Australia's Aboriginal Culture is the oldest and the longest-ongoing culture in the world. Yet, it seems that our society still struggles to embrace and understand it, especially in our school systems. We need to replace ignorance with understanding, which means normalising Aboriginal Culture and building personal connections to it for all students, their families, and all teachers. But it's not only about Aboriginal Culture. We also need to reconnect with nature, which has been neglected for far too long. This is why we created a primary school lesson plan that centres around the Rainbow Serpent, a significant figure in Aboriginal Culture and a symbol of the interconnectedness of all things.
(4 Educator Lessons, 5 Lesson plans with 4-5 lessons each)
International award-winning Australian Aboriginal artist, educator, and teacher.
On behalf of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child sexual abuse, Donna spent several years interviewing Aboriginal abuse victims in indigenous communities. As a trauma counsellor and community liaison, Donna supported many clients through this difficult process.
Donna has been teaching the latest counselling techniques to clients such as Gestalt Therapy Australia’s upcoming year three students, University Queensland Psychology students, and many more, bringing a modern approach to counselling that reduces stress and anxiety within clients.
Donna is a Wailwan/Wiradjuri woman from outback NSW. Donna is from the stolen generation, and she wanted to create training resources to educate mainstream Australians (without blame, guilt, or anger) about Aboriginal people and to bring Indigenous wisdom to the counselling field.