Self-Care
The deep care that educators and school staff have for students and their families can make this work very rewarding, but can also make professionals vulnerable to stress, burnout and vicarious trauma. Hints for Healing resources aim to support educators in minimising the impacts of vicarious trauma.
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Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Part 6: Self Care and Seeking Support
Self-compassion is presented as a helpful foundational framework for nurturing good self-care. John Arden’s SEEDS model is then discussed in detail and recommended as a model for taking stock of…
Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Part 5: Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth
The positive transformations that can emerge out of empathic and professional engagement with survivors of traumatic events are discussed. The presenter highlights how greater awareness of post-traumatic growth and vicarious…
Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Part 4: Boundaries
Karpman’s Drama Triangle is used as a model to explain how practitioners can easily get drawn into the role of “rescuer,” “victim,” or “persecutor” if professional boundaries with clients/students are…
Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Part 3: Impacts of the Practitioner
Vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout are defined and presented as occupational hazards that can be managed to reduce their impact on practitioners, their clients and the other people in…
Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Part 2: Consequences of Trauma
The STARTTS Biopsychosocial Model is used to conceptualise the multi-level impact of trauma on the individual. The presentation also takes a deeper look at the impact of trauma and vicarious…
Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Part 1: Introduction
This introductory video provides an overview of STARTTS services to schools and provides an outline of the contents of the six videos that make up this series. The presentation also…
