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Article published in The Conversation, September 7, 2022
This Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety research report uses quantitative and qualitative survey data from young people who have used violence to gain insights into their use and experiences. This report offers recommendations for primary prevention strategies for services engaged with young people that use violence.
We spoke with representatives from the Victorian Harmful Sexual Behaviour Network, who highlighted the issues and needs relating to young people using these behaviours, and provided an overview of the SABTS (Sexually Abusive Behaviour Treatment Services) programs in Victoria.
The analysis contributes to understanding the attitudes of minimization and concealment of violence within parents’ accounts of CPV.
This review by the Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) highlighted the prevalence of experiences of adult perpetrated harm and other forms of trauma and marginalisation shared by young people using interpersonal harm. Considerations around disability and barriers to service engagement were also explored. This review is part of the development MARAM Practice Guidance regarding the use of family violence by young people.
Dr Heidi Saunders (Senior Practitioner, Carinity Talera, Brisbane) speaks on the importance of safe and effective engagement with young people in the context of domestic and family violence (DFV).
In this webinar, Larisa Freiverts (Team Leader and Senior Family Therapist – Meridian Youth and Family Therapy Team, Anglicare) explains attachment, neglect, the impacts of trauma on the autonomic nervous system, polyvagal theory, and creating safety within the therapeutic relationship.
Dr Georgina Sutherland and Dr Mediya Rangi provides an overview of this ANROWS-funded project, which aims to build a better understanding of individual, relationship, community context and sociocultural factors relevant for understanding young people with disability who use violence at home.
20 Activities for those who therapeutically support children and young people recovering from trauma.
