Abstracts
Résumé
Un nombre significatif d’élèves inscrits dans des classes spéciales en raison de troubles émotionnels et comportementaux ont été affectés par des événements de vie qui continuent parfois d’impacter leur fonctionnement social, comportemental et scolaire. Pour mieux répondre à leurs besoins complexes, un programme d’intervention a été développé, intégrant les connaissances issues de la recherche sur le trauma afin d’améliorer les pratiques d’intervention et favoriser l’adaptation ainsi que la réussite éducative de ces élèves. Suivant l’implantation initiale de ce programme d’approche sensible aux traumas auprès d’élèves présentant des troubles émotionnels et comportementaux scolarisés en classes spéciales, cette étude documente le niveau d’intégration des différentes composantes du programme. Elle examine également les effets sur les attitudes des intervenants scolaires envers cette approche, ainsi que sur leur sentiment d’efficacité personnelle. Vingt-sept participants ont rempli des questionnaires avant et après la mise en oeuvre du programme. Les résultats des mesures pré-post montrent une attitude plus positive envers l’approche sensible aux traumas sur la sous-échelle Compréhension des causes sous-jacentes des comportements problématiques et des symptômes observés à l’école. De plus, le sentiment d’efficacité personnelle des intervenants pour la gestion de la classe et des comportements d’indiscipline s’est amélioré après la première demi-année d’implantation du programme. Bien que ces résultats soient modestes, ils sont encourageants, car ils constituent les premières étapes de l’adoption de nouvelles pratiques d’intervention et ouvrent la voie à une réponse plus adaptée aux besoins complexes des élèves.
Mots-clés :
- approche sensible aux traumas,
- troubles émotionnels et comportementaux,
- classe spéciale,
- attitudes,
- sentiment d’efficacité personnelle
Abstract
A significant number of students in special classes for emotional and behavioral disorders have been and are still affected by adverse childhood experiences that impact their social, academic and behavioral functioning. To better respond to their complex needs, an intervention program was developed, integrating findings from research on trauma and its impacts to improve intervention practice and promote better adaptation and school success for these students. Following the initial implementation of this trauma-sensitive intervention program for students with emotional behavioral disorders in special classes, this study documents the integration level of the program’s components. The study also examines the impact of the program on the educators’ attitudes related to a trauma-sensitive approach, as well as their self-efficacy. Twenty-seven participants responded to questionnaires before and after implementation. Results show an improvement in the attitudes related to trauma-sensitive intervention, more specifically for one of the instruments’ subscales regarding the understanding of the Underlying causes of problem behavior and symptoms. Also, results show an improvement in staff’s self-efficacy in classroom and behavior management after the first half-year of implementation. These results are modest but encouraging since they constitute the first steps towards adopting new intervention practices and pave the way to better-adapted responses to the complex needs of these students.
Keywords:
- emotional and behavioral disorders,
- trauma-sensitive intervention,
- implementation,
- intervention practices,
- special classes
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