ATLAS (A Trauma Lens Across Schools)

Program description

ATLAS helps school communities achieve positive educational outcomes for students through understanding their unique needs within their learning environment.

ATLAS builds the capacity of educators through professional learning and direct engagement with leadership, staff, students and their caregivers. Through a lens of trauma informed, evidence-based practice in schools, ATLAS focuses on building schools’ capacity for safe, appropriate connections that promote learning and wellbeing.

Schools can also engage in communities of practice with other local schools, to build connections between schools and strengthen trauma informed practice.

Intended outcomes

• The school community has a trauma informed understanding that improves wellbeing and learning outcomes.
• Educators are supported to respond to students using trauma informed approaches and attitudes.
• Staff have access to resources that promote and support trauma informed approaches.
• Staff peer support networks are built to promote school champions in trauma informed education.
• Student wellbeing and learning is enhanced through their experience of a trauma informed school environment experience.

Program details

Implementation considerations

• Target population: School staff, to enable them to support students.
• Program adaptability: The program is tailored to ensure that the local context and need is taken into account in the delivery of service. The program can be adapted for diverse cohorts including:
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
  • asylum seeker and refugee students
  • culturally and linguistically diverse students
  • LGBTIQA+ students
  • out-of-home care students.
• Staffing: While the program can be delivered flexibly, backfill will be required to support teacher time for professional learning, consultation and reflective practice. The Menu provider and its personnel must not be alone with any school student or group of school students in the classroom or in any other place at the school’s premises without another educator, teacher or teacher’s aide present at all times.
• Professional learning requirements: There are no training requirements from schools prior to implementation of the program.
• Factors to consider: While the program is intended to be delivered face-to-face, professional learning or other support elements can be provided online if requested, in which case schools will require access to necessary technology. A minimum of 2 staff are required to establish a School Implementation Team, with a minimum of 10 staff participating in Trauma Informed Training. Ongoing support is an integral part of the model, with the program designed to support the embedding of trauma approaches and practice across time. There is flexibility with regards to the utilisation and timing of this service.
• Australian context: This program has been developed and applied in Australia.

Cost

Minimum cost

$5,000+

Detailed cost

The cost for the Minimum ATLAS Program Package is $20,212.50 (incl. GST), plus travel costs. This includes:

• 50 hours of service delivered by an ATLAS consultant to up to 10-20 staff, including core trauma informed training for relevant school staff, reflective practice sessions, and consultations on student/cohort specific needs. The 50 hours can be delivered flexibly across the school year as a combination of training, individual and group support/reflection
• establishment of a School Implementation Team with a minimum of 2 staff, to develop a service plan and review progress.

The cost for the Premium ATLAS Program Package is $57,750 (incl. GST), plus travel costs. This includes:

• co-location of an ATLAS consultant based onsite at the school for one day per week for the entirety of the school year
• establishment of a School Implementation Team with a minimum of 2 staff, to develop a service plan and review progress.

Note that travel costs are not included in the above program pricing and will be charged in accordance with the SCHADS industry award.