Free professional learning program supports trauma-informed practice in early childhood settings

Description

Early childhood educators, allied health professionals and community practitioners are being invited to take part in a new free professional learning program designed to support trauma-informed practice in early learning environments.

 

Launched by Charles Sturt University in Albury-Wodonga, the Holding Space program offers a unique mix of hands-on workshops, practical strategies and research-informed frameworks to help educators foster emotional safety, connection and healing in their work with children.

 

Led by Senior Lecturer at the Charles Sturt School of Education Dr Sheena Elwick, the program draws on interdisciplinary expertise in early childhood education, counselling, social work, allied health and play therapy. It is informed by approaches such as the Neurosequential Model and inspired by Dadirri, the First Nations practice of deep listening gifted by Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann.