Children are coming to school with trauma, everyday trauma, that they live under: violence in the homes, alcoholism in the community, unemployment thats 80 percent, not just during the recession. We need to help treat that before they can even go sit in a class and learn about math.
Interpretation
Children's learning can be severely hindered by their traumatic experiences.
Denise Juneau highlights the significant impact of trauma on children's ability to learn and participate in school. She emphasizes that many students face substantial challenges such as violence, substance abuse, and unemployment in their communities, which create an environment of distress that must be addressed before they can succeed academically in subjects like math.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of mental health resources in schools.
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