Trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for Indigenous Australian children Judy Atkinson
By: Atkinson, Judy
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ArticlePublisher: Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2013Description: electronic document (27 p.); PDF file: 307.63 KB.Subject(s): CHILDREN | CHILDREN AS VICTIMS | INTERVENTION | PROGRAMMES | SUPPORT SERVICES | TRAUMA | ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES | INTERGENERATIONAL VIOLENCE | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES | FAMILY VIOLENCE | AUSTRALIAOnline resources: Click here to access online | Access the website
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Closing the Gap Clearinghouse Resource Sheeet 21, July 2013Summary: This paper from the AIFS Closing the Gap Clearinghouse examines how childhood trauma experienced by Indigenous Australian children can be overcome with appropriate interventions. This paper focus is on services and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, but the discussion of the need for trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for children and the examples of promising programmes, may be useful to those working with other indigenous peoples.
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Closing the Gap Clearinghouse Resource Sheeet 21, July 2013
This paper from the AIFS Closing the Gap Clearinghouse examines how childhood trauma experienced by Indigenous Australian children can be overcome with appropriate interventions. This paper focus is on services and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, but the discussion of the need for trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for children and the examples of promising programmes, may be useful to those working with other indigenous peoples.
