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Systemically Trauma-Informed Practice: Enacting the Mutuality of Academic Rigor and Care
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Systemically Trauma-Informed Practice: Enacting the Mutuality of Academic Rigor and Care

Simona Goldin, Addison Duane, Debi Khasnabis and Alex Venet
The Educational forum (West Lafayette, Ind.)
06/09/2026

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Education & Educational Research Social Sciences
This paper examines how culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) and trauma-informed practice (TIP) can be jointly enacted through rigorous classroom instruction. Using qualitative analysis of a 12th-grade humanities lesson, the study shows that ambitious, equity-centered teaching simultaneously fosters academic success, critical consciousness, and conditions associated with trauma-informed care. Findings suggest that predictability, flexibility, connection, and empowerment emerge through disciplinary learning, demonstrating that rigor and care are mutually reinforcing rather than competing priorities.

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