“How Serious is This?”
“How Serious is This?”
Understanding Static Versus Escalating Violence Potential Among Students in Schools
by: J. Kevin Cameron, Jennifer Turner
date: September 14, 2024
Our Current Circumstance
Over the past few years, educators have been reporting an uptick in the frequency and intensity of aggressive behaviour in their classrooms. The covid-19 pandemic caused a broad range of social and emotional impacts in students, youth and adults. While many are doing “ok”, others are struggling. For some, the pandemic triggered a profound trauma response. Understanding how trauma affects human systems is foundational for conducting violence risk assessment. Violence can beget trauma, and trauma can beget violence: a self-perpetuating dynamic more formally known as the Trauma-Violence Continuum.