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Legislative Changes to Working with Children Checks in Victoria
This entry highlights the key updates occurring with the Working with Children Check requirements in Victoria, made in response to recommendations made by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual
Read MorePermission to Nurture
This article was authored by guest blogger Michael Lincoln, Behaviour Education Consultant Catholic Education South Australia. In the main, teachers are an optimistic bunch. Most of us become teachers because we believe that what we do makes a difference in the lives of children and young people. We know intuitively or through experience that education …
Read MoreWhy ’13 Reasons Why’ needs to be discussed
We invited Jason Trethowan, CEO at 'headspace' to write for us this week on the topic of the recent Netflix series 'Thirteen Reasons Why'. He also shares a valuable tool they have developed to assist adults to talk with young people about the show and it's themes.
Read MoreI killed my fish
As a Child Psychologist working with traumatised children, I hear a lot of stories, some of which are sad or cruel, some unbelievable or amazing. These stories provide me some insight in the different ways these children experience the world. It is my challenge to unravel the story and try and discover the key to why this story is so upsetting or overwhelming to them. Sometimes that leads to an unexpected outcome.
Read MoreTo my Teacher… A second letter from Billy the foster child!
In today's blog entry Jeanette Miller, Consultant in the Parenting and Early Learning Program at the Australian Childhood Foundation explores the topic in this letter to a teacher, from the perspective of a child in foster care.
Read MoreRelationships: at the heart of what we do, but can our hearts take it?
My view is that working relationally with the young people in our care is a privilege writes Occupational Therapist and Therapeutic Specialist Jennifer Gay. Here she explores the challenges of sharing yourself in the therapeutic relationship alongside of the resulting emotional cost.
Read MorePost 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 …
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