'Child Abuse' Category
TED Global entry – The Trauma of Child Abuse
New insights from neuropasticity research have brought hope and optimism. The brain can change and repair itself; people can recover. We need to translate this research into practice.
It’s time to speak out about the unspeakable
In situations of conflict and post conflict these crimes can be encapsulated in terms of civil and political rights, transgressed in the public domain. However in Australia, the vast majority of cases of child sexual assault are perpetrated in the private domain, in the home and family.
Presentation – complex trauma
She highlights the need for the research of the last thirty years to be incorporated into practice with a trauma-informed approach to care bringing better outcomes for consumers with complex trauma histories.
Prioritise support for the abused: ASCA
Guidelines need to be developed to fill a gap in education and awareness among health professionals to help them identify and deal with the impact of childhood trauma resulting from abuse, ASCA said in the statement.
Don’t ignore abuse victims on national day
“But change needs to be led by the leaders of our community.
She said health services needed the right tools to provide proper care for adults who often suffered in silence from the trauma of childhood abuse.
Parenting hope and help for mothers abused as children
No parent can provide for a child’s emotional needs all of the time. However, if your childhood has left you struggling to provide for your child’s emotional
needs, there is a lot you can do. Mothers can acquire healthy parenting skills from understanding their childhood and its effects on them and their parenting.
Abusive patterns of the past are often alive in the present. Yet with understanding they can be changed.Presentation at MHCC forum – physical health issues in mental health
The connection between trauma histories, including childhood abuse and mental illness. Service providers are urged to understand that often consumers use a diversity of coping mechanisms and strategies which can lead to severe physical health risks as well as suicide and self-harm. For more info: www.mhcc.org.au/TICP/
Dr Cathy Kezelman, Head of Stakeholder Relations, Adults Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA)Webinar complex trauma – Mental Health Professionals Network
For full webinar go to http://www.mhpn.org.au/News/Events/ComplexTrauma/ComplexTraumaRecording.aspx
Child abuse in churches is not yet history
It is time for an open and transparent Inquiry into Catholic clergy abuse Australia-wide, a matter for State, Federal and Territory governments to work together to protect our children and keep them safe.
The Nature of abusive systems may have changed but its chilling effects have not (opinion piece)
We need to work together to be alert to the risks to our children, to report our suspicions to the appropriate authorities and to speak out in all cases about abuse and its effects. The nature of abusive systems may have changed but its chilling effects have not.