Online Master of Education in Trauma Responsive Teaching and Leadership Courses

This course will deliver the research, principles and strategies of educational neuroscience as it relates to cognition, the stress response systems, adversity and learning.

This course will focus on trauma informed instruction through the lens of social and emotional development and educational neuroscience outcomes, and its direct implications for student, educator and system development.

This course is presented as a clinical practicum where educators will observe, analyze, and integrate strategies and principles that engage and co-regulate brain states and priming the brain for learning, ingesting and retrieving knowledge and behavior engagement.

Studies of leadership theories, styles and skills with a focus on the process of leading oneself before trying to lead others. Emphasis will be placed on the trauma-responsive leader’s role as a change agent, communicator, and advocate for integrating neuroscience-informed approaches into policy, professional development, and organizational culture.

An exploration of school discipline through the lens of the Applied Educational Neuroscience framework with an emphasis on data collection and analysis, evidence-based practices, youth and educator nervous system states, and the detrimental impacts of traditional, punitive discipline practices on marginalized communities, families, and youth.

An in-depth study of research, resources, and strategies for addressing the emotional, mental, and social health of educators, caregivers, therapists and other adults serving children and adolescents, including approaches for avoiding or alleviating burnout, chronic fatigue, and dysregulation through application of the Applied Educational Neuroscience framework.

An in-depth study of child and adolescent development with an emphasis on the detrimental impacts of adversity or trauma and evidence-based interventions that educators, therapists, and other adults serving children and adolescents can employ to mitigate these challenges.

This course equips counselors, educators, and other human services professionals to identify, critically consume, and conduct research through studies of existing literature, research terms and methods, data collection and analysis, and scholarly writing.

The culminating learning experience in the TRTL program, this course focuses on current events and research related to TRTL and practical application of the Applied Educational Neuroscience framework through in-class exercises, reflection, and action research.

One graduate course from any online program within Butler’s school of education.