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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.
September 24, 2015

Dealing with abuse: A young Australian’s insights

In May this year, The Australian published the story of ‘Hannah Baker’, a young woman now in her 20’s, detailing her story of abuse and the books that she has now written intending to help schools, child protection workers and others learn important lessons from her case. After reading the article, we invited her to …

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September 24, 2015

Dealing with abuse: A young Australian’s insights

In May this year, The Australian published the story of ‘Hannah Baker’, a young woman now in her 20’s, detailing her story of abuse and the books that she has now written intending to help schools, child protection workers and others learn important lessons from her case. After reading the article, we invited her to …

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September 21, 2015

Kinship and Relative Carers – Part 2

The second in a two-part series looking at Kinship Carers, this time looking at the support needs of Aboriginal kinship carers.

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September 18, 2015

Amazing Brain Resource

A colleague of mine recently recommended I check out an American resource called ‘The Amazing Brain’ for use with children and young people who have experienced trauma.  When I did, I was pleasantly surprised with what I found and am happy to recommend it to our Prosody readership.

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September 15, 2015

Lessons from the Royal Commission Part 4

How effective are pre-employment screening practices?

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September 10, 2015

Does trauma-informed = stronger practice?

In this interview, Deanna reflects on her experience of studying the Graduate Certificate in Developmental Trauma and the personal and professional outcomes that continue to influence her contribution to the sector.

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September 2, 2015

Using the Mr. Men characters – themes in counselling

This article was authored by Sharon Duthie, Senior Counsellor, Child Trauma Service Victoria, at the Australian Childhood Foundation.  “Who’s this?” I inquired pointing at the self-portrait my seven year old client had painted. “It’s Mr. Nobody!” the child exclaimed as if it were obvious. “Oh!” I said. “I wonder what it’s like to be Mr. …

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September 2, 2015

Using the Mr. Men characters – themes in counselling

This article was authored by Sharon Duthie, Senior Counsellor, Child Trauma Service Victoria, at the Australian Childhood Foundation. “Who’s this?” I inquired pointing at the self-portrait my seven year old client had painted. “It’s Mr. Nobody!” the child exclaimed as if it were obvious. “Oh!” I said. “I wonder what it’s like to be Mr. …

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August 27, 2015

Why we use social media to support #notanotherchild

In this blog entry, Dani Colvin explores how and why the Foundation has used social media to support its #notanotherchild campaign. 

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August 24, 2015

Mental Health, Young People and Trauma

Increased diagnosis in mental health may be masking our understanding of, and response to, behaviours that are really manifestations of trauma writes Alexa Duke.

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