Dr Sophie Specjal
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Tom is internationally recognised for his work in trauma-informed positive education, strength-based practice,
and educational leadership that has influenced both schools and researchers nationally and internationally.
And joining Tom is Brian Field, Principal of Monterey Secondary College.
As part of the Frankston North Education Plan here in Melbourne, Australia, where this work has been embedded through a deeply relational strengths-based and learning-focused approach.
Tom and Brian, welcome to Talking Teaching.
I cannot wait.
to dig into this conversation so much more and get you to share your wealth of experience and your journey that has got you here and talking to us as we launch season 10.
So welcome.
Thank you so much.
So excited about this.
I'm going to actually start with you, Tom, where you've gone from being in New York and then here in Melbourne, Australia.
but also from classroom to leader to be an associate professor here at the Faculty of Education.
Can you share a bit of this journey with us?
Tom, let's dig into this a little bit more.
Let's begin with the foundations of trauma-informed practice and the
This term that is now, as you say, being widely used across different educational forums, but there's still uncertainty about what it is and how it works.
Can you just fill us in a little bit more and define it for us, please?
Your work consistently frames this as strength space.
We hear this positivity and it's relational and it's learning focus.
When did we start to really shift from that punitive model, do you think, to more of a strength space?
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