Community Voice is a capacity building and family support group which embraces a co-design approach. This means that communities and individuals are supported to drive program design alongside STARTTS. The group currently comprises parents and carers with Iraqi and Syrian…
Visit the Deakin University Disability and Inclusion channel to find videos in Arabic, produced as a result of a range of participatory action research projects lead by disability and Inclusion researchers at Deakin University. Topics covered include: What is the NDIS?…
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 the precursors for good mental and physical health for both…
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 resilience can increase the likelihood of practitioners benefiting from these…
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 poorly managed. It is also shown how the Karpman model…
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 practitioners’ lives. Factors such as work environment, professional status, professional…
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 trauma on the brain, highlighting difficulties such as impaired concentration,…
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 outlines why it is important that we recognise the signs…
The Families in Cultural Transition (FICT) program is a ten week series of workshops designed to help newly arrived people from refugee backgrounds make sense of the changes that they and their family members may be experiencing as they transition…
In this video, STARTTS Clinical Psychologist, Marc Chaussivert interviews Dasha Brailko (Witness to War Bicultural Client Support Worker, STARTTS) about the current challenges faced by newly-arrived Ukrainian school-aged students and their families in NSW, Australia. Dasha provides tips and approaches…
