From journal articles to Quick Guides and webinars, you will find tools and information to support.
This guide is designed for anyone working in child protection, policy, practice, education, healthcare, research, justice or communications. It provides victim and survivor-informed language and definitions that are respectful, inclusive and trauma-informed.
This training addresses barriers boys and men face in disclosing child sexual abuse, including stigma and gender norms. It offers practical tools to create supportive environments for disclosure, featuring interactive learning and a downloadable guide.
This resource supports safe and age-appropriate conversations with children aged 5–8 about personal safety, trusted adults, and speaking up. It includes a downloadable storybook, a read-along video, and guidance for parents, carers, and educators.
This edition of Children Australia highlights what becomes possible when children and young people’s lived experience is taken seriously – and why the sector must move beyond aspiration towards embedded, everyday participation.
This paper reports on a retrospective, qualitative evaluation of an ‘infant and child-led’ therapeutic family practice approach undertaken by an infant-mental-health-trained family therapist working with families deemed to be ‘at risk’.
The project by the European JRC took a broad "ecosystem" approach to addressing the effective uptake of evidence in the policy process, considering both demand- and supply-side perspectives. The project engaged with the seven countries using a common analytical structure, analysing capacity at individual, organisational, interorganisational, and system levels, including shared learning and collaborative dialogues.
The Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN) and Emerging Minds recently hosted two webinars exploring strategies for introducing child-aware conversations with parents in a sensitive and collaborative manner. They also discuss supportive approaches which balance child aware conversations with professional obligations to maintain children’s safety, and effective methods for engaging with parents who use substances, with a focus on building trust and reducing shame or guilt.
This foundational course is designed for all staff and volunteers working with children and young people. It covers recognising abuse, responding to disclosures, risk management, cultural safety, and codes of conduct.
This Three Yearly Report to the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence and to all members of the Victorian Parliament tracks Respect Victoria's progress from January 2022 to December 2024.
