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adolescent violence, trauma-informed practice
2020

Childhood Trauma and the Brain

adolescent violence, complex trauma, trauma-informed practice
2020

Developed by UK Trauma Council, this video provides a general introduction to what happens in the brain after children face traumatic experiences in childhood, like abuse and neglect.

Lessons learned from Term 2 remote and flexible learning

COVID-19, education, technology

These three reports (an independent analysis, Parliamentary secretary report and report on focus groups) have been released from the Victorian Government about the experience of remote and flexible learning in Term 2 for students, teachers and families during coronavirus (COVID-19). The reports were informed by more than 3600 submissions from teachers, parents, students and education experts as part of a community consultation process. The reports provide insight from government, independent and Catholic schools into the experiences of students, teachers and educators who had to quickly adapt in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

How to Review the Evidence: A Simple Guide to Conducting a Literature Review

This short resource from AIFS provides guidance and links to additional information to step you through a basic literature review. It is particularly for people working in the community services sector who want to use a literature review to inform the design, delivery or evaluation of a program, service or approach to practice. The resource will also help those unsure of how to go about a literature review. Specifically, this resource outlines the process for conducting a narrative‑style literature review.

Listening to the Voices of Children and Young People Harmed by Fathers Who Choose Violence

family violence, FVSV

Professor Cathy Humphreys and Dr. Katie Lamb discuss their participatory research with children and young people who have experienced family violence from their fathers. The episode features their reflections as researchers, and also shares one of the digital stories developed by a young person as part of this project.

Research ethics in practice: challenges of using digital technology to embed the voices of children and young people within programs for fathers who use domestic violence

family violence, safety and wellbeing

This paper from Katie Lamb, Cathy Humphreys and Kelsey Hegerty (University of Melbourne) discusses the ethical challenges of using digital technology to conduct qualitative research with children in the family violence space. It focuses on a study was undertaken in Victoria, which used a combination of interviews, focus groups and digital storytelling. While digital storytelling proved to be an effective method of engaging children and young people in the research, a range of challenging ethical issues emerged - both in the formal 'procedural ethics' process, and related to the complex issues of anonymity and safety considerations in practice.

“Your behaviour has consequences”: Children and young people’s perspectives on reparation with their fathers after domestic violence

family violence

This paper from Katie Lamb, Cathy Humphreys and Kelsey Hegarty (University of Melbourne) presents findings from qualitative research undertaken in Australia with children and young people who have experienced domestic violence aged 9 to 19 years. It explores children and young people's perspectives on fathering in the context of domestic violence as well as the key messages they believe fathers who attend a program to address their violence need to know. This paper will focus on some of the findings of the study, with a particular focus on the issue of reparation which was identified as a strong theme in children and young people's accounts.

Promising Practice Guide: Improving the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with Severe and Complex Mental Health Needs

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, mental health, young people

This promising practice guide from Orygen draws on an emerging, yet disparate, evidence-base about promising practices aimed at improving the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. It aims to support service providers, commissioners, and policy-makers to adopt strengths-based, equitable and culturally responsive approaches that better meet the needs of this high-risk population.

‘It’s Torture for the Soul’: The Harms of Image-Based Sexual Abuse

FVSV, online safety
2020

This cross-national qualitative study explores the experiences of victim-survivors of image-based sexual abuse living in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

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