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This podcast series from Carer Kafe provides guidance and tips straight from other carers and staff who work in out-of-home care in Victoria. For new carers its a great resource to remind yourself that challenges come up and you are not alone!
Dr Karyn Purvis resources for teachers to learn about trauma informed teaching in classrooms, incoprorate the TBRI model.
How to parent in a pandemic.
Dr Dan Siegel and Dr Tina Bryson discuss safety, seen, soothed and secure.
The UK Trauma Council have this animated video that explains how trauma affects young people.
A great option for sharing with friends, family or schools.
Stories from Adopters and Adoptees to help with healing.
Includes a recent podcast for schools to consider trauma practices.
Practical advice on how to parent from a trauma perspective and build attachment.
Based on Dr Karyn Purvis's book "The Connected Child".
The Generation Next Youtube Channel makes the latest strategies and information in youth mental health available anywhere, anytime, providing useful tips to better support the young people in your lives. It includes expert interviews, lectures and short, educational videos on mental illnesses affecting young people, emerging issues as well as prevention and response strategies. Anxiety, Eating Disorders and Internet addiction are just a few of the many topics available in short 5 minute vidoes.
Caring Classrooms - A guide to understanding traumatised children and young people.
Caring Classrooms - Trauma informed resource for parents and carers.PDF
Calmer Classrooms - Trauma informed resource for schools.PDF
From Isolation to Connection - Trauma informed resource for broader community professionals.PDF
Brigid Jordan, Royal Children's Hospital, and Anne Kennedy, Fellow of the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, together with Kids First, lead a study of children under 3 years of age who had experienced abuse or neglect, and were already demonstrating problems in emotional and beahviour regulation and delays in development. They provided a predictable, nurturing and responsive envrionment, with a strong focus on attachment, consistent caregiving and individualised attention. Significant improvements in social and emotional development and resilience were identified for these children.
Read more about the results here: Research Results
The Miriam Rose Foundation is a charity dedicated to improving lives and creating opportunities for a brighter future for Indigenous children and youth. Miriam Rose Ungunmerr Baumann, 2021 Senior Australian of the year, is a renowned Aboriginal Artist and Educator who speaks 5 languages, along with English. She was the first fully qualified Aboriginal teacher in the Northern Territory and is the founder of the Miriam Rose Foundation. Her reflection on the deep inner spring inside us, Dadirri, offers insight into the importance of quiet and listening in to ourselves and our children.
The Australian Childhood Trauma Group offer a range of therapeutic services underpinned by the latest research based practice and design and deliver capacity building programs for social, emotional and learning needs. Practical outcomes based supports, wtih behaviour support programs and skill bite learning and training opportunities for parents and carers too. Their skill bite podcasts are definitely worth a listen on topics like lying, discipline and trauma.
Berry Street offer Dr Bruce Perry's Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics which draws on trauma research, neurodevelopment and relational neurobiology. Basically that is psychological science speak about understanding the childs experiences and working out what interventions help. You can read more on the Berry Street site.
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing offers podcasts, produced by comedian Brian Nankervis. In particular, its worth hearing from international expert Richard Rose who draws from his extensive experience working in out-of-home care to identify trauma informed enablers for nurturing attachment and life story therapy. Trauma informed content from an expert!
This podcast series is directed at Kinship carers across Victoria, formal and informal, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings or close family friends. Topical issues from expert speakers are introduced, including topics like trauma in children, carer wellbeing, family rights, the law, welfare and model changes.
Adoptee Meets World is a podcast that share voices from the adoption community. The host, Addy Coryell. is a Chinese American adoptee who shares her adoption story and talks with family, friends, and special guests. A great start to learn more is Podcast No 4 - 10 Things I wish Parents knew about adoption.
A great listen The Wisdom of Trauma by Gabor Mate. Discusses the importance of not disconnecting from feelings to avoid anxiety, addiction and to help with learning in schools by inclusion and connection rather than removal and disconnection. Warning -holocaust content.
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A great discussion on the concept of optimal arousal and sensory modulation to achieve emotional and physiological safety. Learn more about sensory processing disorders and treatments that might help.