Community Content Trauma Responsive Schools Pilot Programme
Cork City Council through the Social Economic and Environmental Plan and Rapid developed and funded a pilot training programme in partnership with Trauma Responsive Education and Le Cheile School Completion Program. The programme was delivered across 5 weeks to 54 educators from 11 schools in the Northwest Regeneration Area and Mahon. This intensive programme provided a knowledge base of the impacts of trauma within the school setting. A Community of Practice is now being established through the SEEP to continue to support the embedding of Trauma Informed Practice among the schools. Learning Outcomes included:
Define trauma in the context of school and education. Recognize the indicators of trauma in school.
Understand the effects of trauma and poor attachment on teaching, learning and behaviour in the classroom on learners and teachers. Identify ways to create emotional and physical safety in school.
Suggest classroom and whole school trauma responsive techniques and strategies to use with pupils.
Work with the local community and parents/carers in a trauma sensitive way. Carry out a trauma informed audit of your school to identify strengths and areas for development. Design an action plan for becoming a more trauma responsive school. During the week commencing October 18 th , the Community Team supported the running of 3 online Community Safety Forums, corresponding with the 3 Community policing Areas. Safety Forums are an important collaboration between Cork City Council, An Garda Síochána and local safety forum chairs and represent a significant community engagement piece for the Community Team. Members of the public were invited to submit queries and concerns through the Council’s portal and were addressed on the night. Typically, these forums have taken place in the fork of in person meetings. It is the hope of all partners that in person Forums can resume safely in 2022.
Pride of Place
In early October, Judges from Cooperation Ireland visited Cork to carry out adjudication for the Pride of Place Competition. The Community Team had nominated three groups who we believe to work in exceptional and innovative ways to improve their community, whether that be a community of interest or a community of geography. These groups were: Clogheen Kerry Pike Community Association. Traveller Visibility Group and Cork Traveller Women’s Network. Cork Migrant Centre Young Person’s Anti Racism Group . The groups presented their work and represented their communities impeccably and gave the judges a huge amount to think about and engage with. An award ceremony in planned for February 2022.
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