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.
Participation Series: Participation through a rights-based lens
‘Participation through a rights-based lens’ blog article was written by Lauren Thomas, Senior Project Lead, Child and Youth Participation and Engagement Team at Australian Childhood Foundation. “‘Children should be seen and not heard’ describes my childhood really. It describes what it meant to my grandparents to have us there. We just had to look …
Read MorePlaying with ideas – is neuroscience still the story we tell?
‘Playing with ideas – is neuroscience still the story we tell?’ blog article was written by Angela Weller, New Training and Resource Development Lead and Pauline Lodge, Senior Consultant, at Australian Childhood Foundation. “Neuroscience is a metaphor just like all the other metaphors we use, people seem to be impressed by science, they think …
Read MoreDealing with disruptive parents/carers in a parent group
‘Dealing with disruptive parents/carers in a parent group’ blog article was written by Chris Hutchinson from the Parenting and Early Years Team at Australian Childhood Foundation. Have you ever had a disruptive parent or carer in your parent group? The longer you are a facilitator the more chance you have of this occurring. Sometimes …
Read MoreOn the road again
‘On the road again’ blog article was written by Jennifer Gay, Team Leader, Therapeutic Services Victoria at Australian Childhood Foundation. Like many of you, our lives have been impacted over the last few years by the COVID-19 global pandemic. It has affected many aspects including how we work and socialise with people. For many of …
Read MoreWhy trauma responsive teachers are so important
‘Why trauma responsive teachers are so important’ blog article was written by Jess Carter, Lead – Knowledge Mobilisation Education and Safeguarding Services, interviewing Carolyn Grace, Senior Consultant, at Australian Childhood Foundation. Children and young people affected by trauma are often unable to learn effectively. These children are sometimes labelled as disruptive or poor learners …
Read MoreWhat’s new in Child Safe Practice in Victoria
By Annette Gillespie, National Lead Safeguarding Children Services The Victorian Child Safe Standards were first introduced by the Commission for Children and Young People in Victoria with seven Standards in January 2016. A recent review of the Standards resulted in new Standards being added to strengthen child safe practice and align the Standards with …
Read MoreCo-facilitating a parent group with someone outside your organisation
‘Co-facilitating a parent group with someone outside your organisation’ blog article was written by Chris Hutchinson, Parenting and Early Years Senior Consultant and Nina Moffatt, Parenting and Early Years Consultant and Therapeutic Specialist, at Australian Childhood Foundation. We all hope that when we are going to facilitate a parent group we have the opportunity to …
Read MoreFacilitating an online parent group vs a face-to-face parent group
‘Facilitating an online parent group vs a face-to-face parent group ’ blog article was written by Chris Hutchinson, Parenting and Early Years Senior Consultant at Australian Childhood Foundation. I have run many face-to-face parent groups. Many with a variety of different parent cohorts from different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and many with parents of children of different …
Read MoreThe power of showing up as a parent
‘The power of showing up as a parent’ blog article was written by Nina Moffatt, Parenting and Early Years Consultant and Therapeutic Specialist at Australian Childhood Foundation. In the book ‘The Power of Showing Up’, Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson describe showing up as; to bring one’s whole being – your attention …
Read MoreHarmful Sexual Behaviours – understanding the risks and needs for children and young people who engage in this behaviour
‘Harmful Sexual Behaviours – understanding the risks and needs for children and young people who engage in this behaviour’ blog article was written by Daniel Howell, Manager – Therapeutic Services, Darwin at Australian Childhood Foundation. Since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Royal Commission) there have been efforts by all tiers …
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