WISA Nurture

Practical strategies for all school staff to help students thrive in the classroom and bounce back from the challenges of COVID and natural disasters.

Providing a whole school Nurture approach to learning in schools will enhance:

• academic achievement through improved quality of teaching and learning
• students’ pro-social skills, and dramatically reduce behavioural difficulties
• school retention rates and lowers absenteeism
• students’ sense of belonging, wellbeing, and engagement
• staff capacity and staff wellbeing across the whole school.

Participants will:

• gain an insight into the latest neuroscientific connections between trauma and behaviour and how to support healing and learning.
• take away practical trauma-informed strategies to support students learning in the classroom.
• understand the history of international best practice Nurture initiative, and the significant benefits for students, staff, and families of implementing Nurture in your school.
• understand the importance of meeting children and young people’s social, emotional, and cognitive needs to greatly enhance learning and achievement.