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Residential Care in Australia
There has been ongoing concern about the safety and quality of children’s experiences in Australia’s residential care systems for a very long time. The ABC Four Corners program that aired last week, 'Broken Homes', is another example of the concerns that have been expressed by many. We heard again about the lack of safety experienced by the young people and the failures in the system to support staff. The program raised many questions about child protection systems in Australia. This blog reflects on some of those questions.
Read MoreUntying the Knot
Have you ever wondered how trauma impacts care systems? In what ways can the emergent properties of fragmentation or integration change the service outcomes? Dilip Balu poses this question and shares his thoughts on the ability for such a system to consistently provide care that helps clients also achieve health and integration.
Read MoreA Modality with a Difference
Do you have clients whom you have spent a long time working with to address their traumatic experiences but somehow changing their cognitions is not fully resolving the issue? Following her recent webinar on the topic of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy®, Pauline Lodge here shares her perception of what makes this modality different when working with survivors of abuse.
Read MoreEpigenetics and Parenting
When it comes to child development, the nature/nurture debate no longer makes it to the podium. Jeanette Miller explains why this is so, with a brief look at how the field of epigenetics helps us understand the role of parenting in shaping the development of children.
Read MoreEthical Dilemmas in Child Protection Practice: A Tale of Two Stories
Vicky Averkiou shares how the stories given within cases can produce ethical dilemmas that in turn impact on Child Protection Practice.
Read MoreChild abuse and suicide: a harmful correlation – Part 1
Part 2 in the series looking at the strong correlation between suicide and early childhood sexual assault. We thought we’d take the opportunity over two blog posts, to discuss the research literature and then share some ideas about how we might contribute to better work with this vulnerable population.
Read MoreChild abuse and suicide: a harmful correlation – Part 2
Part 2 in the series looking at the strong correlation between suicide and early childhood sexual assault. We thought we’d take the opportunity over two blog posts, to discuss the research literature and then share some ideas about how we might contribute to better work with this vulnerable population.
Read MoreAttachment or Trauma? How Sensorimotor Psychotherapy works
In this video interview, Pat Ogden, author and founder of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute discusses whether she thinks the approach works best with attachment or trauma presentations.
Read MoreYouth and Porn – Sensational to Developmental
Russell Pratt, Statewide Principal Practitioner, Office of Professional Practice, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria, and Cyra Fernandes, Team Leader, Child and Family Counselling Program, Child Trauma Service share their insight and perspectives on young people exposed to porn: Why we should move from the sensational to the developmental.
Read MoreThrough the chasms and into the spiral: Adult survivors of child abuse
Guest blogger Sylvia Huntington looks at why adult survivors of childhood abuse are not getting what they need from our mental health system.
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