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.
What does it mean to be Child Centred? Part 2
This post is the second in our series looking at Child Centred Practice, exploring the first of four principles of child centred practice that can inform policies, processes and actions: Recognising Critical Timeframes.
Read MoreFamily Stories
Pat Jewell, Team Leader of the Parenting Education and Support program explores how we sub-consciously learn stories that continue to narrate our lives.
Read MoreOne of our heroes: 15 year old Bridget
15 year old Bridget connected in a powerful way with one of Australia’s most critical social issues and the work being done to address it. We wanted to highlight her work here on Prosody.
Read MoreStepping 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 MoreHow does a team make you a better trauma counsellor?
In this blog entry, Jaclyn Guest, Senior Counsellor with the Child Trauma Service, explores how working with a team helps support trauma work and prevent burnout.
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 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 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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