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.

July 1, 2025

Urgent need for mandatory prevention education in Working with Children Check

Premier and Police reveal extensive childcare sexual abuse case Victoria Police have today identified a childcare worker, charged with 70 sexual offenses against children in 20 childcare centres across Melbourne. This is one of the most significant and far-reaching cases of child sexual abuse ever seen in a childcare setting in Australia. It demonstrates …

July 11, 2022

Harmful Sexual Behaviours – understanding the risks and needs for children and young people who engage in this behaviour

‘Harmful Sexual Behaviours – understanding the risks and needs for children and young people who engage in this behaviour’ blog article was written by Daniel Howell, Manager – Therapeutic Services, Darwin at Australian Childhood Foundation. Since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Royal Commission) there have been efforts by all tiers …

March 17, 2015

A public health approach to child protection: the need for data

In this blog entry Karen Broadley and Chris Goddard from Child Abuse Prevention Research Australia argue the need to develop an effective child protection surveillance data system to help reduce overburdened child protection systems.