About the Workshop

Trauma leaves a profound imprint on young minds, shaping their thoughts, behaviours, and future relationships. This course equips early childhood educators with the knowledge and tools to nurture positive outcomes, wellbeing and engagement in children who have faced early life adversities. Through this trauma-informed workshop, you'll gain insights into the neuroscience behind trauma responses in the brain, its impacts on childhood development, implications for learning, and practical strategies to create a safe, supportive and effective learning environment that is inclusive for all children. 
Whether you are new to trauma-informed education or looking to deepen your understanding, this workshop provides strategies and theoretical underpinnings to help every child feel safe, seen, and supported in your service. 

 

Course curriculum

    1. How to Use This Platform

    2. Participant walk through video

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Agreement

    4. About your facilitator - Briana Thorne

      FREE PREVIEW

    5. FAQ

    1. Download Your Reflection Workbook

    2. What is trauma? Definitions and Types

    3. Trauma and the Brain

    4. Brief Reflection

    5. Impacts and Strategies

    6. The Safety Cup Mind Map

    7. The Connection Cup Mind Map

    8. Safety Cup Resource Library

    9. Connection Cup Resource Library

    10. Safe, Seen, Supported Resource Library

    1. Reflective Questions

    2. Keep in Touch with the Phoenix Team

    3. Other Professional and Personal Development Opportunities

About this course

  • $48.00
  • 18 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Participant Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will:   

  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of trauma and its long-term impacts on children’s brains, behaviour, and development.

  • Identify and respond effectively to trauma-related behaviours in children.

  • Employ trauma-informed teaching strategies that promote safety and connection.

  • Build trusting, empathetic relationships with children to foster resilience and emotional growth.

  • Create predictable and nurturing environments that support children’s sense of safety and autonomy.

  • Video material

    This course includes video presentations from Elise Waghorn (Phd Candidate).

  • Downloadable PDF's

    Downloadable resources that every educator needs for understanding and supporting children who have experienced trauma.

  • Web-Links

    This course also provides web-links to key learning material, and further online video content.

Meet Your Facilitator

Senior Facilitator Briana Thorne

Bri is an experienced early childhood educator, leader, and professional learning facilitator with a Masters in Early Years Education and a career spanning classroom teaching, educational leadership, centre management, and regulatory work with the Victorian Regulatory Authority. Her philosophy places the child at the heart of every decision, and she brings warmth, deep expertise, and a genuine passion for high-quality early childhood education to everything she does. As a facilitator, Bri is known for making complex ideas feel accessible, practical, and genuinely energising.

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