Overview
In this Module Plus, you’ll complete an assessment based on your experiences or context that can be applied in your own school setting or workplace. Students who have lived through very difficult or traumatic life circumstances may present challenging behaviour at school and need help to self-regulate emotions and manage their relationships. In this assessment module, you will plan how to support a child or student in this situation to minimise the frequency of crisis events and ensure they are managed appropriately.
On successful completion of the Module Plus, you’ll earn credit for a postgraduate unit (six credit points) that will be applied as advanced standing when you enrol in QUT’s Graduate Certificate in Education or Master of Education.
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Apply your knowledge and understanding of trauma-informed practices to create an action plan for supporting a child or student who has experienced complex trauma. You will evaluate your school's behaviour management policy with the view to encouraging a trauma-aware approach and recommend how staff could develop their awareness of trauma-aware schooling.
Who should participate?
This online module is for participants who have completed the 13 hour Teaching Students Who Have Suffered Complex Trauma learning module.
The Module Plus is designed for participants who want to apply the knowledge they acquired in the first module by completing an authentic assessment that can be used in their workplace.
For Australian educators, this module aligns with the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST):
1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students
1.2 Understand how students learn
1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities
3.5 Use effective classroom communication
4.1 Support student participation
4.3 Manage challenging behaviour
4.4 Maintain student safety
6 Engage in professional learning
6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs
6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning
This online module is open for international enrolments.
Your expert facilitators Associate Professor Judith Howard & Stephanie Curtis
Associate Professor Judith Howard is a QUT Senior Lecturer and behaviour specialist, with a career aim to assist schools to adopt a neuroscience-informed approach for supporting students experiencing complex trauma. Click here for more information on Judith Howard.
Stephanie Curtis has extensive experience as an educator, policy officer and manager in the state education department. Additionally, she works with private organisations that support young people to access and thrive in education settings. She has a particular interest in supporting students with social, emotional or behavioural needs, especially those with complex trauma histories.
Core concepts
This online assessment provides evidence of your ability to develop a trauma-aware action plan which:
- supports an individual student
- reviews a school behaviour management policy
- advocates and plans for the professional development of others in trauma-aware schooling
- considers the impact of this learning for your professional practice and plans for your ongoing professional development.
Details
Where and when
This course will be held entirely online, via Blackboard, QUT's online learning platform. You will use QUT’s online learning platform to discuss the assessment tasks with your educator and fellow learners.
When:
- 24 October - 20 November 2022
This course runs for 4 weeks (62 hours in total). You will have 6 weeks to complete the assessment from the Module Plus start date.
Certification
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Please familiarise yourself with QUT’s Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct.
For this online module you will be issued a Certificate of Attainment for 62 hours of CPD.
On successful completion, you’ll also earn credit for a postgraduate unit (six credit points) that will be applied as advanced standing when you enrol in QUT’s Graduate Certificate in Education or Master of Education.
Cost
| Registration type | Cost |
|---|---|
| Early Bird registration (closes 4 weeks prior to course commencement) | $589.00 (including GST) |
| Standard registration* | $654.50 (including GST) |
| QUT Alumni / Students / Staff* | $490.90 (including GST) |
| Group (4 or more)* | $589.00 (including GST) per person |
* Registration closes 1 week prior to course commencement. Please email qutex@qut.edu.au if you would like to register a group.
More details
Prior to enrolling into the Module Plus course, participants must complete the pre-requisite 13 hour Teaching Students Who Have Suffered Complex Trauma learning module.
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