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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 19 August
Session 2: Tuesday 26 August
Session 3: Tuesday 2 September
Session 4: Tuesday 9 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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I would like information about a short course. Who can assist me?  

Email: LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au 

Phone: 1300 135 045

I have paid the fee for a short course. When will I be able to access it?  

On completion of your registration, you'll be provided with an account on our Learning Management System (LMS) and the course material will be made available at the advertised date, or as outlined on your registration confirmation email.  For our on-demand courses, access will be immediate.

What payment options are there?

  • You may arrange to pay by BPAY or EFT
  • For group bookings, we encourage purchase orders.  Contact us for a quote, and upon receipt of your purchase order we can make the course available to you.
  • Unfortunately, we are not able to arrange instalment payments.

Contact us on LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au for assistance. 

Can I arrange payment with a Purchase Order?

Yes, we accept Purchase Orders. Please email to LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au and our La Trobe Professional team will provide you with payment details and access to your course. 

I am getting an error when I try to log into my LMS account. Can you help? 

  • The first thing to check is your order confirmation email - it will contain your Learning Management System (LMS) account and password.  Note that this account may not be the same as your staff, student or previous short course participant account. 
  • The second thing to check is that you're logging on as a short course participant and not as a student - choose 'Other Users' - select Short Course as your institution and use your account and password as provided.

If you need any assistance, contact us on LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au. 

I want to enrol multiple staff in a short course. How do I go about this? 

Contact LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au so that we can discuss options with you.  

What certification will I receive?

The type of certification depends on the assessment involved in the course. For example:

  • Microcredentials:  You will receive a digital credential that confirms the skills you’ve acquired, any assessments you’ve completed and potential pathways for credit or advanced standing towards a degree. 
  • Other assessed short courses:  This may include bridging programs or courses that prepare you for external certification from a professional body.  You might receive a certificate of achievement or a digital badge (a digital version of a certificate of achievement).
  • Non-assessed courses:  If a course doesn’t involve formal assessment, you’ll receive a certificate of attendance.
  • Single-subject enrolment: If you enrol in a single subject, you will receive an official transcript for that subject.

Please note that short courses or microcredentials are not formal qualifications under the Australian Qualifications Framework but may be eligible for consideration as advanced standing (credit) towards a degree.

What is a microcredential? 

Microcredentials are short courses that are assessed, carry academic credit, and to deliver specific skills or knowledge.  While they can be taken as standalone courses, many are designed to be combined or ‘stacked’ with other microcredentials to form the equivalent of a subject within a degree program.  Upon successful completion, you’ll earn a digital credential that outlines the skills and credit obtained, and any opportunities for stacking.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   

What is advanced standing?

Advanced standing refers to credit for prior study or formal learning that can be credited towards a qualification, thereby reducing the number of subjects required to complete a course. For short courses or microcredentials (if these have been completed through recognised institutions or platforms and are deemed equivalent to La Trobe University subjects), credit may be granted either for specific La Trobe subjects or as unspecified credit towards elective requirements of a La Trobe course.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   Upon successful completion of the course, you’ll receive a digital credential, which may be used when applying for credit for the relevant degree at La Trobe.

For more details, visit the University’s advanced standing web page.