This workshop is designed to provide information and activities which will help you

consider better practice while working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

peoples’ experiencing violence within their families and communities, from a trauma

informed, and a trauma specific approach.

This workshop is a blend of skill development, personal learning, and professional

practice. It uses prescribed readings, learning through role-play, group process and

discussion to develop increased understanding and skills for use both individually and

in community development approaches to violence within families and communities.

It has within it an ecological approach to promoting community participation in

addressing issues of violence within families and the community generally, through

the development of an action plan to address issues of violence related trauma within

families and communities.