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.
What works in Therapeutic Residential Care?
In today's blog, Edith Lock, General Manager of Client Outcomes at Mackillop Family Services shares her insight into the key design elements of Therapeutic Residential Care homes.
Read MoreReflections on Day 5 of the 2018 International Childhood Trauma Conference
This blog is the fifth in a series of daily blogs being published during the 2018 International Childhood Trauma Conference. Each day a member of the Australian Childhood Foundation's Senior Executive will share their reflections on the content in sessions they attended. Today's blog is written by Marina Dickson, Executive Manager Professional Education Services at The Australian Childhood Foundation.
Read MoreReflections on Day 3 of the 2018 International Childhood Trauma Conference
This blog is the third in a series of daily blogs being published during the 2018 International Childhood Trauma Conference. Each day a member of the Australian Childhood Foundation's Senior Executive will share their reflections on the content in sessions they attended. Today's blog is written by Janise Mitchell, Deputy CEO at The Australian Childhood Foundation.
Read MoreReflections on Day 2 of the 2018 International Childhood Trauma Conference
This blog is the second in a series of daily blogs being published during the 2018 International Childhood Trauma Conference. Each day a member of the Australian Childhood Foundation's Senior Executive will share their reflections on the content in sessions they attended. Today's blog is written by Noel MacNamara, Executive Manager Research and Policy.
Read MoreIntentionally Supporting Residential Care to Become Therapeutic in NSW – ACF and SCU awarded contract to launch an Australian first Resource Centre
A new exciting project which has been contracted by the NSW Government stands to transform the way in which therapeutic residential care is provided to young people. An Australian first, this intermediary resource centre will guide all providers of Intensive Therapeutic Care and showcase the importance of relational ways of understanding how young people can be best supported.
Read MoreReflections on Day 1 of the 2018 International Childhood Trauma Conference
This blog is the first in a series of daily blogs being published during the 2018 International Childhood Trauma Conference. Each day a member of the Australian Childhood Foundation's Senior Executive will share their reflections on the content in sessions they attended. Today's blog is written by Angela Weller.
Read MoreTrauma-informed Learning and Practice in Remote Western Australia
in 2016 a small team from Royal Far West travelled across the country to attend the International Childhood Trauma Conference. They aimed to learn about trauma, and for that learning to help impact and transform their practice. Here, they report two years on about the remarkable impact they've seen.
Read MoreSpeaking up and being heard: how do we listen and respond to children’s experiences, needs and hopes?
How can we ensure we hear directly from children so we know how they are feeling, what support they need, and with what they are struggling? In today's blog entry Nicola Palfrey, Director at Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network, explores strategies children find themselves experiencing when dealing with trauma, and how important it is for us to listen to their needs so we can provide them with proper support.
Read MoreBeyond Common Sense
This blog entry was authored by Cynan Kim-Blackmore, Senior Advisor, Safeguarding Children Service at the Australian Childhood Foundation. Imagine you are a childcare worker at your local centre. One of the children is a child named Ben. Ben has been coming to the childcare centre for many years and you have grown to know Ben’s …
Read MoreHow Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy can be applied in Out of Home Care
Dr Sally Denning shares a case study highlighting how the use of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy helped one young boy in Out Of Home Care to progress in his journey of healing.
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