Dr. Lori Desautels, author and education expert, explains how early trauma impacts a student's ability to regulate and learn. She has written several books about her experience working with students with challenging behaviors. She shares how addiction is a form of a learning disorder as a reaction to pain. Teachers and parents can look at the acronym "A SECRET" to identify the causes of behaviors to improve a student's success in the classroom.

Dr. Desautels gives more examples of how a philosophy of trauma-informed education changes the classroom environment and culture.  She explains that this mindset is more than a program you can buy and implement for 30 minutes a day.

Listen to part 1 by searching How We Teach This for Season 3, Episode 4, How the Brain Impacts Emotion & Learning Part 1.