Showing sympathy to children of trauma causes unintended harm

Lisa Harrison

By Lisa Harrison
Community contribution / June 6, 2023

Teaching a child of trauma is tricky. Not only can you be faced with difficult behaviour to manage, there is also a significant impact on the self.

We chose to be teachers because we love working with children and have a passion for seeing them thrive. We ...

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By Lisa Harrison

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Lisa has a Bachelor of Education with Honours degree and has been a teacher in Tasmanian schools for almost 20 years. She has worked in low socioeconomic schools and has a passion for working with children from disadvantaged backgrounds, instilling within them the capacity to change their lives. As a survivor of developmental abuse, Lisa has a unique understanding of the effects of trauma. She has been learning about the effects of childhood trauma on the body and mind for two decades. Lisa knows that children of trauma can change their lives through education, because she did exactly that.

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