Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Getting Started

    • Meet the Creator

    • Course Objectives

    • Course Overview

    • Let's Connect

    • Earn a Certificate

    • Get Feedback!
  • 2

    Basics of Trauma in the Classroom

    • Pre-Survey

    • Get The Handouts

    • Section Overview

    • Introduction to Trauma-Informed Literacy Instruction

    • Challenge #1
  • 3

    Increase Student Choice, Voice, & Passion

    • Section Overview

    • Get The Handouts

    • Student Choice, Voice, and Passion

    • Example of Student Passion

    • Challenge #2
  • 4

    Embedding Social Skills Instruction

    • Section Overview

    • Get The Handouts

    • Embedding Social Skills Instruction

    • Challenge #3
  • 5

    Chunk Instruction, Activities, and Assessments

    • Section Overview

    • Get The Handouts

    • Chunking!

    • Challenge #4
  • 6

    Increase Student Self-Assessment

    • Section Overview

    • Get The Handouts

    • Student Self-Assessment

    • Challenge #5
  • 7

    Wrapping Up

    • Post-Survey

About the instructor

Course Creator

Erin Silcox

Erin Silcox taught science on and off for the past 8 years at the Red Top Meadows wilderness therapy residential treatment center in Wilson, Wyoming and concurrently worked for the past 4 years as the school’s Director of Education. She recently left the classroom to pursue a Ph.D. in Literacy Education through the University of Wyoming. She currently works as the Director of Education at Red Top Meadows and as a graduate assistant with the University of Wyoming. In her free time, Erin enjoys reading, doing crossword puzzles, cooking, traveling, running, biking, snowboarding, and playing roller derby.