- Tier: Tier 2: Early intervention and cohort specific support
- Category of intervention: Trauma-informed programs
- Strength of evidence: Level 2: Supported by expert opinion or evidence for practice
- Geographic location: Statewide
Program description
The program aims to help schools to implement a whole school approach to trauma-informed practice. A half-day training session teaches school leaders about the neuroscience of leadership, and how it can be applied to create trauma-informed school cultures.
Intended outcomes
- Increased understanding of how to create school environments that provide relational safety to support students to engage in learning
- Increased understanding of neuroscience and leadership skills and behaviours, and how this knowledge can be used to support a trauma-informed culture
- Increased school leader confidence to drive engagement and cultural change in the whole school community
Program details
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| Program provider | Australian Childhood Foundation |
| Delivery mode | Combination of face-to-face and online |
Implementation considerations
- Target population: The program is aimed at staff in leadership roles.
- Program adaptability: The program is suitable for diverse cohorts including:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
- asylum seeker and refugee students
- culturally and linguistically diverse students
- LGBTIQA+ students
- neurodivergent students
- students with a disability.
- Staffing: Backfilling may be required depending on when the school schedules the training session.
- Training requirements: Schools may need IT that enables the display of a PowerPoint presentation.
- Factors to consider: One half day of training for staff, around 5–6 hours. Focus is on small groups of up to 30 participants. No minimum number of participants required. The Australian Childhood Foundation can support schools with further training to support implementation as well as reflective practice or action research, at an additional cost.
- Australian context: The program has been developed and applied in Australia.
Cost
Minimum cost
$2,000+
Detailed cost
The cost for the full Trauma-Informed Leadership in Schools program is $2,640 (including GST). This includes:
- a half-day training program
- a reading list and handouts
- links to resources.
In the future there will be online self-paced learning modules and digital resources, which will be made available to schools at a nominal cost.
Travel is not included in the program price and will be charged at actual cost to school.
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