Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Attuned to Silence: Undisclosed Trauma in Childhood and Survivorship in Schools |
| Authors: |
Beamer, Kate |
| Contributors: |
Kawalilak, Colleen, McCaffrey, Graham, Siedel, Jackie, PRISM |
| Publisher Information: |
Werklund School of Education, 2025. |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Subject Terms: |
education, Education--Curriculum and Instruction, curriculum, Education--Language and Literature, hermeneutics, child trauma, disclosure |
| Description: |
Childhood trauma is an often life-altering experience that impacts behaviours, relationships, cognition, psychological health, and neurological functioning. In order to mitigate against the multiple effects of trauma, early treatment and support is recommended. Unfortunately, treatment is often not obtained due to lack of disclosure in childhood, which often leaves survivors of child trauma to attempt to understand their experiences in silence. The purpose of this hermeneutic inquiry was to inquire into experiences of silence experienced by child trauma survivors as they move through the school system. Eight child trauma survivors, who remained undisclosed until adulthood, were interviewed to deepen understandings on the impacts of child trauma in relation to non-disclosure and silence, specifically in relation to their experiences in school. Interpretive findings from this study revealed the impacts of memory and disconnection in relation to traumatic understanding, the importance of language to understanding traumatic experiences in childhood, the significance of educational experiences in relation to trauma and disclosure, and the possibility of schools as a site of traumatic unearthing and learning. I conclude by recognizing the need for connection among undisclosed child trauma survivors and offer how schools could provide space to facilitate the desired connection, especially surrounding the correlation between past traumas, current behaviours and overall functioning. |
| Document Type: |
Doctoral thesis |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.11575/prism/49782 |
| Accession Number: |
edsair.doi.dedup.....bb9604331a50c47fba4054b943839573 |
| Database: |
OpenAIRE |