LBI offer the shared knowledge, tools and practices to build safe, nurturing and trauma-responsive Early Learning Centres—creating meaningful outcomes tailored to every layer of the early learning environment.
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Thriving children, educators and families
IMPACT builds the awareness, skills and resilient mindsets needed to strengthen:
Wellbeing, resilience and social-emotional learning (SEL)
Self-awareness
Capacity to navigate complexity
Ability to respond rather than react to stressors
Living with intention and values alignment
Problem-solving and goal-setting
Achieving what truly matters
Building positive relationships
Responsive care and relational support
IMPACT builds the shared language, knowledge, skills and methods to:
Deliver trauma-informed, wellbeing-responsive support as a way of thinking and being
Provide neuro-affirming, developmentally-responsive care
Understand child complexity and the underlying why of behaviour
Respond to child needs rather than react to surface behaviours
Intentionally grow child capacity in a personalised way
Offer intentional, moment-to-moment support, teaching, SEL delivery and coaching conversations
Use side-by-side What–What–How Growth Action Planning
Work side-by-side with children and families with shared intent
Safe, nurturing and trauma-responsive ELCs
IMPACT offers a common meta-cognitive competency system and flexible service suite to:
Build a wellbeing- and trauma-responsive educational community
Embed shared language, knowledge, skills and methods to strengthen existing inclusion and SEL programs
Provide a systemic method to intentionally address diverse and complex child needs
Establish a whole-of-child approach to wellbeing and inclusion
Deliver trauma-responsive and child-centred practice consistently—from the system level to moment-to-moment care
Break down silos between children, educators, families and leaders, fostering a culture of shared intent
Why Do Early Learning Centres Apply IMPACT?
Increased Levels of Child Complexity
- IMPACT provides the why behind children’s behaviour and equips educators with intentional, tailored responses that address each child’s unique needs and context—whether shaped by trauma, culture, neurodivergence, development or other factors. This shifts practice from reacting to behaviour toward responding with awareness and intent.
Sustainable and Integrated Approach to Child Wellbeing and Inclusion
- IMPACT builds a common language, knowledge base and set of skills that integrate seamlessly with existing wellbeing, inclusion, social-emotional learning, restorative, and behaviour management approaches. The result is a sustainable child-centred and growth-focused practice culture.
Strengthen Collaboration and Reduce Educator Burnout
- At the core of effective teaching and wellbeing is collaboration—between educators, families and colleagues. IMPACT places collaboration at the centre, fostering ‘shared intent’ and collective action. Strong collaboration is one of the most powerful protective factors against educator burnout and promoting wellbeing.
Shared 'Way of Thinking and Being' to Meet Every Child at their Unique Starting Point
- Early learning centres increasingly recognise that strengthening children’s wellbeing and developmental outcomes cannot be delivered by adding “one more program” to an already crowded curriculum. IMPACT instead unites children, teachers, families and leaders around shared language, knowledge, skills and methods—creating the collective foundation for stronger child whole-of-life outcomes.
Our Offering to Early Learning Centres
We offer the IMPACT Program through a Four-Step Service Offering that meets children, educators and communities at their unique starting point.
1. Taste Tester
Intent
For those new to the IMPACT Program, this entry-level step offers educators, families and site leaders a flexible and accessible way to explore the core concepts of wellbeing, trauma, intentional practice and human development.
Key Features
Free access to videos, blogs, fact sheets and resources.
Introductory, non-accredited online training.
2. Explorer
Intent
The Explorer Step is designed for educators, teachers, support staff and leaders who seek best-practice professional development.
It affords educational communities the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the IMPACT Program—its language, intent, scope and the breadth of its practical application.
Key Features
This phase provides fee-for-service IMPACT Coaching Modules (60–90 minutes) and Specialist Workshops (3-hours), selected from a flexible menu of professional development options. Each session is tailored to the unique needs and context of the school community.
For education settings, a selection of topics include:
Understanding trauma and its impact.
Supporting and responding to children with complex needs.
Neurodivergence and autism – from understanding to action.
Building shared intent with families and colleagues.
Responding rather than reacting.
Remaining grounded under pressure.
- Educator wellbeing, burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
Supporting children who hurt others by growing self-regulation and empathy.
Attachment theory and attachment-responsive teaching.
Workshops are delivered by a LBI accredited and supervised IMPACT Trainer with relevant expertise in both the content and early learning centre contexts.
Click the link before for a menu of professional development learning options.
3. Foundations
Intent
This step provides accreditation to the IMPACT Foundations level. It equips and empowers all educators, support staff and site leaders with the shared language, knowledge, skills and methods to:
- Deliver trauma-informed, wellbeing-responsive support as a way of thinking and being.
- Understand child complexity and the underlying why of behaviour.
- Respond to child needs rather than react to surface behaviours.
- Intentionally grow and meet child developmental (social, emotional, cognitive, moral) needs in a personalised way.
- Provide intentional, moment-to-moment support, emotional coaching, teaching and SEL.
- Apply side-by-side What-What-How® Growth Action Planning.
- Partner with colleagues and families with shared intent.
Key Features
This step includes the following accredited IMPACT training and coaching modules (contextualised to school site), delivered over a 12-month implementation period:
- Co-designed implementation and positioning plan.
- 1-Day IMPACT Foundations: Introduction to Intentional Trauma and Developmentally Responsive Practice for Early Learning Centres.
- 90-minute coaching module: Grounded.
- 90-minute coaching module: Respond to Need.
- 90-minute coaching module: Growth Action Planning.
- 3-hour online self-paced workshop: Trauma-Responsive Practice as a Way of Thinking and Being.
Basic member access to the online IMPACT resource library is included.
4. Embedding
Intent
The Embedding Step offers a comprehensive, fully supported solution for early learning centres and kindergartens seeking to build a whole-of-site approach to:
- Wellbeing, inclusion and child development.
- Trauma-responsive practice.
- Creating a wellbeing-, developmental- and trauma-responsive community.
- Implementing a systemic approach to intentionally respond (rather than react) to diverse and complex child needs.
- Fostering a collaborative culture among children, educators, families, leaders and the broader community.
Key Features
This step is delivered over a 12–36 month implementation period through a co-designed partnership between LBI and the early learning centre. Capacity building is guided by a seven-feature implementation strategy titled Resilient IMPACT, which has been refined, tested and evaluated across multiple educational contexts (see research).
Sites participating in this step receive full access to the IMPACT Accreditation System and all core service features, including:
- Accredited IMPACT Training – all site staff accredited to IMPACT Foundations (see previous step).
AI-activated embedding tools.
Resources and curriculum.
Specialist workshops and coaching modules.
Online Learning Management System.
All services are contextualised to the early learning centre, with embedding supported through LBI-led implementation and/or clinical coaching, supported by a suite of embedding and deepening modules whose growth intent (or learning competencies) is co-designed with the site’s leadership team. This ensures practical, real-world application and depth.
Long-term sustainability is secured by accrediting local IMPACT Coaches and Trainers, empowering the site to lead and extend the work independently. Early learning centres also gain full member-level access to the IMPACT online resource library.
Department for Education (SA)
Preferred Provider of Trauma-Aware Schools Initiative (TASI)
Summary
- LBI is one of four preferred providers in the delivery of the South Australian Department for Education Trauma Aware Schools Initiative.
- We offer specialist packages (at the “Foundations” and “Embedding” steps) for Early Learning Centres and Primary/Secondary Schools.
Further Information
If you are interested in learning how IMPACT can deliver child wellbeing, inclusion and developmental outcomes across your early learning centre, please contact David Kelly on david.kelly@lbi.org.au.
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