Making trauma informed the new norm
With extensive experience in trauma informed practice, and having worked previously with refugees and asylum seekers, Professor Nicholas Procter will explain what it means to be trauma informed and why it’s critical in these times. Approximately 70% of people experience some form of trauma in their lifetime, and this will probably be even higher because of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns.
So, why can’t we use elements of trauma informed practice in everyday life? What would that look like? What if every workplace was a trauma informed workplace? What if we lived in a world where people knew how to manage an anxiety attack the same way we know how to manage a heart attack (by applying CPR). Perhaps we will be a slightly better society - helping people be a little bit kinder to others and themselves.
Bio
Professor Nicholas Procter is Chair: Mental Health Nursing and Director of UniSA’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Research and Education Group. He is currently Australia's national representative to the International Association for Suicide Prevention (until 2023), and member of the Steering Committee for the National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy. Nicholas has held senior independent advisory roles, including to the Office of the Prime Minister’s National Suicide Prevention Taskforce, Commonwealth Ombudsman, and to the Ministers Council for Asylum Seekers and Detention.
Event
8:30pm @Robin Hood Hotel, 315 Portrush Road, Norwood SA 5067
Also speaking at this location at 6:30pm is Kim Le
