Creating a Culture of Prevention and Wellbeing – Trauma informed Care and Practice
A child’s capacity to regulate their emotions and behaviour is a reflection of their caregivers’ responses to them. Children internalise the affective and cognitive
characteristics of their relationships with their primary care-givers and form internal working models for their feelings, thoughts and reactions. Early
patterns of attachment determine how effectively individuals will process information from then on. Infants who feel safe, secure and understood learn to
trust what they feel. They also come to make sense of and the world around them. They come to rely on their emotions and thoughts and this informs their
reactions to any situation. They become confident about their feelings and can express them. They learn to feel good about themselves, to value themselves and
feel confident that they can make good things happen. They also are reassured that if they don’t know how to deal with a difficult situation that someone
else around them will. They are able to develop strategies for responding purposefully to a range of situations rather than reacting to them.
Offender gets four years while victim gets life
As it is a small percentage of these crimes are reported. The process is simply too harrowing. Further non-reporting undoubtedly will mean more victims will be left struggling and fewer perpetrators will be held to real account.
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.
Trauma-informed care and practice – changing the lives of Australian adult survivors of childhood trauma
I am a medical practitioner by training. The Hippocratic oath states: “First do no harm” .However harm is often done to trauma survivors when their trauma goes unacknowledged and when their particular vulnerabilities and sensitivities are disrespected and misunderstood. Harm is done when survivors are labelled and they are negated as human beings and as individuals disaffirming their traumatic experiences at the very core of their being.
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.
Church still drags its heels on child abuse
Church still drags its heels on child abuse Cathy Kezelman May 17, 2011 – 1:01PM http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/church-still-drags-its-heels-on-child-abuse-20110517-1eqsg.html The new Church guidelines do not go far enough to protect children freom abusive clergy. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers NCH The Vatican has once again abrogated its responsibility for stamping out abuse within the Catholic Church. The long-awaited guidelines on [...]
Asking the question: What happened to you?
What happened to you?
Book review (published ASTSS newsletter April 2011)
The book is an easy read and recommended for anyone who wishes to deal with patients
Help stop child abuse – article published Marie Claire 31/1/2011
http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/marie-claire/article/-/8748924/help-stop-child-abuse/ Help Stop Child Abuse January 31, 2011, 5:22 pm Julietta Jameson marieclaire We all agree child abuse must be stopped – so why do only 1 in 3 of us report it? marie claire investigates Australia’s shameful code of silence. As a child, Cathy Kezelman was shy and studious – the kind of dark-haired, [...]