Berry Street Education Model
The Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) is an educational framework developed by Berry Street, an Australian organisation focused on supporting children and young people who have experienced trauma, disadvantage, or complex challenges.
BSEM is a trauma-informed approach that helps educators support students affected by trauma and adversity. It focuses on building trust and emotional regulation (attachment and self-regulation), creating stable and predictable routines, setting clear and achievable expectations, fostering positive relationships between teachers and students, using engaging and meaningful teaching methods, and encouraging teachers to reflect on their practice to continually improve support for students.
The BSEM is widely used in schools, especially those working with vulnerable or at-risk students, to improve educational outcomes by addressing the underlying emotional and social needs alongside academic teaching.
At Nemarluk School we support students to regulate their bodies for learning, create positive relationships and work to provide engaging individual learning experiences and programs for our students using the Berry Street Education Model framework.
In School Resource: Brain Breaks Activity Book
This book set is available for families to borrow at the school library.
'This book provides teachers with useful strategies to build their classroom climate. There are brain breaks that provide positive emotions through partner and group activities. There are also calming brain breaks that de-escalate classrooms and build self-regulation. This little book is a great tool for every classroom and with practice your students can soon be leading brain breaks with the easy to follow outlines. '
