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What 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?
Read More8 of Our Favourite Children’s Storybooks
Frequently, we are asked to recommend books for parents to use which reflect our focus on the importance of parent-child connections, as well as reinforcing the practice of mindfulness for parents and children. Here's our current top 8 along with why we love them.
Read MoreKylie Williams
This article was authored by Dani Colvin, Coordinator, Partnerships Fundraising and Marketing at the Australian Childhood Foundation. What is it that makes a person connect so completely with a cause or issue that they are willing to commit not only financially, but also invest their time, their effort, and their heart, in order to give …
Read MoreRaunch Culture
As a parent, there is always that one question from your child that you struggle to answer. I never would have predicted the one that finally stumped me when it was asked by my 4 year old son at the time. With both of his Italian grandparents in the car, he asked me innocently and loudly - “Dad, how do you make your sex last longer?”
Read MoreReviewing ‘The brain’s way of healing- remarkable discoveries and recoveries from the frontiers of neuroplasticity’
Norman Doidge has recently released his next book, ‘The brain’s way of healing’ and in this entry, Marina Dickson provides her review of this text.
Read MoreThe story of James
- A case study looking at how one young man was supported by therapeutic carers to move beyond his past and look toward a brilliant future.
Read MoreThe Uncertainty of Child Protection
Child protection is a minefield of impossible decisions. Children live with the consequences of each judgement, each choice. Here, Joe Tucci looks at the difficulties of working within and alongside Child Protection, calling for support as well as scrutiny for its workers.
Read MoreLessons from the Royal Commission Part 2
In part 2 of our series looking at lessons from the Royal Commission thus far, we outline some of the important insights in relation to the nature and prevalence of child sexual abuse; perpetrators and organisational awareness of abuse.
Read MorePorn and the changing face of clinical risk assessment – Part 2
How pornography may distort your risk assessment of children & adolescents who sexually harm. The second and final entry in the series, this time also looking at a clinical case study.
Read MorePorn and the changing face of clinical risk assessment – Part 1
How pornography can distort clinical risk assessment of children & adolescents who sexually harm
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