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.
Taking Developmental Dyadic Psychotherapy to the next level
This blog post was written by Jaclyn Guest Senior Counsellor, Child Trauma Service. How many traumatised children do you know that can tell you about their inner emotional experiences using words? Trauma attacks stories. It scrambles our ability to tell our stories. It steals our opportunities to have our stories heard and validated. The …
Read MoreThe Need for an External Regulator in the Playroom
When babies are crying, distressed, and upset, why do we rock them back and forth? Founder and President of the Play Therapy Institute of Colorado, Lisa Dion, helps us to understand the importance of therapists becoming external regulators in the playroom as children work towards integrating their challenging experiences.
Read MoreRelational Safety and Placement Stability – Outcomes of the TrACK Program (Part 1)
Noel McNamara explores the outcomes of the TrACK Program – a treatment and care for Kids program which seeks to provide support for vulnerable children and young people who have experienced abuse related trauma.
Read MoreSongs of change and harmony
Foundation CEO, Dr Joe Tucci, explores the connection between the songs of whales and the collective 'song' of professionals who work in the trauma community; asking what it is that we need to keep growing, to keep resourcing each other and to continue to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Read MoreHealing the Past by Nurturing the Future
A new Aboriginal-led project aims to learn how to identify and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents who have experienced complex trauma in their own childhoods.
Read MoreWhat is love?
The recent launch of ACF’s new logo and the narrative of love that accompanies it has prompted me to consider this concept of love in our work with traumatised children. Having love as a value seems fundamental to everything we do in both our personal and professional lives. Yet, when we unpack what love means in the context of children who have experienced trauma, it is way more complex.
Read MoreWhat does trauma-informed mean? Grappling with the challenge
The question in the heading of this blog is a deceptively simple question to ask, but the answer is so very complex.
Read MorePermission to Not Laugh: A Comedian’s Unspoken Traumatic Grief
In a recent interview (WNYC, 2016) with comedian, television and movie actor Michael Ian Black, I was struck by just how traumatized during childhood he seemed. Yet the word “trauma” was never uttered.
Read MoreSchools as Service Providers
Guest blogger, registered psychologist and school counsellor Deborah Costa shares her model around Trauma Informed systems and services for school as service providers.
Read MoreWhen Summer holidays go wrong – preparing children for school after a difficult time at home
Senior Training Consultant, Donna Smyth explores a 5 step process to help children prepare for a return to school, when the holidays may have been a rocky time.
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