Sexual abuse

  • two teenager brothers

    Responding to sibling sexual abuse – putting research into action

    This workshop will outline current knowledge and evidence in the sibling sexual abuse field and look at how that knowledge can be used to inform how we positively support a family’s journey, from identification of harm, safety planning and assessment, through to therapeutic intervention, case closure and aftercare support

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    Trauma Aware Education

    Dr. Judith Howard, Associate Professor of Education at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and Dr. Lyra L’Estrange, Senior Lecturer in Education at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), will lead this session on Trauma Aware Education on ‘An education system solution to the complex systemic problem of child abuse and neglect: One Australian university’s approach’.

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    Trauma informed practice in safeguarding

    Delegates only.
    ACAMH in collaboration with Child & Family Training presents a series of four online sessions on ‘Trauma informed practice in safeguarding – The provision of effective toxic stress and trauma informed responses and support for children and young people affected by abuse and neglect.’

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  • ACEs boy

    ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences

    Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are defined as situations that lead to an elevated risk of children and young people experiencing damaging impacts on their health and other social outcomes across the life course.

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  • In Conversation… Professor Helen Minnis discusses attachment

    Professor Minnis discusses her current innovative research with the BeST? Study, which aims to find out what is the best service for young abused and neglected pre-school children coming into foster care.

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  • Most Cited JCPP Articles #46 of 60

    Most cited JCPP papers #46 of 60: Longitudinal pathways linking child maltreatment, emotion regulation, peer relations, and psychopathology

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  • Children with a language disorder are vulnerable to sexual abuse

    Preliminary data suggest that children with language disorder may be at an increased risk of child sexual abuse (CSA),1,2 but few have studied the CSA experiences, disclosure patterns or reactions to disclosure in these children.

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  • In Conversation

    In Conversation… Harmful Sexual Behaviour

    What might predispose a young person to harming sexually? What are the warning signs? And what does it mean to go beyond criminal justice to a public health approach?

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  • Professor Helen Minnis

    Is childhood maltreatment a risk factor for increased symptoms of neurodevelopmental disorders?

    Professor Helen Minnis and Lisa Dinkler discuss their paper “Maltreatment-associated neurodevelopmental disorders: a co-twin control analysis” published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

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