Trauma-Informed Care: Training Opportunities

Designed by practitioners for practitioners – A 6-hour workshop designed to equip practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to support children, young people, and families affected by trauma.

Workshop Highlights:

• Deepen your understanding of trauma, its types, and its impact on children and young people.
• Learn how to recognise trauma-related behaviours and apply trauma-informed practices.
• Explore key theories, including attachment, brain development, the Window of Tolerance, PACE, and Polyvagal Theory.
• Engage in interactive case studies to see how trauma-informed strategies are applied in real-life situations.
• Discuss the importance of policy, advocacy, and strategies for emotional regulation and effective communication.

TIO’s Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Online Training offers four free, self-directed modules that you can complete at your own pace. These modules cover the fundamentals of trauma-informed care and include both an introductory and closing video.

Each module features:

• A core content video
• A Voices from the Community video showcasing real-world implementation
• Additional reading resources to deepen your understanding
• Reflective questions for personal insight
• A short knowledge check

After completing all modules and submitting the feedback survey, you’ll be able to download a certificate of completion.

Australian Childhood Foundation offers a wide range of professional development opportunities drawing from practical experience, research, and cultural knowledge. They provide affordable and accessible training across various disciplines, including mental health, child protection, and education. Some of their training offerings include:

• Trauma responsive practice in education: online training
• Supporting children and young people to heal from the trauma of family violence
• Understanding the neurobiology of complex trauma
• Foster carer on-demand training: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Hearts, in collaboration with the Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care

Blue Knot Foundation’s training programs range from foundational to clinical practice, focusing on trauma awareness, stress management, working with complex trauma clients, and trauma-responsive leadership. Programs are grounded in research, practice evidence, and lived experience.

Fostering Hope provides a free trauma awareness training designed to equip you to identify trauma, recognise the impacts of complex developmental trauma and pick up tools for promoting safety and understanding in your activities.

• Yarning Up On Trauma
  Within this program delivered across Australia, participants explore the nature and effects of trauma, including its physical, social, emotional, and spiritual impacts, with a specific focus on Aboriginal history. Over four days, the program maps the history of colonisation, stolen generations, disadvantage, and institutionalised racism to contextualise current trauma in Aboriginal communities.