Report by Collaboration, Assoc Prof Helen Stokes, Assoc Prof Peggy Kern, Dr Malcolm Turnbull, Anne Farrelly and Ruth Forster

10 February 2020

Trauma Informed Positive Education: Research and Evaluation of the Berry Street Education Model

The Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) is a trauma-informed strengths-based approach designed to inform and guide teacher practice, student learning, student engagement, and psychosocial functioning. By integrating clinical, educational and welfare approaches and perspectives, the BSEM aims to expand the possibilities of teaching and learning within schools to address the needs of vulnerable and at-risk students who have experienced various forms of trauma.

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Research and Evaluation of the Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) as a whole school approach to student engagement and wellbeing (2016-2018) - PDF (25 pages)

Research and Evaluation of the Berry Street Education Model

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