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Healing Through Art: Preparing Future Teachers for Trauma-Responsive Classrooms
September 2025 – Centre for Creative Education. Children do not leave their experiences at the school gate. Many arrive in classrooms carrying stress, fear, and unspoken trauma — and teachers are often the first to notice when learning becomes difficult. In response, Baratang Initiatives facilitated a six-day HAPPy training for pre-service teachers at the Centre…
Read MoreEmotional First Aid training: in-depth training for teachers and interns in South African Schools
Baratang Initiatives provides in-depth training for teachers and interns working in South African schools on how to support learners during times of upheaval.
Read MoreStabilizing and building agency on Zoom!
Baratang Initiatives provides a psycho-educational talk on the effects of trauma and how we can stabilize ourselves after a traumatic event with adolescents from Youth @ Work on Zoom.
Read MoreMeeting this transgressional time with simple logical tools and knowledge about trauma
Baratang Initiatives work with adolescents affected by the riots and looting in Daveytown, Gauteng, South Africa.
Read MoreTeacher commitment is key to creating Safe Spaces in Schools
Baratang Initiatives provide teacher training in Amanzimtoti.
Read MoreCelebrating life and creating joy through healing arts
Baratang Initiatives provide training in Mooi River to teachers from a rural school.
Read MoreBringing ‘Belly Joy and Brain Joy’ during lockdown
Baratang Initiatives initiates a feeding scheme with a difference during the lockdown pandemic.
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