower reading proficiency, a lower grade point average, and more days of school absences. Throughout their lifetimes, many young students living in underserved communities will experience one or more traumatic events, putting them at risk of chronic absenteeism and lower academic proficiency. During this webinar, Sue Fothergill (Attendance Works) and Rachel Donegan (Baltimore Promise Neighborhood) discuss the impact of traumatic events on a student’s learning and trauma-informed strategies to improve academic and attendance outcomes for students living in Promise Neighborhoods.