Nuther-mooyoop to Yoorrook Justice Commission on systemic injustice experienced in the school system

For the Yoorrook Justice Commission to call upon the Department of Education to adopt a trauma informed approach and respond to the needs of Aboriginal children and young people in out-of-home care and those with a trauma background by providing funding for: a) ACCOs to develop culturally appropriate, trauma-informed modules and professional development opportunities for staff. [...] Without schools providing their teachers with the appropriate training, resources and tools to effectively work with the specific needs of students, both students and teachers are left in unsafe and inadequate situations, which has damaging consequences for the social and emotional wellbeing and educational outcomes of those children and contributes to teacher stress and burnout. [...] For the Yoorrook Justice Commission to call upon the Department of Education to adopt a trauma informed approach and respond to the needs of Aboriginal children and young people in out-of-home care and those with a trauma background by providing funding for: a) ACCOs to develop culturally appropriate, trauma-informed modules and professional development opportunities for staff. [...] For Aboriginal children and young people in out-of-home-care, the Out-of-Home Care Education Commitment: Partnering Agreement outlines the importance and necessity of these plans and tools and embeds the commitment across sectors to improve the education, health and wellbeing outcomes of children and young people in care.44 CCYP’s Always, Was Always Will Be systemic inquiry into services for child. [...] It is the responsibility of schools to meaningfully collaborate with carers, families, practitioners, and the young people themselves, to commit to the consistent and purposeful development and implementation of these plans throughout the school life of each child and young person.