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Post Adoption Support
Guest blogger, Leza Schultz shares how PASQ practitioners work with children who have experienced trauma, addressing the long-term impact of separation from biological families.
Read MoreReview: The Neurobiology of Attachment Based Therapy
For children to have to go from having to develop a mistrusting brain, and make the journey from mistrust to trust is not a no-brainer – it’s a real brainer. They really need to make some changes in their trajectory….. This book is an attempt to try to apply the knowledge about brain development and brain change and look at the process of change and attachment focused therapy’ - Jon Baylin In conversation with Dan Hughes and Janise Mitchell at the ACF conference 2016.
Read MoreBack to school for traumatised children – from chaos to calm
What does it feel like for traumatised children and young people to come back to school from holidays at home in chaos? How can schools offer safety and promote calm amidst the "back-to-school" bustle?
Read MoreCare for children – Compassion for self
This blog entry was authored by Noel MacNamara, National Manger Policy and Research My wife and I care for two children: 6 and 10 years old. They were exposed to multiple traumatic events prior to coming into our care. These events were compounded by attempts to reunify them with their parents. What follows will be …
Read MoreCare for children – Compassion for self
Changing the narratives, the beliefs about identity and relationships that traumatised children have learnt is hard work. It takes time and repetition (just as forming the problematic narratives and beliefs did) and the opportunity to do so in healthy, attuned relationships.
Read MoreHow to overcome ‘Start Again’ syndrome in Child Protection
Lisa Grobleben describes elements of ‘Start Again’ syndrome in Child Protection work and the difficulties experienced by child protection workers in making assessment of parental capacity.
Read MoreMaintaining a Safeguarding Culture
The Safeguarding Children Program is fundamentally about implementing and sustaining processes that create a safeguarding culture and ensure the on-going safety of children and young people within organisations. But, once organisations have begun this process, how do they go about maintaining a culture that protects children?
Read MoreSchools as Service Providers
Guest blogger, registered psychologist and school counsellor Deborah Costa shares her model around Trauma Informed systems and services for school as service providers.
Read MoreThe Sooner the Better
This blog article was authored by Jeanette Miller, Senior Training Consultant in the Parenting and Early Years Program at the Australian Childhood Foundation. We all know about the benefits to children, of early intervention and prevention. In the early years of a child’s life, while his brain is growing faster than it will ever grow …
Read MorePreventable Violence – Is engaging fathers the solution to creating a safer society? Part 3
This blog entry is authored by therapist and author, Timothy O’Leary, delving into the psyche of men who use violence, to reveal how engaging fathers can help to create a safer society. Tim is the author of Dads Who Can: Love, Nurture, Play. www.timothyoleary.com.au In parts one and two we have explored the idea of …
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