Concurrent Session: Walking Side By Side: Reflections Through The Lens Of Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)
Presenting In Person
Dr Elspeth Stephenson is a Lecturer in Teacher Professional Learning at the University of Tasmania. In 2017, Elspeth qualified as a Trust-Based-Relational-Intervention (TBRI) practitioner at the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development, Texas Christian University. Since then, her teaching and research have focused on supporting all those who live and work with children from hard places.
Dr Robyn McCarthy is a Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Tasmania where she is also Program Director for the Associate Degree in Education Support. Robyn is a former primary classroom teacher with 25 years’ experience in education. With a passion for nurturing resilient capacities in children and adults from hard places, Robyn’s key teaching and research interests emphasise fostering educator/learner resilience, creativity, and trauma aware practices in schools, and in higher education.