Audience: Workplaces
Trauma and the Brain – NHS Lanarkshire
This animated video was designed to help professionals working with victims of gender-based violence to understand the impacts of trauma on the brain.
This animation illustrates:
- How someone who has experienced rape or sexual assault might react in a police interview
- How a professional might respond to a service user if they do not know the effects of trauma
- How this can affect information and evidence gathering, and attitudes to victims
- How ‘secondary’ trauma can affect workers
- The three main parts of the brain and what each part does
- How the brain responds to danger – the survival instinct
- How instinctive ‘fight’, ‘flight’ and ‘freeze’ responses protect us
- Indicators of trauma
- Trauma-informed techniques for professionals to use, including a demonstration.
Balancing Cultures: Walking in Two Worlds – Jahna Cedar TED Talk
How can we be better allies, friends, and colleagues of our our indigenous brothers and sisters? Jahna Cedar has spent a lifetime navigating two worlds with differing practices and responsibilities – code switching. She believes that for reconciliation to progress, code switching needs to be better understood and more widely recognised. Jahna, a proud Nyiyaparli/Yindjibarndi woman from the Pilbara region, has spent over 20 years advocating for equal rights for Indigenous people in Australia.
Start your RAP – Reconciliation Australia
Reflective Practice – Clinical Excellence Commission
Introduction to reflective practice – CIPD
This video provides a brief introduction to reflective practice, which is an important part of the continuing professional development cycle. Reflective practice can help us learn and implement lessons from past projects, improve the quality of our work and build team morale.
Reflecting by thinking alone isn’t enough, as you may only reaffirm your existing thought process.