Joining us for Episode 58 is Geraden Kennedy, founder of Gudjela, an Indigenous corporation based in Alice Springs! Gudjela delivers programs to schools that reconnect disengaged students, teaching them to reconnect with who they are, and important skills of self-regulation, resilience and more. Geraden teaches us trauma informed, Indigenous-led strategies, and also exactly what NOT to do in the classroom.

TW: Geraden kicks off the episode with his own personal story, which involves triggering subjects like addiction and suicide.

What’s Mentioned:

Books:

• The body keeps the score - Bessel van der Kolk
• Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
• The Mountain is You - Brianna West

Kings Narrative Organisation (Alice Springs)

Youtube version of podcast:

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Flexi-wellbeing public schools, EAL refugee schools, student agency schools, you name it... we're covering them all!

Of course, this episode is not to diss mainstream schooling (it does suit a certain lifestyle/learning style), but to show what other options exist that have identified issues many people find in those institutions!

Schools mentioned:

Language specific:

• Blackburn english language school
• River nile school

Re-engagement/wellbeing:

• saints (north melb)
• hester hornbrook
• berry street
• Fitzroy high
• sydney road brunswick
• collingwood alternative
• Berengarra
• Prace

Independent/alternative:

• Montessori
• Steiner
• Alia College
• Preshil

Learning centres:

• celebrate learning (Amy Damant Ready to Redo episode 35)

Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com

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BLOG: https://itsjoyang.com

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Music: lukrembo cloud