Trauma PL - Stage 1 check in

Do you understand everything so far?

• Yes

• No

• Kinda...

What land are we on today?

• Kuku Yalanji

• Eora

• Larrakia

• Whadjuk Noongar

How is trauma different to stress?

• Trick question - trauma and stress are the same.

• Trauma is when your ability to cope is overwhelmed.

• All stress is a type of trauma.

• Stress is treated with desserts (stressed = desserts)

Can you be resilient to trauma?

• Yes.

• No.

Which common stress responses did we discuss?

• Fight, flight, freeze, fawn.

• Fist, foot, food, function.

• Fight, flight, flee, forget it.

What makes an event traumatic?

• The events must be directly experienced, build up over time, and result in a break down.

• Any life-threatening event will always result in trauma.

• Experienced as physically/emotionally harmful, overwhelms the capacity to cope, adversely impacts wellbeing.

• The event must be directly experienced and physically harmful to be considered traumatic.

What are the different types of trauma we discussed today?

• Simple

• Cumulative

• Intergenerational

• Complex

• All of the above

Why is it important for us to understand trauma?

• To support some of our most vulnerable students.

• To be compassionate people who can contribute to our own and shared healing in our communities.

• To reframe our thinking and perceptions of student behaviour, of the families in our community, and each other.

• All of the above.