Trauma-responsive practice in education is an on-demand professional learning program designed to build the capacity of educators and school staff to understand and respond effectively to children and young people impacted by abuse-related and complex trauma.

Grounded in contemporary neurobiology and the SMART program (Strategies for Managing Abuse Related Trauma), this course equips education professionals with practical frameworks, relational strategies and whole-site approaches that promote safety, regulation, connection and learning.

Throughout the program, participants explore how trauma impacts brain development, memory, emotion, connection, behaviour and representation. The course introduces the PRACTICE framework — a structured, evidence-informed approach that supports schools to create predictable, attuned and relationally safe environments for students.

Who is it for?

• Teachers and early childhood professionals

• School principals and leadership teams

• School counsellors and student wellbeing staff

• Education support staff and administrative personnel

• Education systems seeking a whole-site trauma-responsive approach

What will I learn?

• Develop a neurobiological understanding of trauma: Explore how trauma affects the developing brain, including impacts on arousal, memory, emotion, learning, impulse control and relationships.
• Understand trauma response patterns: Recognise hyperarousal, hypoarousal and social engagement states, including the window of tolerance and principles from Polyvagal theory.
• Strengthen relational practice: Learn how connection, attunement and predictability shape brain development and how relational experiences can transform trauma.
• Support memory, emotional literacy and regulation: Understand how trauma impacts implicit and explicit memory, working memory and narrative identity — and how to build cognitive and emotional capacity in the classroom.
• Apply the PRACTICE framework: Implement the eight elements of PRACTICE.
• Integrate whole-school strategies: Develop coordinated School Support Plans and collaborative responses across teaching staff, leadership and families.
• Support adolescents effectively: Understand adolescent brain development, risk-taking, impulse control and trauma impacts specific to this developmental stage.

Register below to become part of a community making an extraordinary impact in the lives of children and young people.
 
For organisational inquiries, contact us to discuss bulk registrations and additional support options.