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When your role becomes discipline instead of healing

I have been a school social worker for eight years and I spend more time managing student behavior than addressing underlying trauma and I feel like I am part of the problem.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You spend your days policing behavior instead of helping, and it feels like you've become part of the problem.

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