In 2018, senior executives at one of the country's largest nonprofit hospital chains, Providence, were frustrated. They were spending hundreds of millions of dollars providing.
Books, supplies and homework children bring these items into the classroom every day. But they may also carry the effects of trauma due to parental neglect, community violence or COVID-19, and teachers are often the first to notice. That’s why Colorado now requires behavioral health training for teachers and for those studying to become one. But one university has already been incorporating trauma-informed practices into their curriculum.