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You told us, we listened.
Our job at the Centre is to listen to you and what you need to stay grounded and hopeful in the midst of an immense reform to the residential care system.
This month and into November, we are excited to offer a number of virtual classrooms based on your feedback, including a two-part series on Sexually Harmful Behaviours and the Care Team process, and a repeat of our well-attended Trauma-Informed Supervision for House Managers and Supervisors.
A big thank you to everyone for helping us pull off our first digital Therapeutic Specialist earlier in September. It was a well-attended forum, with over 44 participants and 10 presenters, including three Therapeutic Specialists and four service representatives from Sherwood Program, Elver Mental Health Program and NSW Education.
We worked hard to make it collaborative learning space, and this was a key-takeaway for many of you in attendance:
- “What I keep coming back to is the shared experience and how we are working through this together. The content is helpful but the connections just as important"
- "We're all in on it together! We reap what we sow, in terms of being responsible for our own learning and development and support/nurture that of others!"
Overall, 80% of you said that the Forum was Excellent (19%), Very Good (55%) and Good (6%).
Read on for upcoming training below, and our latest blogs and resources.
Kelly Royds, Senior Advisor
Virtual Classroom: Sexually Harmful Behaviours - Part 1
TUE 20 OCT, 11 AM to 12:30 PM (AEST)
Young People in residential care who have experienced trauma often display a wide range of behaviours that feel difficult to understand and challenging to effectively respond to. One of the challenging behavioural presentations is harmful sexual behaviours. This virtual classroom will provide an introduction to understanding the development of Harmful Sexual Behaviour as well as identifying ways of supporting young people displaying these behavioural response patterns. Register Now.
Virtual Classroom: Trauma-Informed Supervision
TUE 4 NOV, 11 AM to 12.30 PM (AEST)
This workshop is for supervisors of staff working with complex trauma young people in residential care. Just as effective therapy for young people who have experienced complex trauma requires adaptation of specific therapeutic interventions, the same applies to the supervisory process. Register Now.
Virtual Classroom: Care Teams - Collaborative Process for Creating Healing and Change
TUE 10 NOV, 11 AM to 12.30 PM (AEST)
Care Team are one of the 10 Essential Elements underpinning the Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) system in NSW. In part one of this Care Team training series, we explore the practice the reasons for Care Teams, what a Care Team looks like, the principles that underpin a Care Team and the functions of a Care Team. Register Now.
Virtual Classroom: Sexually Harmful Behaviours - Part 2
TUE 17 NOV, 11 AM to 12:30 PM (AEST)
In Part 2 of this Virtual Classroom on Sexually Harmful Behaviours, Cyra Fernandes will discuss how to identify risk and protective factors and develop specific strategies for managing these behaviours with young people, underpinned by a safety framework. She will explore how to have conversations with young people about healthy relationships, developing boundaries and seeking consent. Read more and Register.
In our latest video interview series, Glenys Bristow talks to Dr. Lorraine E. Fox about boundaries and limit setting in work with young people in therapeutic residential care settings. Lorraine holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and a doctoral certificate in organizational development and is a Certified Child Care Worker. She has written widely about the dilemmas of discipline and boundary setting in work with young people. How do you get the balance right? Choose to Watch Now two, 5-minute Quick Insights from the discussion, or watch the full interview here.
How do you give due weight to the views of children and young people in policy making? In this new publication by our research partners from Southern Cross University, Meaghan Vosz, Shelley Keevers, Dylan Williams, Ben, Bonnie and Nika present six practices associated with giving due weight to the views of children and young people, alongside co-researchers' views about how practices might be improved. Five young people aged 17–25 with firsthand experience in OOHC were involved as co-researchers throughout this project, and their wisdom and ideas shape the analysis and findings presented.
The healing power of friendship
Noel MacNamara
Can the friendships and connections that can develop in Intensive Therapeutic Care be nurtured and grown rather than feared? Social connections, such as friendship, create a host of positive benefits, write Noel MacNamara.
What is Cultural Safety?
Glenda Kickett
Cultural safety is about our practice and how we promote safe services that value our children, young people and families and their cultural identity, lived experiences and wellbeing.
The intention of trauma-informed practice and care is an increased understanding of how present behaviours and difficulties can be understood in the context of past trauma. The approach offers a framework for a common set of values, knowledge and language.
Foundational Training in Intensive Therapeutic Care
Ongoing - 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.
Upgrade your qualification - 10800NAT Graduate Certificate in Developmental Trauma
10 October, Course Start
Upgrade your qualification with this innovative, practical and relevant post-graduate qualification and enhance your practice with abused and traumatised children, young people, and their families.
Transform Digital Library
One of the best Online Digital Libraries about Trauma you will find! Our TRANSFORM DIGITAL LIBRARY includes video recordings of keynote presentations and full day workshops from some of the world’s best-known therapists and writers about trauma.
Neurobiology of Self Care
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.
Dan Hughes and the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Course
16 to 20 November, and more dates
As an emerging knowledge base, the neuroscience of caregiving is critical to responding to the needs of traumatised and at-risk children and young people. You can now access Level 1 and Level 2 courses as real-time online workshops, with courses running for 5 consecutive days.
Do you have a story, practice reflection or case study you would like to share about the Intensive Therapeutic Care system? As we approach the two-year anniversary of the Intensive Therapeutic Care reform, we want to spotlight stories from our sector about what is working well in practice. If you are interested, please reach out to Kelly Royds or the Centre on kroyds@childhood.org.au
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.
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