IMPACT offers the shared knowledge, tools and practices to strengthen the delivery of an inclusive wellbeing culture—creating meaningful outcomes tailored to every layer of the school or education system.
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, empathy and self-regulation
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
Making a meaningful and lasting impact
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 student complexity and the underlying why of behaviour
Respond to student needs rather than react to surface behaviours
Intentionally grow student capacity in a personalised way
Offer intentional, moment-to-moment support, teaching, SEL programming and coaching conversations
Use side-by-side What–What–How® Growth Action Planning
Work side-by-side with students and families with shared intent
Wellbeing and trauma responsive communities
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 student needs
Establish a whole-of-school approach to wellbeing and inclusion
Deliver trauma-responsive and student-centered practice consistently—from the system level to the classroom moment
Break down silos between students, educators, families and leaders, fostering a culture of shared intent
Why Do Schools Apply IMPACT?
Increased Levels of Student Complexity
- IMPACT provides the why behind student behaviour and equips educators with intentional, tailored responses that address each student’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 Student Wellbeing and Inclusion
- IMPACT builds a common language, knowledge base and set of skills that integrate seamlessly with existing wellbeing, inclusion, pastoral care, restorative practice and behaviour management approaches. The result is a sustainable student-centred and growth-focused practice culture.
Strengthen Collaboration and Reduce Teacher Burnout
- At the core of effective teaching and wellbeing is collaboration—between educators, students, 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 teacher burnout and a key driver of educator wellbeing.
Shared 'Way of Thinking and Being' to Strengthen Student Engagement
- Schools increasingly recognise that improving student wellbeing and engagement cannot come from adding “one more program” to an already crowded curriculum. IMPACT instead unites students, teachers, families and leaders around shared language, knowledge, skills and methods—creating the collective foundation for stronger student growth and wellbeing outcomes.
Our Offering to Schools
We offer the IMPACT Program through a Four-Step Service Offering that meets students, educators and communities at their unique starting point.
1. Taste Tester
Intent
For those new to the IMPACT Program, this entry-level step offers students, educators, families, and school 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 students with complex needs.
Neurodivergence, ADHD and autism – from understanding to action.
Building shared intent with students, families and colleagues.
Responding rather than reacting.
Remaining grounded under pressure.
- Educator wellbeing, burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
Supporting students 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 educational 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, administration staff, and school leaders with the shared language, knowledge, skills and methods to:
- Deliver trauma-informed, wellbeing-responsive support as a way of thinking and being.
- Understand student complexity and the underlying why of behaviour.
- Respond to student needs rather than react to surface behaviours.
- Intentionally grow student capacity in a personalised way.
- Provide intentional, moment-to-moment support, teaching and SEL.
- Apply side-by-side What-What-How® Growth Action Planning.
- Partner with students, 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-Responsive Practice and Differentiated Strategies for Educators.
- 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 schools seeking to build a whole-of-school approach to:
- Wellbeing, inclusion and student engagement.
- Trauma-responsive practice.
- Creating a wellbeing- and trauma-responsive educational community.
- Implementing a systemic approach to intentionally respond (rather than react) to diverse and complex student needs.
- Fostering a collaborative culture among students, 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 school community. Capacity building is guided by a seven-feature implementation strategy titled Resilient IMPACT, which has been refined, tested and evaluated across multiple school contexts (see research).
Schools 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 school community, 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 school’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 school community to lead and extend the work independently. Schools 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.
Under the TASI program we offer the following two packages:
- Primary and High Schools – Embedding Service Step.
- Early Learning Centres and Kindergartens – Foundations Service Step.
Community Partner Stories
Across Education
Further Information
If you are interested in learning how IMPACT can support and grow student wellbeing, inclusion and engagement across your school community, please contact David Kelly on david.kelly@lbi.org.au.