Associate Professor Judith Howard

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Associate Professor, Faculty of CI, Education & Social Justice

PhD (Queensland University of Technology)

Judith comes from an extensive career and experience within government schooling in Queensland. She has worked as a teacher, school counsellor and student behaviour specialist and has held both regional and state leadership positions with the Queensland Education Department. Judith’s work has always had a keen focus on addressing the concerns faced by young learners living with the outcomes of complex trauma and the people working hard to educate them.  She promotes a neuroscience-informed approach – to which she believes every educator needs access. Judith oversees pre-service and post-graduate teacher education in Trauma-Aware Education at QUT (including the popular, Graduate Certificate in Trauma-Aware Education and M.Ed. Trauma-Aware Education) and has developed online courses that are reaching thousands nationally and internationally. She supervises a growing number of PhD students who are adding to the research evidence base for Trauma-Aware Education and is the founder and principal organiser for the biennial Trauma-Aware Education Conference. She is the author of the popular book: “Distressed or Deliberately Defiant: Managing Challenging Student Behaviour due to Trauma and Disorganised Attachment (2013) and her more recent publication, “Trauma-Aware Education” Essential Information and Guidance for Educators, Education Sites and Education Systems” (2022). Judith continues to be busy researching, writing, speaking and training, and developing resources to advance Trauma-Aware Education across Australia.

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Judith regularly engages with key state, national, and international colleagues and stakeholders to promote and develop trauma-aware schooling across Australia.  She regularly speaks on the topic in keynote addresses and delivers training and seminars  examining trauma-aware school practice and the impact of complex childhood trauma on child development and school behaviour and engagement.  She has led the development of the "National Guidelines for Trauma-Aware Education".

Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2022
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Australian Award for University Teaching: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Type
Fellowship of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS
Reference year
2020
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Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2019
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QUT Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching and Research Excellence (Individual)
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2004
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Master of Education High Academic Achievement Award (GPA: 7)
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
1996
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Australian College of Education Award
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
1996
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Queensland University of Technology Medal for Academic Excellence (GPA: 6.9)
  • The Role of The School Counsellor in Supporting Trauma-Impacted Students in Java, Indonesia
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Meegan Brown