Title: 
Headings: The Emotional Backpack: Managing Conflict Resolution With Children of Trauma
The
 
Emotional
 
Backpack:
 
Managing
 
Conflict
 
Resolution
 
With
 
Children
 
of
 
T
rauma

“Students
 
who
 
are
 
loved
 
at
 
home
 
come
 
to
 
school
 
to
 
learn,
 
and
 
students
 
who
 
aren’t
 
come
 
to
 
school
 
to
 
be
 
loved.”
 
~
 
Nicolas
 
Ferroni

BY
 
CARLY
 
LY

TRAUMA
 
AND
 
THE
 
DEVELOPING
 
BRAIN

ADDRESSING
 
PRIVATE
 
LOGIC
 
IN
 
CHILDREN
 
WHO
 
HAVE
 
EXPERIENCED
 
TRAUMA

TOOLS
 
FOR
 
EASING
 
INTO
 
CONFLICT
 
RESOLUTION

HighScope’
s
 
Six
 
Steps
 
of
Successful
 
Conf
 
lict
 
Resolution


Content: Behavior: Lying,
 
manipulation,
 
insulting,
 
threatening
Private
 
Logic: I
 
will
 
do
 
whatever
 
I
 
need
 
to
 
do
 
to
 
control
 
you
 
and
 
your
 
responses. I
 
don’t
 
trust
 
you
 
and
 
I
 
need
 
to
 
survive. In
 
this
 
example,
 
a
 
child
 
who
 
has
 
experienced
 
trauma
 
may
 
try
 
to
 
control
 
the
 
emotions
 
of
 
the
 
adults
 
in
 
their
 
lives. This
 
climate
 
of
  
aggression
 
is
 
much
 
more
 
familiar
 
to
 
them
 
than
 
calm,
 
considerate
 
interactions. Practices
 
that
 
help
 
teachers
 
remain
 
calm
 
and
 
avoid
 
the
 
power
 
battles
 
will
 
be
 
most
 
effective. If
 
you
 
sense
 
yourself
 
feeling
 
angry,
 
hurt,
 
or
 
rejected,
 
don’t
 
be
 
afraid
 
to
 
take
 
a
 
moment
 
to
 
reflect,
 
calm
 
yourself,
 
and
 
then
 
come
 
back
 
to
 
th