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title: A teacher's experience with vicarious trauma
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# [A teacher's experience with vicarious trauma](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/a-teachers-experience-with-vicarious-trauma)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 04/10/18

When you teach students who have had adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), you feel a double-edged sword: You care deeply about your students, so it’s easy for their pain to become your own.

[Read the full article here.](https://www.edutopia.org/article/teachers-experience-vicarious-trauma)

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