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Alannah and Madeline Foundation - TraCS for Early Learning Program 

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Alannah and Madeline Foundation - TraCS for Early Learning Program 

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The Alannah and Madeline Foundation provides a program for early childhood educators called 'Trauma Consultancy Service' or 'TraCS', which supports them to better understand how to support children's emotional and relational needs to create a safe learning environment.

TraCS is designed to be a sustainable long-term program that includes consultants meeting with educators to provide resources, coaching, support, tailored plans, phone consultations, feedback and visits.

The program is highly customisable based on the budget and needs of the early childhood organisation. However, costs range from $225-295 per hour depending on the amount of hours purchased.

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The TraCS program supports early years Educators working with children experiencing vulnerability and trauma to create safe and supportive environments.

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Includes articles, podcasts, timelines, images and research to support children's emotional recovery and resilience. Has a wide variety of information on guidance for educators. Offers practical tips for creating a trauma sensitive classroom environments, helping educators understand children's behaviours as responses to trauma. Offers a podcast episode discussing strategies for early childhood teachers to support children who have experienced trauma.

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Therapeutic Dolls for Trauma Responsive Practice with Children

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Therapeutic Dolls for Trauma Responsive Practice with Children

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This is a 4-hour virtual workshop running from 10am to 2pm. Cost $360. The workshop is evidence-based, grounded in neuroscience and child development. This workshop allow you engage with others to share insights and encounter diverse perspectives on trauma-responsive practice.

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RaisingChildren.net.au offers a huge amount of trauma-related resources tailored for professionals working with families. The site provides evidence-based materials, including practice guides, mental health resources, and tools for supporting children and teenagers through traumatic events. It offers practical strategies for first responses as well as ongoing support. With a focus on accessibility, the platform includes culturally inclusive content, such as resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Its clear, user-friendly format and free access make it a valuable tool for professionals seeking credible and actionable guidance.

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The raising children website is supported by the Department of Social Services. It provides a wide range of parenting advice that educators also will find extremely valuable. This includes articles on recognising the signs of trauma, and how to support children after trauma. Overall, it is a useful resource for those seeking information, however it may be less valuable for those seeking more immediate/ practical help.

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Services

-Under the "Therapeutic Services", users are able to access brief descriptions on all the services Professionals.org provide, ranging from sexual abuse, family violence, harmful sexual behaviour, foster, kinship and residential care; programs such as Early years (suitable for ages 3 and 4), and Youth Justice (suitable for 8-18 year olds); as well as provide services for the child's learning environment via their Educational Needs Assessment, where behaviour support plans are provided to assist teachers and school staff in implementing strategies based on the child's unique needs.

-Physical and Online resources are provided as well

Website overall

-Professionals.org claims that they work in collaboration with government and non-government agencies, such as other orgs like OzChild, Anglicare, and implies religious inclusivity as they also partner with CatholicCare.

-Website interface is clean and clearly separates the services and its description, making it user friendly to read. The signup form is at the bottom of the page, so users can first get a view of all the services before deciding on the one that suits them best.

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Transforming Childhood Together

Welcome to the Australian Childhood Foundation's Professional Community. We're glad you're here!

About the Community

We are deeply committed to ensuring that approaches that are drawn from and translate critical areas of knowledge and evidence, in particular, the neuroscience of trauma and attachment, cultural wisdom and research about what works. For over 30 years, we have joined you in forming a community of professionals that share a similar view about the value of such knowledge to a range of sectors involved with children and young people.

As Australia begins to return to normal, children remain at the heart of everything we do

For over 30 years we have supported children and families through times of uncertainty and crisis. Find out how we are continuing to support children during the challenge of COVID-19 and find downloadable resources to help children reduce stress and anxiety.

Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care

In 2018, we established Australia's first ever intermediary organisation dedicated to therapeutic forms of care for children and young people. The Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care has been funded by NSW Department of Communities and Justice and is run by the Australian Childhood Foundation in partnership with Southern Cross University. Its function is to support the evolution of the newly reformed Intensive Therapeutic Care system being rolled out in NSW. The Centre integrates up to date research evidence with cultural knowledge, practice wisdom and the voices of young people in care to produce reports, practice resources and training to support the provision of high quality, evidence-informed therapeutic care. Since then it has also begun to work in other jurisdictions including ACT and Tasmania.

Our Deputy CEO - Janise Mitchell - is also the Director of the Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care.

