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Trauma-informed Education

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Learn how to support traumatised children in the classroom.

Understand the complexities of childhood trauma, based on theory and latest best practice, gain the skills to safely and effectively support affected children.

$440.00

Key facts

Course category
Education, Wellbeing in Schools
Options
Option 1 Session 1: Tuesday 27 August
Session 2: Tuesday 3 September
Session 3: Tuesday 10 September
Session 4: Tuesday 17 September 		5.00 PM - 6.00 PMOnline (Live)
Duration
4 weeks
Group Bookings
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Prerequisite/s
There are no prerequisites for this short course
Certification
Certificate of Attendance

Why this course?

An introduction to trauma theory and practice, this course is designed for educators and other professionals working in schools, including principals, teachers, psychologists, speech therapists, school counsellors and wellbeing staff.  

Trauma-informed education is an emerging field, drawing from the fields of psychology, neuroscience and public health, which have shown the profound impact of trauma on brain development and learning. Armed with this new research and understanding, educators and schools can create new policies and practices that improve wellbeing and learning outcomes for their students.

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Course content

The course has been designed to support educators and other professionals working in schools to understand the complexities of childhood trauma, based on theory and latest best practice, and gain the skills to safely and effectively support affected children.

Topics covered will include:

  • Traumatic experience and PTSD
  • Complex trauma and attachment theory
  • Generational trauma
  • Trauma-informed education
  • Trauma-informed pedagogies and practices
  • The reflective practitioner and vicarious trauma

Learning activities are self-paced so you can study at a time that works for you, and we encourage you to engage with our academics and your peers through the interactive sessions, the range of materials and learning forums available, and take advantage of the content provided for those who want to go beyond the core curriculum.

You will be provided with a Certificate of Attendance for 12 hours,  to submit towards your annual continuing professional development hours, providing you meet the activity and participation requirements

You’ll learn:

After completing this course, you will understand:

  • The history of PTSD and contemporary neuroscientific understandings
  • The impact of early childhood trauma on early brain development and learning
  • The impact of community trauma and its aftermath
  • The principles of a trauma-informed school
  • The Framework for intervention
  • How to care for the carers.

Your study experience

This fully online, self-paced course is delivered over four weeks with weekly 1-hour webinars. You will be introduced to evidence-based approaches for working with traumatised students and explore a variety of interventions, pedagogies and practices that can help you better support children and help alter their life trajectories.  

There will be weekly live and interactive sessions, which will be recorded for participants unable to attend.  This course provides the opportunity to continue your learning and professional development while juggling work, family and other commitments. 

The total expected time commitment for this course is up to 12 hours. This comprises 4 x 1 hour live weekly sessions, and 2-3 hours per week of self directed learning.

Who you'll learn from

Anne Southall

Dr Anne Southall is a child trauma expert in La Trobe’s School of Education. She is coordinator of the Master of Inclusion and Diversity, specialising in childhood trauma and mental health and wellbeing in schools.

Through her research, Dr Southall investigates how we can best educate children from traumatic backgrounds. Given the profound and long-term impact of trauma on brain development, she helps to develop effective interventions that can improve their life outcomes and wellbeing.

With more than 30 years’ experience in the field of special education and mainstream primary schools, Dr Southall has worked in both classroom practice and leadership roles in Australia and the UK. Through her work at La Trobe, she partners with education providers in regional Victoria to develop more trauma-informed approaches which might alter the life trajectories of vulnerable students.

Vanessa Rohlf 

Vanessa is a Research Officer in the School of Psychology and Public Health, and is a consultant, therapist, and educator specialising in compassion fatigue, stress management, pet loss, and animal bereavement.

Paulieen Bennett 

Pauleen is Head of Department of Psychology and Counselling at La Trobe University. She is Australia’s leading expert in Anthrozoology, past-President and Fellow of the International Society for Anthrozoology, and Associate Editor of the field’s leading journal, Anthrozöos. Since 2011, she has led a multidisciplinary research group focusing on human-companion dog relationships, and particularly on how these impact human health and dog welfare.

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