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How to Approach Trauma in the Classroom
PrimarySecondaryYear 1 - 12SocialLeadershipMental HealthSocial and Emotional Learning
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Course Summary
Course Content
Introduction
01.
Introduction
02.
Set some learning goals
What is Trauma?
03.
What is trauma?
04.
Risk is subjective
05.
What makes an event potentially traumatic?
06.
Disaster trauma
07.
What makes trauma potentially harmful?
Impact of Trauma
08.
What influences outcomes? – Child related factors
09.
What influences outcomes? – Impact related variables
10.
The impact of PTE’s on children’s development
11.
Physical impacts of trauma
12.
Cognitive impacts of trauma
13.
Relationship impacts of trauma
14.
Reflection
What Are You Likely to See In The Classroom?
15.
After the experience
16.
Experiencing a disaster
17.
Your own response
18.
Student’s response
Your Teaching
19.
What to say and how to care – 10 step guide
20.
How to talk about what happened
21.
Additional resources
22.
Cool.org resources to support your teaching
Reflection
23.
Suggestions for collaboration
24.
Reflect on Your Learning
25.
Completing the course
Course Writers
Michelle Roberts is a psychologist, teacher and child disaster consultant.
Starting her teaching career at a school impacted directly by the Ash Wednesday bushfires, Michelle has continued to work in the field of children, schools, emergencies, critical incidents and trauma.
In 2010 Michelle was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to explore school-based trauma mitigation and intervention strategies.
Michelle is the current Director and a founding member of The Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network (ACATLGN) based at the Australia National University.
Michelle has responded to disasters occurring both nationally and internationally across a range of events, working with both government and non-government agencies and has provided support, and participated in research, delivering training, and advice in relation to children and young people, trauma, adversity and disasters with Departments of Education, Headspace, Red Cross and UNICEF, Emerging Minds, University of Melbourne and the Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience.