Schenectady schools consider childhood trauma

ALBANY — Over a year ago, Schenectady schoolteachers and administrators began trying something new. When a student acted out, instead of asking "What is wrong with you?" they started asking "What has happened to you?"
As soon as educators started to consider that trauma — a parent's death, a father in prison, physical or sexual abuse, homelessness, a parent with mental illness or addiction — may have something to do with a child's behavior, their response to that behavior chang