Friday 21st June 2019
Keynote Address
Everybody In! Embedding Trauma-Aware Strategies an a Consistent Whole-School Approach
Tom Brunzell, Berry Street Education
Keynote Address
The Thirst for Trauma-Aware Schooling across Australia and Beyond!
Dr Judith Howard, Queensland University of Technology
Session 5.1
The educational experience: in the words of a Foster Child
Melissa King, Unitingcare
Session 5.2
The Whole is Greater than the Sum of The Parts: An Interagency Collaborative Partnership
Nicole Dorrington, Brisbane South Evolve, CYMHS & Vicky King, Education Queensland
Session 5.3
The impacts of poverty on emotional wellbeing. Understanding the hidden rules of life in poverty
Kathleen Herbert, Solution Tree Australia
Session 5.4
LOOKOUT Centres – Boosting Capacity of Schools to be Trauma Aware
Cara Barrie, Tracey Rowe and Bart Stiller, Department of Education and Training Victoria
Session 5.5
Remote teachers share insights for supporting students living with the effects of complex childhood trauma
Meegan Brown, Queensland University of Technology
Schools Up North: participatory approaches to helping teachers in remote schools support students’ mental health
Helen Travers, Yeti
Session 5.6
Constructing early childhood services as trauma recovery environments: Barriers and enablers for refugee families
Cherie Lamb, University Of New England
A Trauma Informed Response in Early Education and Care Services
Vivienne Gould, Anglicare
Session 5.7
What’s Different About Trauma Sensitive Functional Behaviour Assessment?
Sonja Vanderaa, Australian Childhood Foundation
Session 5.8
Prevalence of early trauma and subsequent mental health and substance use disorders among Australians
Emma Barrett, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
Qualitative experiences of school leaders, teachers and mental health staff regarding student trauma
Emily Berger, Monash University
Session 6.2
Talking Families Initiative
Alecia Thomasson, Queensland Family & Child Commission
Session 6.3
Responding Therapeutically through Integrated Trauma Aware Practice
Rohan Tedmanson & Mel Jones, Connected Self
Session 6.4
Building culturally sensitive support – CASE STUDY of a Year 7 boy in care
Megan Mulcahy, Kate Solofa & Jennifer Johnson, Metropolitan Behaviour Services
Session 6.5
Building resilience through relationships in early childhood communities
Lyra L’Estrange, Queensland University of Technology
The Benefits of Animals as part of a Trauma Informed Approach
Beverley Turner, Metropolitan Behaviour Support Service
Session 6.6
Real life strategies for real life students: ways to identify, connect and support students with a trauma background
Rebecca Hack, Queensland Teachers’ Union & Kellie Baldwin, Berserker Street State School
Session 6.7
Project REAL – What’s the Deal?
Vyvyan Stranieri, Banksia Gardens Community Service
Prevention: A Holistic Approach
Mathew Sinclair, Bravehearts
Session 6.8
Reflective analysis based on a program of delivering creative arts therapy to children in trauma
Tess Elliott, Rowancroft Studio
Engaging Students Who Have Experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences or Trauma in Social Emotional Learning
Rachel Parker, University Of Western Australia
Session 7.3
Trauma and the Experiences of Young People in Flexible Learning Programs
Joanna Nicholson, Youth Off The Streets
Introducing the Brain Architecture Game!
Judith Howard, Queensland University of Technology
Session 7.4
Harnessing the power of music to support children who have experienced complex trauma
Christobel Clark, Sing&Grow
Session 7.5
Trauma, loss and grief: building knowledge and practice to support the best outcomes for students
Louise Hall, Mackillop Family Services – Good Grief
Current Research: How Trauma Aware are Teachers and School Leaders in NSW Government Primary Schools?
Celeste Musgrave, University of Tasmania
Session 7.6
RELATE: Creating Cultures of Safety for Staff in Trauma-Informed Schools
Justin Roberts, MacKillop Education
Spirituality and faith after trauma: a whole-child response
Lisa Coles, Arethusa College
Session 7.8
Self-care as a Foundation for Trauma Informed Practice in Schools
Trish Maskell & Nick Downey, Mercy Community
Clay Field Therapy – A Sensorimotor approach for working with Traumatised Children
Matt Dilges, Child & Youth Mental Health
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