Addressing Teacher Stress Through a Game-Based Trauma-Informed Training for Preschool Teachers

 

 

Project Description:

We want preschool teachers to be prepared to help kids in their classrooms who have gone through difficult situations, such as violence or abuse. When kids go through difficult and traumatic situations, it can be hard for them to control their emotions or behaviors in class. Managing difficult child behavior can be stressful for preschool teachers. Lowering this stress can make teachers healthier and can even improve their teaching. One way to help teachers is by giving them training in how to understand and deal with kids who have gone through traumatic situations. Many schools are working to help teachers in this way, usually with short in-person trainings. Creating a mobile game that teachers can use on their phone may be an even better way of training teachers. Right now, there aren’t any mobile games or phone apps for teachers on childhood trauma. Our team will develop one to teach preschool teachers about trauma and how to handle it in their classrooms. We will include information that teachers say is valuable to them. We will then test the mobile game with 20 preschool teachers to see how they feel while using it and if it’s easy for them to use.

 

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For more information, contact alysse.loomis@utah.edu

 

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