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Applying polyvagal theory to relationship-based therapeutic care – Practice tool

This practice tool can be used with all of those caring for or supporting children and young people in care.

Behaviours that challenge: What has happened to you?

Children and young people living in Therapeutic Residential Care in Australia often present with a range of behaviours that challenge us. The complexity and difficulty in working with these challenging behaviours led us to write a Practice Guide: Behaviours that Challenge to assist therapeutic residential workers to better understand why young people might display these …

Blocked care: You are not alone, it’s a brain thing

Book review: What happened to you? Conversations on trauma, resilience and recovery by Dr Perry and Oprah Winfrey

The book tells the story of how adverse childhood experiences cause deep emotional scars, impact brain development, our personalities, and our behaviours, and are a powerful predictor of our risk for physical and mental health problems later in life.

Creating a balance between empowerment and limit setting in therapeutic care – Practice guide

A practice guide to support staff navigate the critical balance between empowering children and young people and setting limits

Creating positive social climates and home-like environments in therapeutic care – Practice guide

This guide explores how to create therapeutic care contexts based on considerations about the notion of ‘home’, key features of the physical environment and the core aspects of the social climate which are critical to establishing a home-like environment and a sense of normality for young people in care.