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Prosody Blog

Prosody is the pitch and tone of the human voice. It is the very essence of connection. Our blog hosts articles and stories dedicated to innovation, research and practice with children and young people.
June 8, 2016

#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.

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June 8, 2016

#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 …

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June 8, 2016

#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 …

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May 11, 2016

Sibling 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 …

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May 11, 2016

Sibling 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 …

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May 4, 2016

Sibling 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. 

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April 27, 2016

Child 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.

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March 3, 2016

Assessment 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.

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February 12, 2016

Meet the Speaker: Emeritus Professor Russell Meares

In this week’s meet the speaker series – the third so far – we learn more about one of our Australian Child Trauma Conference Presenters; Emeritus Professor Rusell Meares and the concept of ‘Analogical Connectedness’. What was a pivotal experience (the “spark”) that started you off in your research and/or practice? Multiple “sparks,” arising in …

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February 12, 2016

Meet the Speaker: Emeritus Professor Russell Meares

In this week’s meet the speaker series – the third so far – we learn more about one of our Australian Child Trauma Conference Presenters; Emeritus Professor Rusell Meares and the concept of ‘Analogical Connectedness’. What was a pivotal experience (the “spark”) that started you off in your research and/or practice? Multiple “sparks,” arising in …

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