This is a six hour training day programme (typically 9am-4.30pm including a 1 hr lunchbreak and two 15 minute morning and afternoon breaks). We can accomodate some flexibility to suit your needs, but recommend that breaks are kept so that participant's well-being is not compromised.

Connection:

The kaupapa of Mātai Rongo is that human connection forms the foundation of safe trauma work. Training events will typically prioritise time at the beginning to model this.

Information:

Trauma-responsive care involves allowing choice and providing information. Before the training starts participants will have access to the training resources so that you can request anything that is not planned to be covered be included, or so that you can choose not to attend certain parts. Information about the structure of the day is provided, so you can plan your other commitments around the schedule and manage your self-care in a way that works best for you.

Theory:

A presentation and discussion of what it means to experience trauma, complex trauma, collective and intergenerational trauma, including DSM/ICD definitions. Clarification about what trauma-informed and trauma-responsive means and looks like in practice.

Application:

Taking the theory out of the classroom and applying it to your real-life context, so that you can assess the strengths of your organisation, and explore next steps in enhacing wellbeing of staff, and creating safety and a healing environment for your clients with lived experience of trauma.

Skills:

Learning some easy and effective 'do it the next day' skills for trauma-responsive practice that will increase your competence and confidence in collaborating in trauma-responsive care with those you work with. 

Resources:

Mātai Rongo provides a powerpoint guided presentation, and printed workbooks for participants, with links to additional resources

Follow-up:

All Mātai Rongo training participants have access to follow-up consultation and support with Nikki in person or via Zoom