DREAMING BEYOND TRAUMA

Staff Orientation Training

Hello! You’re receiving this because your shelter is part of the Dreaming Beyond Trauma™ initiative—a national project designed to support children and families in crisis accommodation to gently improve sleep and long-term healing.

Thank you for the work you do.

We know your time and energy are precious, so we’ve made this mini-training easy to complete in one sitting (30 minutes), for 1 CPD Point.

What’s Included

Part 1: Why Sleep Matters in Trauma Recovery
Part 2: The Heart of Sleep Care and Introducing Sleep Packs
Completion Quiz
Certificate of Completion (1 CPD point)

This is your chance to learn the why behind the initiative and gain simple tools that will make a real difference in your day-to-day and your own sleep. Let’s get started!

Part 1: Why Sleep Matters in Trauma Recovery 

Part 2: Co-regulation + Introducing Sleep Packs

Completion Quiz (required)

To finalise your participation, all staff are required to complete a short quiz. It confirms you’ve completed the full training and helps ensure the initiative runs smoothly and has the greatest possible impact

Once complete, your Certificate of Completion (1 CPD Point) will be emailed to you.

Complete the short quiz

Notes & Evidence

If you’d like to explore the research behind the STAR Loop Model (Sleep–Trauma Adaptive Recovery), you can download the summary here.

Thank you for completing this training

Your role in making sleep a pillar of recovery is needed.

If you have any questions or reflections, we’d love to hear from you.

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