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.
Stepping Inside the Infant Experience
To be truly attuned to the infant experience it is likely that we best meet the needs of our ‘under twos’, when we access and communicate with, our own right brains writes Jeanette Miller, who here explores myths and misconceptions held around the infant experience.
Read MoreBehind the smokescreen: Understanding the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Filmmaker Libby Spears’ documentary PLAYGROUND raises awareness about commercial sexual exploitation of children in North America. Now the film has been turned into a high school curriculum that empowers young people to navigate their environment, online and offline, safely and become advocates in their own communities
Read MoreNeurobiology of Self-Care
An exploration of self-care from a neurobiological perspective, placing it at the centre of effective practice in work with traumatised children, young people and families.
Read MoreCaring for a Traumatised Teen
Adolescence is a period of significant growth, change and development, and is often an exciting as well as challenging time for young people and their parents or carers. In this blog entry we discuss the insights neurobiology has to support the role of carers of traumatised young people.
Read MoreShame
Have you ever thought about how children, young people and adults have come to hold onto a platform of Shame? Here, Deb McKenzie shares how in her role as an educator and school counsellor, she often wondered how to best help support a young person who held onto such a negative image of themselves. This concern has taken her on a journey of learning around the topic.
Read MoreInitiating Organisational Change
Guest blogger, Melinda Crole from the YMCA shares insights on how they have gone about initiating organisational change to safeguard children.
Read More9 Plain English Principles of Trauma Informed Care
The trauma literature can be overwhelming. Its basis in neuroscience offers incredible insights into its impact. But it also is challenging to decipher and make relevant to the ways in which children that have experienced abuse and neglect can be effectively supported.
Read MoreRediscovering a conceptual gem for therapeutic out of home care.
Sometimes you come across a journal article that is way before its time - like the one Janise Mitchell discusses in this blog entry! These seven vital components identified as the core of care for children who are removed from their family are as relevant today as they were innovative back then.
Read MoreAddressing unresolved childhood trauma and abuse in adults would save Australian governments billions each year.
Addressing unresolved childhood trauma and abuse in adults would save Australian governments billions each year writes guest blogger Dr Cathy Kezelman President of Adults Surviving Child Abuse.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be Child Centred?
Anyone who has worked with children in a professional setting will likely have heard the term ‘child-centred’ used to describe an approach, a policy or a way of working with children. It is written into legislation around Australia and seen as a desirable way of approaching child protection by many. Some organisations – like the Foundation – also describe themselves as being child-centred as a central principle informing all that they do. But what does it mean?
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