Trauma: Advocating For Your Learner's Mental Health

Trauma: Advocating for Your Learner’s Mental Health is a neuroaffirming digital resource designed to help parents, educators, and professionals better understand how trauma can impact learners emotionally, behaviorally, socially, and academically.

Created by Dr. Destiny Huff, LPC, this guide explores:

• Different types of trauma
• How trauma may appear across age groups
• The intersection of trauma and neurodivergence
• Trauma responses often misunderstood in school settings
• Supports and accommodations that promote emotional safety and access

This resource centers compassion, regulation, relationship building, and understanding over compliance-based approaches.

Perfect for:

• Parents and caregivers
• Educators and school staff
• Mental health professionals
• Advocates supporting neurodivergent and disabled learners

Includes practical, school-based support ideas and neuroaffirming perspectives to help create safer, more supportive learning environments.