Becoming trauma-informed necessitates a cultural and philosophical shift across every part of a service (1).

The process of implementing and embedding trauma-informed practice in your swim school begins with developing an awareness of and desire for the need for change. 

This is followed by developing the knowledge of how to change, the ability to implement the change, and finally, the development of processes and procedures to reinforce the change, so as to embed the new ways of being in your swim school.

The most successful transitions occur under the following conditions (2);

1. When there is buy-in and visible, active leadership from the highest levels of governance within your swim school

2. When the need for change, impacts and benefits are clear, and the change plan is well-structured

3. When there is frequent, effective communication that engages stakeholders at all levels

4. When any resistance is addressed sensitively

In this session, we’ll review the change process in more detail and discuss what this might look like in your swim school.

(This session follows the  prerequisite session, ‘What is Trauma-Informed Practice in Aquatics and Why is it Best Practice?