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Trauma Informed Positive Behaviour Support

Young Minds Psychology Queensland

Trauma Informed Positive Behaviour Support (TIPBS) provides teachers and education leaders with a differentiated and inclusive behaviour management approach where children and staff thrive.

  • Online

Pricing: Free, Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Product type: Program; Online resources (e.g. videos, games, tools, readings); Student activities; Activity sheets; Professional learning; Whole school approach or initiative; Learning modules

Contact details

Young Minds Psychology Queensland
ABN: 89 609 470 091

https://tipbs.teachable.com/p/trauma-informed-positive-behavior-support-tipbs2

youngmindsqld@gmail.com

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

  • Grief and loss

Curriculum alignment

  • Health and PE

Prospective users

Audience: Whole school universal (Tier 1), Whole class universal (Tier 1), Targeted small group early intervention (Tier 2), Intensive individualised approach (Tier 3)

Communities: First Nations

Context: School or centre-based

Main beneficiaries: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Delivery style: Classroom teacher is trained; Delivered by program staff

Aims & approach

The program offers professional learning and coaching for school staff, as well as consultation around trauma-informed whole school systems and practices that reduce discipline issues and improve learning.

Tier 1 (2 hours) online training content relates to whole of school practices is offered to all school staff (including administrative and business support personnel) and key stakeholders. Suggested practices in this tier relate to all the students at the school.

Tier 2 (6.5 hours online training and optional 3.5 hour in-person training) focuses on classroom specific practices and is offered to the teaching staff and teacher aides. With classroom teachers across all the grades at school involved in this training, all students at the school are exposed to practices in this tier.

Tier 3 (3 x 1 hour coaching sessions) relates to the trauma-informed functional behaviour analysis process and is offered to the members of school's leadership team. This higher level of training is aimed at building capacity in the leadership team to provide coaching and support to teachers who have had difficulties in supporting students with complex needs.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor

Evidence

The program is informed by Positive Behaviour Support, Applied Behaviour Analysis, developmental traumatology and Attachment Theory. References include:

  • Krishnamoorthy et al. (2024). The impact of trauma-informed practices on academic outcomes of First Nations children: A pilot study of culturally responsive supports in Australia. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.
  • Gavin et al. (2024). Trauma-informed behavior support with youth in flexible learning and vocational education settings: Exploring the acceptability of an online trauma-informed education program. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth.