Trauma-informed knowledge and practice
a critical and timely move forward for Australian education sites and systems: A background paper

The Declaration for a Trauma-Aware Education Workforce is an output of the fourth, biennial Trauma-Aware Education Conference and the collective effort of teams of education leaders and university leaders who are thought leaders in trauma-informed education for Australia. The authors of the Declaration have written a background paper to provide the evidence base for the Declaration, which addresses the following concerns and outlines vital recommendations:

• Concerns with student behaviour
• Concerns with wellbeing, and recruitment and retention of educators
• Concerns with the prevalence of childhood trauma
• Concerns with longer-term impacts of complex trauma
• Concerns with the intergenerational impacts of complex trauma
• Concerns with the societal costs of unresolved trauma
• Concerns with Alternative Education Provision
• Trauma-informed education leadership is vital
• Systemic structure for trauma-informed education is vital
• The Importance of Initial Teacher Education

The full background paper is available for download here: