Montgomery College understands the importance of mental health and the impact it may have on students’ learning. Fostering and promoting mental wellness in our students and ourselves is a fundamental skill instructors need to support students’ success and academic growth.
Visit the Student Wellness Center or Employee Wellness for more information.
Professor Emily Rosado
English and Reading Department
Professor Emily Rosado
English and Reading Department
Additional Resources for Self-Care
- The MC Cares Faculty Staff Assistance Program provides, “free, confidential support for life’s challenges.”
- Take the faculty burnout inventory found in this article to assess your own level of burnout.
- Explore additional articles and resources on faculty self-care.
Q&A on the Basics Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning
What is Trauma?
Definitions vary, but the core idea is that trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event (American Psychological Association, 2022).
It can also be helpful to break trauma into three E’s: Event, Experience, and Effects (SAMHSA, 2014). This definition helps us to understand that a particular event or series of events that might be traumatic for one person might not be experienced the same way by another and might not have the same effects. For example: whereas compounding trauma can increase the likelihood of lasting negative effects, other factors, such as supportive relationships and stronger coping skills, can decrease the likelihood of negative effects.
Karen Costa, Featured Speaker Fall 2022 Professional Week at Montgomery College
Karen Costa is a writer and faculty development and online learning professional. In this video, Karen Costa discusses Trauma-Aware Pedagogy.
Karen discusses what trauma-aware pedagogy is and how instructional videos can help with the effects of trauma on executive functions and self-regulation.
The discussion also includes balancing structure and flexibility in online design and videos as conversations rather than presentations.
By the end of this video you will be able to:
- Describe trauma’s impact on learning
- List the six principles of trauma-informed teaching.
Carello (2022) shares seven principles of Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning. Click on each principle below to view a short minute video with quick tips on how you can incorporate that principle into your instruction.
Stay tuned for more videos to come!
- Safety: Create an environment that respects all individuals and helps them feel safe enough to take risks and learn from mistakes.
- Trustworthiness & Transparency: Make expectations clear, ensure consistency in practice, maintain appropriate boundaries, and minimize disappointment.
- Support & Connection: Connect students with appropriate peer and professional resources to support academic, personal, and professional success.
- Collaboration & Mutuality: Act as an ally rather than as an adversary. Create opportunities to share power and make decisions.
- Empowerment, Voice, and Choice: Build opportunities to make choices, be heard, and build skills to communicate confidently and assertively.
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Strive to be aware of and responsive to issues of privilege and power. Respect one another’s diverse experiences, perspectives, and identities.
- Resilience, Growth & Change: Recognize strengths, build resilience, and provide feedback to help each other grow and change.
References:
Carello, J. (2022, February 9). Using Trauma-Informed Principles to Support College Students in Distress.
When someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, it can be difficult to navigate through long lists of resources to identify the help and support they need. The following information is grouped into two categories for reference:
- National resources within the United States
- Local resources in Montgomery County, MD
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National Crisis Resources
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 24/7 confidential services free of charge
- Phone: 988 or 1-800-273-8255
- Text: 988
- Chat online (English)
Línea 988 de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis: 24/7 servicios gratuitos y confidenciales
- Llama al 1-888-628-9454
- Text: Envía “AYUDA” al 988
- Chatea en español
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: crisis support with interpretation into 240+ languages
- To connect with an interpreter, callers can dial 988 and ask for an interpreter in English if they are able, or they can simply say the name of the language they need to prompt the crisis counselor to get an interpreter on the line.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 24/7 confidential services free of charge
- Phone: 1-800-799-7233
- Text: Text “START” to 88788
- Chat online (English)
- Chatea en español (Spanish)
Local Resources (Montgomery County, MD)
Montgomery County Crisis Center
- Phone: 240-777-4000
- Address: 1301 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD
- Services: Immediate response to mental health and situational crises through telephone, walk-in and mobile outreach. Open 24/7.
EveryMind 24/7 Montgomery County
- Phone: 301-738-2255
- Services: Telephone and text support for individuals in crisis; information and resource referrals may also be available.
CCI Behavioral Health Services
- Phone (English/español): 866- 877-7258
- Locations: Silver Spring, Gaithersburg, Takoma Park, and Greenway—full details on their website
- Services: Counseling services for adults, teens and children. Interpreters are available.
Counseling Services at Sheppard Pratt
- Phone: 301-978-9750
- Location: Gaithersburg, MD) 301-978-9750
- Services: Counseling services for adults, teens and children