Understand Trauma and Its Impact

Explore how trauma and prolonged stress can affect students' learning, behaviour and relationships.

Build Safety, Connection and Regulation

Discover practical strategies to create predictable, supportive classrooms that promote student wellbeing and learning.

Develop Trauma-Aware Practice

Strengthen professional judgement, reflect on your responses, and learn to support students while maintaining appropriate boundaries.

Curriculum

7 Chapters · 34 Lessons

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      Welcome to Foundations of Trauma-Aware Education

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      Course Overview

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      Introduction

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      Video: Understanding Trauma in Educational Contexts

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      Focused Reading

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      Required Reading: National Guidelines for Trauma-Aware Education in Australia. Frontiers in Education, 7, 826658.

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      Recommended Reading: The prevalence of child maltreatment in Australia: Findings from a national survey. Medical Journal of Australia, 218(S6), S13–S18.

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      Apply & Reflect

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      Quiz

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      Downloadable Tool

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      Introduction

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      Video: Looking Beneath Student Behaviour

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      Focused Reading

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      Required Reading: How is Trauma-Informed Education Implemented within Classrooms? A Synthesis of Trauma-Informed Education Programs. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 48(3), 95–120.

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      Apply & Reflect

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      Quiz

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      Downloadable Tool

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      Introduction

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      Video: Safety, Regulation And Connection Video

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      Focused Reading

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      Required Reading: Trauma-aware education: Essential information and guidance for educators, education sites and education systems. Australian Academic Press, 113-133.

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      Apply & Reflect

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      Quiz

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      Downloadable Tool

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      Introduction

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      Video: Becoming a Trauma-Aware Educator

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      Focused Reading

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      Reading: Trauma-informed teacher wellbeing: Teacher reflections within trauma-informed positive education. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 46(5).

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      Apply & Reflect

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      Quiz

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      Downloadable Tool

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      Summary

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      Congratulations!

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Meet the Presenter: Rebecca Moffat

Bec Moffat is a Lecturer in the School of Education who specialises in inclusive and trauma-aware education. She has over 30 years' experience in both mainstream and special education, in both government and independent schooling. She has worked in a range of teaching roles, including curriculum coordinator, assistant principal, special education consultant, learning support, and high potential and gifted education. Her greatest passion is helping trauma-impacted students find their way by providing a trauma-sensitive approach to teaching and learning, informed by recent developments in neuroscience. Bec is currently a Doctor of Education candidate in trauma-aware education at QUT.

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