How the Neuroscience of Trauma Helps Us Understand Behaviour

Presenters: Sheila Mulvenney

• Title: How the Neuroscience of Trauma Helps Us Understand Behaviour 

• Date: Thursday 12 March 2026 

• Time: 12:30 - 13:45

• Presenter: Sheila Mulvenney

  In this workshop we will consider what neuroscience can tell us about the impact of trauma on the brain and behaviour. We'll then explore some practical strategies to support students and help them to regulate their emotions and get back to learning. Knowing why some students exhibit the behaviours they do and that sometimes this is not a choice they make but is caused by the way their brain has adapted to cope with the traumas they have experienced can give a whole range of new strategies to employ to engage students more fully in learning.