TIPC resources

22/04/2025

Here you can find our resources designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to embed TIPC into your everyday work.

Trauma-Informed Preventative Care Foundational eLearn

Enrol in our Trauma-Informed Preventative Care Foundational eLearn on LearningHERO (RCH staff only).

Our eLearn aims to increase your understanding of trauma, and the prevalence and impact it can have on children, young people, families, and staff.

The eLearn covers:

psychological trauma
the prevalence and impact of trauma
the prevalence and impact of paediatric medical traumatic stress and how we can recognise and respond to signs of overwhelm
how staff's personal experience of trauma and exposure to secondary trauma can impact wellbeing

TIPC principles printable resources

MJA InSight+ article: Why We Need Trauma-Informed Preventative Care in Paediatric Hospital Settings

On 11 November 2024, Insight+, the news and opinion website of the Medical Journal of Australia, published our article on TIPC.

The article explores the importance of implementing TIPC in paediatric hospital settings. It outlines how TIPC frameworks can address the high prevalence of psychological trauma among patients, families, and staff by fostering a shared understanding and language of trauma-informed care.

Read the article on the Insight+ website.

The Education Hub Conversation with the experts podcast

In this episode, Dr Catherine Olweny, paediatric anaesthetist and key area lead for the Campus Mental Health Strategy’s TIPC program talks about the TIPC framework and how we can improve our patients’ responses to care.

Listen on Podbean.

Evaluation of the Behaviour Support Profile (BSP)

Check our our BSP evaluation reports in the Resources hub.

You can also find the most up to date Parkville EMR tip sheet for the BSP here.

Grand Rounds

Watch the recording to our 2023 Grand Rounds, "Embedding trauma-informed, family centred, and evidence-based approaches into practice: What's next for the Campus Mental Health Strategy?".

Other resources

Frameworks

Framework for Trauma-Informed Practice – Victoria State Government (2022) and Practice Example

Integrated Trauma-Informed Care Framework – New South Wales Health (2023)

SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2014)

Healthcare Toolbox – Centre for Pediatric Traumatic Stress

Internal training

Paediatric Approaches to Understanding Safe DeEscalation (PAUSE)

Recognising and Responding to the Deteriorating Patient

Mental Health First Aid Training

External training

Becoming Trauma-Informed – Blue Knot Foundation

Becoming Trauma-Informed for Service Providers – Blue Knot Foundation

Trauma-Informed Care – Phoenix Australia

Emerging Minds

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

Mental Health Coordinating Council

Safe and Together™ Model – Domestic Violence-Informed Framework

The Sanctuary Model

Research

The Cost of Unresolved Childhood Trauma and Abuse in Adults in Australia – Blue Knot Foundation (2015)

Characteristics and outcomes of childhood abuse – Australian Bureau of Statistics (2019)

Personal Safety: Australia – Australian Bureau of Statistics (2023)

National, state, and territory population – Australian Bureau of Statistics (2023)

Child Protection System in Australia – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023)

Useful Statistics – National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children (2022)

Trauma-informed care: Recognizing and resisting re-traumatization in health care

Mental Health Issues and Complex Experiences of Abuse Among Trans and Gender Diverse Young People

TIPC resources