Resources

This set of four posters provide many classroom strategies and look great on classroom or staff room walls.

The ‘Young People’s Voices, Young People’s Lives’ Project (YPVYPL) is a 12-month study that documents and examines the impact of the BSEM on four cohorts of young people in four Victorian schools.

A Report for the City of Yarra March 2018

Low noise self-regulation fidget tool. Spiky colourful wristband. Pack of 30 assorted colours.

Inside Brain Breaks 2 you will find new and familiar activities that you can use to connect and refocus your class. The descriptions are easy to follow and our colourful model, ‘Nick the Stick’, gives some handy action prompts in the pictures.

An examination of four significant mental health programs for very young children, which have protocols for the inclusion of fathers who have used violence; and implications for Australian practice.

This book provides practical classroom-based sensory activities that are fun, calming and de-escalating for students. This resource provides educators with the knowledge and strategies about the somatosensory system in order to proactively maximise classroom engagement.

These resources are for early childhood professionals who care for children who have suffered early adverse experiences. Included is helpful information, strategies and a worksheet.

A specialist Occupational Therapist in Take Two provides trauma-informed assessment and consultation services to families, carers, clinicians and education settings.

Over 13 years Take Two has worked with 159 children impacted by a traumatic violent death - 78 of whom had a parent who had killed a close family member.

Take Two feedback surveys gather quantitative and qualitative information from consumers of the program.

This study looked at Take Two clients aged 7 months to 7.10 years (n=53) who were assessed using the carer-rated Sensory Profile (Dunn 2014), between February 2016 and March 2017. 

This report provides findings and recommendations from a formative evaluation of Berry Street’s Gippsland Wilderness Program, an outdoor experiential intervention for young people experiencing adversity. This report provides findings and recommendations from a formative evaluation of Berry Street’s Gippsland Wilderness Program, an outdoor experiential intervention for young people experiencing adversity.

This literature review identifies and explores the key literature on the design and impact of outdoor adventure interventions targeting disadvantaged young people.

A paper exploring the concept of a 'good childhood', written for Berry Street in 2017.

"Wraparound support during the transition from out-of-home care"

Evaluation of Berry Street's Stand By Me program which helps young people transition from out-of-home care.

Brain Breaks is a helpful resource where you will find activities that you can use to integrate physical movement, connect and refocus your class. The descriptions are easy to follow and our colourful model, ‘Nick the Stick’, gives some handy action prompts in the pictures. 

"Trauma informed positive education enacted in mainstream schools."

An evaluation on the Berry Street Education Model undertaken in 2015.