The phone line at Berry Street, Victoria’s largest independent child and family services organisation, has been running hot of late ...
Tackling 'compassion fatigue', burnout with trauma-informed teacher wellbeing
If your school day ends with a grimly hollow feeling that gnaws away at your mind and body, you may do well to read on.
Berry Street’s education director Dr Tom Brunzell has researched how teachers who have had repeated exposure to child trauma can deal with the associated flow-on effects, such as secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue and burnout.