Resources

Jase Williams - Jase Williams (Ngāti Tamaterā) is a TEDx Speaker, Keynote Speaker,  and one of the leading voices in Compassionate, Equity-Centered, Relational Neuroscience Practice in Education and shares his knowledge through an indigenous te ao Māori lens with hundreds of educators across ECE, Schools and Support Agencies across New Zealand. Jase is a certified trainer in the Neurosequential Model in Education (NME) facilitated by Dr. Bruce Perry, and has 25 years experience working as an educator, and is the former Principal of Henry Hill School, Napier - winners of the most recent Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards - Wellbeing category.

Trauma Informed Kete for Kura - This kete/website is designed by Kirsten Reid, Deputy Principal/SENCO at Naenae Primary School in Lower Hutt to equip Kaiako, Kaimahi and Kura with essential highlights and information to enhance their understanding of trauma-informed practices and encourage their integration into both the classroom and school community.  

Nurturing Relationships - Andrea Greer is an award winning social worker, play therapist, trainer and keynote speaker who is passionate about using strengths-based neuroscience approaches to help understand about the brain and body’s connection. She offers Trauma Responsive Education courses for educators, professionals and organisations and is passionate about supporting communities to thrive. 

ENGAGE - Engage offers training that aims to make brain science a practical tool for positive change. Delivered by Kathryn Berkett who has a Master's in Educational Psychology and certification in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, ENGAGE training offers practical application of neuroscience across sectors and makes tricky concepts easy to understand and adopt. 

Te Rau Ora - A website with great resources and information focused on improving Māori health and wellbeing through leadership, education, research and evaluation, health workforce development and innovative, systemic transformation. The website showcases several resources and projects that have been nationally navigated and locally led.

ReRoot - An organisation with a purpose to awaken consciousness in individuals, organisations and communities. ReRoot’s aim is to deeply help all people to return to their true connected self and become leaders. Founder Louise marra is a ‘systems healer,’ helping  change makers to deal with traumas and reconnect with humanity. They offer programs at all levels to help people within organisations, groups and as individuals. 

Unity House I Whare Kotahitanga - An Aotearoa grown initiative of personal and organisational healers, who work globally and work with and from emergence, expansion, growth, connection, playfulness, love, integration and of course, unity. 

She is not your rehab - A movement launched in Matt Brown's 2019 TEDx talk, The Barbershop Where Men Go to Heal, She Is Not Your Rehab encourages men to confront childhood trauma and take responsibility for their healing to break cycles of violence. The team deliver innovative campaigns, provide tools for healing, and empower individuals through resources like the innerBoymental health app, and spark important conversations about preventing domestic violence, promoting intergenerational healing, and inspire collective action for a safer, violence-free future.

Peace Talks - A couple of mums, Sally and Jorinde who support parents to move beyond overwhelm and into peaceful, easy relationships with their children using the principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), integrating perspectives from psychology and neuroscience. A great resource for families keen to communicate and connect with their children and loved ones, with options for online learning and 1:1 coaching. 

BrainHug - An advocacy and consulting service with a mission to make emotional safety approachable by offering tools, insights, and support that help people understand, manage, and embrace their emotions. Their website and Facebook page offer some practical resources that can be useful to better understand and support children navigating stress, anxiety, and building emotional resilience. 

Trauma Responsive Education Aotearoa - Karina Schreurs is a Trauma Consusltant with a background in Therapy in Education and has post-graduate study in Neuroscience. She is passionate about empowering educators with practical strategies to see stress reduced in classrooms and offers practical strategies and resources that facilitate change to build into each day. Her priority is first and foremost the well-being of tamariki, rangatahi and their whānau and setting up communities so that everyone can succeed.

Just a thought - A fabulous website with free resources that are focused on better understanding and supporting personal mental health and wellbeing, as well as free courses on specific mental health issues. While the courses are based on CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) when paired alongside somatic, body up approaches, they can be a valuable tool for supporting yourself and your mental health on your journey towards self healing. 

Whāraurau - Whāraurau is the national centre for workforce development for the infant, child, and adolescent mental health and addictions sector. They offer some valuable resources and online courses/webinars that can be accessed by professionals and the community. 

Te Pou - An organisation that works alongside mental health and addiction services to understand their priorities and workforce challenges, and provides a national centre for mental health, addiction and disability workforce development in New Zealand. They provide relevant knowledge, resources, training, and information through the various projects they undertake which are freely available on their website. 

Real - Real are a part of the Pathways and Wise Group whānau providing community based mental health and alcohol and other drug support services. and support youth/taiohi aged 12-24 years to live full lives; hopeful and connected to what matters to them.

Caring Families Aotearoa - Caring Families Aotearoa support caregivers and foster families to learn better ways of caring for children in protection. They provide training, encouragement, advocacy, information and support to caregiver families, throughout New Zealand, so that the placement has the best possible chance of success.

Family Action - Family Action provides confidential support and therapy services in West Auckland for all victim-survivors of family harm, sexual harm, abuse, or trauma, both historical and current.

Revelations in Education  - A website that explores neuroscience in education with Dr. Lori Desautels with many practical educational resources, lesson plans, templates, graphics & more.

Neurosequential Network - The Neurosequential Network develops and disseminates innovative programs and practice to improve life for children, families and communities.  The Neurosequential Model is a developmentally sensitive, neurobiology-informed approach to clinical problem solving. 

The Child Trauma Academy - CTA was initially set up to translate emerging findings about the human brain and child development into practical implications for the ways we nurture, protect, enrich, educate and heal children. The website has links to relevant research and articles.  

Polyvagal Institute - A website with lots of information about everything to do with Polyvagal Theory, created and developed by Stephen Porges, PhD. The theory emphasizes the role the autonomic nervous system, especially the vagus nerve, plays in regulating our health and behavior. 

NICAMB - The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioural Medicine offers research based training, resources, and programs for mental health practitioners, presented by the top experts and the latest strategies in the field. 

Dr. Mona Delahooke - A wealth of information, training, blogs, videos and podcasts from Dr Mona Delahooke who is a clinical psychologist empowering joyful, resilient parent-child relationships by translating neuroscience research into practical and compassionate tools and strategies.

Robyn Gobbel - A fabulous website with lots of resources to help understand and shift your child’s big baffling behaviours by focusing on the nervous system to change behaviour. 

Karyn Harvey - Karyn Harvey, is a Psychologist, Author, Trainer, Speaker who has worked in the field of intellectual disabilities for over 35 years. She has written three books: Positive Identity Development, Trauma –Informed Behavioral Interventions and Trauma and Healing, as well as several chapters in various publications and a variety of articles. 

Joe Brummer - Joe is a trauma survivor, coach, and author of 2 books: Building a Trauma-informed Restorative School: Skills and Approaches for Improving Culture and Behavior (2020) and Becoming a Trauma-Informed Restorative Educator: Practical Skills to Change Culture and Behavior, co-authored with RJ pioneer Margaret Thorsborne (2024).

Trauma Informed Positive Education - Berry Street website offers information, resources and training around trauma informed education and care which is evidence based and well evaluated. 

Collective Change Lab - An organisation that amplifies the voices of those currently pursuing transformational collective change around the globe, including healing centred systems change that acknowledges the broader issues of historical, intergenerational, and collective trauma in our systems.