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Trauma-Informed Engagement with Scripture

Awarded Grant
Ramos, Melissa
Portland Seminary
Theological School
2023

Proposal abstract :
It is my goal to engage in reading and conversations with those who are actively publishing and offering training on trauma informed engagement with Scripture in order to prepare me to create reflective and collaborative approaches to class discussions around difficult passages of Scripture that portray events with the potential to trigger trauma. The reading and conversations should enable me to have a more deliberate approach to creating safe spaces, respond to student needs, and to develop successful pedagogical strategies for discussing sensitive topics. • Goal for me: To learn and reflect on trauma and how it might affect student engagement with difficult topics in biblical studies so that I might better facilitate discussion in the classroom. • Goal for students: To participate in a collaborative and respectful way with one another in class discussions and activities related to trauma in the Bible, and to craft personal reflection that is actionable in a ministry setting. • Goal for assessment: To develop a means of evaluating the quality and depth of student engagement with a set of difficult narratives and passages in Scripture.

Learning Abstract :
It is my goal to engage in reading and conversations with those who are actively publishing and
offering training on trauma informed engagement with Scripture in order to prepare me to create
reflective and collaborative approaches to class discussions around difficult passages of Scripture
that portray events with the potential to trigger trauma. The reading and conversations should
enable me to have a more deliberate approach to creating safe spaces, respond to student needs,
and to develop successful pedagogical strategies for discussing sensitive topics.
• Goal for me: To learn and reflect on trauma and how it might affect student engagement
with difficult topics in biblical studies so that I might better facilitate discussion in the
classroom.
• Goal for students: To participate in a collaborative and respectful way with one another
in class discussions and activities related to trauma in the Bible, and to craft personal
reflection that is actionable in a ministry setting.
• Goal for assessment: To develop a means of evaluating the quality and depth of student
engagement with a set of difficult narratives and passages in Scripture.
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