The Thoughtful Schools Program Guidebook

This guide has been developed to provide strategies to assist schools to become trauma informed. Many schools are already using trauma-informed approaches; however, leaders, teachers and other school staff often experience barriers to embedding trauma-informed practice into the school. We have developed a framework to enable schools to i) explore how they respond to the impact of trauma and adversity and ii) identify aspects of trauma-informed practice they could strengthen and iii) plan strategies to embed trauma-informed practice in the school.