You may be familiar with the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch, but have you heard of interoception? This sense helps children read their own body cues to understand how they are feeling before they react.
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We leverage modern digital solutions to expand how carers and professionals access and engage with training and peer-learning about trauma-informed care. We do this through accredited and non-accredited training, facilitation of peer networks, leading research initiatives, and translating knowledge to guide practice. Community of Practices workshops for therapeutic specialists, house managers and more.
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Online gambling poses unique risks to young people in out-of-home care, as they face heightened vulnerability due to trauma, self-regulation challenges, and limited adult support. Despite recent reforms targeting gambling harm, current protections fail to meet the specific needs of this group. This blog highlights why targeted intervention is crucial to safeguard young people in care from the pervasive lure of online gambling.
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In Australia, children and young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in out-of-home care are at critically greater risk of getting involved with the youth justice system. Over time, involvement in out-of-home care and youth justice can create a pattern of criminalisation, that spirals into a cycle of reoffending and deeper involvement with both systems. Breaking the cycle of FASD recriminalisation means providing early diagnosis, support and intervention.
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Research
We partner with leading researchers to identify and fill the gaps in knowledge about what works in out-of-home care.
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We facilitate monthly communities of practice for therapeutic specialists, and those with a clinical role, in therapeutic residential care.
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We innovate and curate collections of knowledge on critical practice issues in out-of-home care.
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Panel discussion – Trauma-Informed Care in Youth Detention
What is a residential care worker?
What do you think is the role of “reflective practice”?
What do you enjoy about working with young people?
What does cultural safety mean to you?
Supporting Aboriginal children and young people in custodial and residential care settings – Rhett’s story
How do you support young people in connecting to culture?
How do you plan for a young person’s transition into and leaving your service?
How do you help young people feel safe in the residential home?
Can you share an example of changes you have witnessed in young people after time being supported in residential care?
A “day in your life” as a residential care worker
The Criminalisation of Children in Care in England/Wales, New South Wales, and Victoria
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Why is reflection important for trauma-informed work?
Why did you become a therapeutic specialist?
What would you tell others thinking about becoming a therapeutic specialist?
What changes have you seen in the young people you work with?
What are the best parts of being a therapeutic specialist?
What are the challenges of being a therapeutic specialist?
How does the exposure to trauma impact on staff?
What is the role of relationship in therapeutic care?
What is an average day for a therapeutic specialist?
What is a therapeutic specialist?
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