Education for the 22nd Century

Gudjela is a social/emotional personal-development program designed for students who have disengaged with learning and/or are neurodiverse. We focus on students with adverse childhood experiences including: toxic-stress (e.g. poverty), traumatic backgrounds (e.g. family drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence and out-of-home-care), and ongoing complex traumas including the effects of intergenerational trauma. 

Students are provided with information about the impact of trauma on brain function in relation to learning. This provides an explanation as to why they may have experienced difficulty focusing, thinking logically, remembering, controlling impulses and self-regulating their behaviours. All of these skills are essential elements needed to enable a person to learn.  

Gudjela Indigenous Corporation is a registered charity and runs as non-profit organisation delivering programs in rural and remote communities. This program is dedicated to advancing the education, mental and physical health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth. Our goal is to build capacity in communities using a future focuses, strength-based, inclusive, cultural and trauma-informed approach. Music, Sound Therapy, Sport and Art activities and experiences are incorporated in Gudjela Programs, as there is more than one language in this country and many ways to express ourselves, share our stories and communicate with others.