No images? Click here Centre NewsFinding a balance between the protection needs of young people and supporting their active involvement and development is an essential task in therapeutic care. In last week's Therapeutic Specialist Community of Practice, participants discussed how our language around "risk" often fails to account for the critical role risk-taking plays in healthy adolescent development. As one participant reflected, how do we ensure we balance our "duty of care" with the "dignity of risk?" Language, adolescent development and limit-setting are some of the challenges addressed in our latest Practice Guide: Creating a Balance Between Empowerment and Limit Setting in Therapeutic Care. In this guide, Dr Glenys Bristow, Noel MacNamara and Janise Mitchell explore how to set limits and boundaries in ways that nurture young people's evolving capacities, development and relationships with attuned caregivers. This month we have a range of professional development resources for you from discussing the therapeutic opportunities of COVID-19 with Vanessa Farrell and dispelling common myths around child sexual exploitation with Lynne McPherson and Noel MacNamara to a suite of fantastic online courses and webinars from our broader childhood trauma community. Kelly Royds, Senior Advisor Creating a balance between empowerment and limit setting in therapeutic careThis practice guide has been developed to support Intensive Therapeutic Care staff to navigate the critical balance between empowering young people and setting limits. Foundational Training in Intensive Therapeutic CareOngoing - 12 week series of 12 Online Training Modules The Foundational Training in Intensive Therapeutic Care is a training resource for all new workers in Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) in NSW. It is designed to complement agencies existing training and to develop a shared understanding of the principles of supporting young people across the ITC system. Vanessa Farrell Interview: Therapeutic Opportunities in the Time of COVID-19In this video interview, we talk to Vanessa Farrell Therapeutic Care Manager at Anglicare about how COVID-19 has presented enormous therapeutic opportunities in the context of residential care for young people. Through the conversation, Vanessa highlights the importance of child-led thinking rather than child-focused, the centrality of relationships and connection and the importance of using everyday interactions as opportunities for healing and change. Myth Busting Child Sexual ExploitationAssociate Professor Lynne McPherson & Noel MacNamara When it comes to the sexual exploitation of children, most Australians tend to view it as a problem that exists somewhere else. However, those of us working in Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) know that this not the case. The sexual exploitation of young people in Out of Home Care (OOHC) is an issue of significant concern. In this blog, Noel and Lynne reflect on what we now know about young people in OOHC who are at risk of or who have experienced sexual exploitation. Therapeutic residential workers? Who are we?Dr Glenys Bristow, Senior Advisor, CETC What are the characteristics of therapeutic residential workers? In this blog, Dr Bristow introduces her research into the artistry of therapeutic residential workers and shares four different types of knowledge exceptional workers bring to the field of Therapeutic Residential Care. Expert Speaker Webinars about Trauma, Attachment and HealingWe have organized a series of webinars with some of the world’s leading experts in the neurobiology of trauma, attachment and healing. The one on one online interviews between Dr Joe Tucci – our CEO – and these wonderful speakers started in May. We know so many of you want to access professional development right now. So we have made it super affordable. All the webinars are only $25 each. DO NOT MISS OUT. ONLY LIMITED PLACES ARE AVAILABLE. You can register to watch it live or view the webinar as a recording after it is over and at a time that is suitable for you. Enrol now for our 10800NAT Graduate Certificate in Developmental TraumaDue to the current circumstances, we are offering this post-graduate qualification online using our real-time, online workshop format. The content, delivery and assessment of this highly evaluated qualification remain the same quality as it always has – including our newly revised structure and content reflecting the latest research and practice. You will attend 24 sessions over the rest of the year as well as complete assignments and other practice focused application while working through the course as a whole. We are holding the cost of the course to our early bird rate of $5,300, with an instalment payment plan available. Virtual Classroom: Multiple dates Working with traumatised children and young people can impact us all but our understanding of the neurobiology of trauma can inform our approach to looking after ourselves as much as others. Self-care is critical to ensuring our own wellbeing as well as our capacity to support the children, young people and families with whom we work. Grounded Neuroscience of LeadershipIn these challenging times, leadership is critical in terms of supporting all of our teams to manage the changes and different ways of working that have become required over this period. This workshop uses neurobiology and leadership models as a basis for exploring strategies and processes for leading through change when working with traumatised children and young people. Want to know more?If you would like to find out more about the Centre or discuss how the Centre could support your work contact Kelly Royds on 0407 516 858 or on kroyds@childhood.org.au If you would like to discuss how the Centre can build your staff capacity through training and accredited courses contact Marina Dickson on 1300 381 581 or on mdickson@childhood.org.au We want to hear from you!We would love to hear any feedback how we are going and ideas on how we can better work together. |