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Home - Australian Childhood Foundation Professionals

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Transforming Childhood Together Welcome to the Australian Childhood Foundation's Professional Community. We're glad you're here! We are deeply committed to ensuring that approaches that are drawn from and translate critical areas of knowledge and evidence, in particular, the neuroscience of trauma and attachment, cultural wisdom and research about what works.

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Beyond Blue is connected with other services to provide resources and guides for educators to use about mental health. They offer a variety of resources such as wellness guides, fact sheets, events, wellness tools, links to different services, etc.

It provides resources for educators, parents, children, that not only help with the direct trauma but also secondary trauma. E.g. 24 hour hotline, webinars, mental health practitioners and its categorised, making it easily accessible.

Overall, Be you is a useful resource, which has all necessary information, guides, and services in one accessible place for educators and parents to use.

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The beyond blue 'be you' website provides extensive information on trauma highlighting the complexity of the topic as there are different types of trauma, three types are recognised by this site: complex, developmental and intergenerational. It can also be vastly different from person to person; the same event occurring for multiple people will result in different outcomes for these people. The site also provides a list of references that supported the page development. There are also external links provided for people seeking to learn more on the topic (one of these includes the emerging minds page on trauma). There is also a 1hr long video resource accessible, titled 'informed practice in your learning community'. I think this site is valuable for providing information on the topic of trauma, without watching the video I cannot assume its value, however this site is highly reputable and recognised.

https://beyou.edu.au/resources/fact-sheets/grief-trauma-and-critical-incidents/trauma

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Childhood trauma is the result of an event, or series of events, that cause a child or young person to feel helpless and pushed beyond their ability to cope.

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Resources: ESmart Podcasts, Prevention Programs, Virtual Kindness Workshops, Buddy bags (materials, clothes, essentials).

Evaluate and compare:

Prevention Program Playing IT safe; For children, carer/parents, and educators. Introduction safe online habits through games, and activities.

Dolly’s Dream Workshop; Equips children and young people with the tools to navigate mental health challenges, digital safety, and support systems. By encouraging kindness, empathy, and self-worth, we empower participants to build safer, more supportive communities.

60 minute sessions with clear objectives and outcomes to mitigate trauma.

ESmart Podcast: Student-led interview that dive into the latest tips on how to navigate the digital world safely. Lesson plans and additional resources are also provided https://be.esmart.org.au/lesson-plans?year-levels=years-5-6&search=speak%20up

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Be You is delivered by Beyond Blue, a reputable service for supporting the mental health of young people. It was made in collaboration with Early Childhood Australia and headspace (both reputable).

A quick scan of their site shows resources for pre-service educators, educators, leadership teams, and action teams within schools. They are providing free tools and resources that are evidence-informed practices. Being free makes them accessible to all educators.

They have a variety of resources for different age groups of children and go further than trauma-informed practices. It includes SEL and cultural diversity. They also provide Professional learning, which can support educators' understanding of student support. It does not appear to be trauma-specific support.

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Workshop - Understanding Relational Trauma in the Early Years. It provides information to understand what relational trauma is and its impact on young children and their families.

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Understanding Relational Trauma in the Early Years - Australian Childhood Foundation Professionals

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Understand what relational trauma is and its impact on young children and their families as you increase your knowledge and skills.

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The raising healthy minds app is a free, personalised, resource to support children to becoming confident and resilient. It provides educators with tools to support children and families with accessible and easy to understand information. This tool may be useful, however it does not specify exactly how it will guide educators how to respond and cater to the needs of children who have experienced trauma. It is also difficult to evaluate its usefulness without having downloaded the app. https://raisingchildren.net.au/guides/raising-healthy-minds-child-mental-health

The article on individual education care plan and individual education plans themselves are more useful for educators. These plans assist the educators to make informed decisions on how to care for a child and meet their goals. This is outlined: https://raisingchildren.net.au/disability/school-play-work/child-care/starting-child-care-disability-autism#developing-an-individual-education-and-care-plan-nav-title

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https://emergingminds.com.au/training/facilitated-training/advanced-practice-certificate-in-child-mental-health-and-trauma/

provides advanced level trainings on child mental health but waitlist

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A free, personalised, pocket resource for raising confident, resilient children 0-12 years old. For educators to support children and families with accessible, easy to understand information on topics like self-esteem, anxiety and neurodivergence

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Provides professional development courses and materials that explore key factors influencing child mental health, strategies for early intervention. in detail explanation of topic for better understanding.

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Under the resource tab, there are the following options: watch (i.e., interviews), listen (podcasts), read (i.e., fact sheets) and toolkits (including various online courses).