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#childtrauma2016 reflections – Day 2 – Noel MacNamara
This article was authored by Noel Macnamara, National Manager, Research and Policy at the Australian Childhood Foundation. During Tuesday’s plenary session Professor Tronick pointed out that ‘humans are meaning makers’. This caused me to reflect on the meaning that all the participants are making of the experience of the conference. I spent the first day …
Read More#childtrauma2016 reflections – Day 1 – Janise Mitchell
Each day of the 2016 International Childhood Trauma Conference, a member of our ACF team will be sharing reflections from their time at conference. For day 1, our Deputy CEO and Conference Co-Convenor Janise Mitchell discusses the thoughts arising from her time in Professor Michael Yellow Bird's masterclass.
Read MoreSibling Sexual Abuse Series – Part 2
This article was authored by Jaclyn Guest, Senior Counsellor, Child Trauma Service Victoria, at the Australian Childhood Foundation. The proposal of a Single Clinician Approach This is the second post in our series looking at responding to sibling sexual abuse. In our last post, Cyra Fernandes blogged about sibling sexual abuse: what it is, how …
Read MoreSibling Sexual Abuse Series – Part 1
The first in what will be a three part series exploring Sibling Sexual Abuse, the impact on families and a model for therapeutic response which we have been trialling at the Foundation.
Read MoreMeet the Speaker: Pat Ogden
This week, in our Meet the Speaker series, we hear from Pat Ogden about the experiences that shaped her career.
Read MoreChild Safe Standards – Victoria
The Victorian Government is introducing compulsory child safe Standards for organisations that work with children. The Standards will support organisations to protect children from abuse and exploitation by their staff and volunteers.
Read MoreTrauma-Informed Goal Setting
Is there such a thing as trauma informed goal setting in practice with vulnerable children, young people and their families? CEO Joe Tucci seeks to answer this question here.
Read MoreAssessment Part 4
The fourth article in this series of articles on assessment, here we examine how to conceptualise and assess the needs of children and families as it related to case planning and intervention.
Read MoreThe Wisdom of Owls – and the value of an enjoyable book.
Using her own experience as a grandparent, Jeanette Miller here explores the use of books in regulation and processing for children in the early years.
Read MoreAssessment in Practice with Vulnerable Children and Families Series – Part 3
In the third article in his series on assessment CEO Joe Tucci addresses the question “What is a trauma informed assessment of harm for children and young people?”
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