Trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for Indigenous Australian children
Citation
AIHW
Judy Atkinson (2013) Trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for Indigenous Australian children, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 27 October 2024.
APA
Judy Atkinson. (2013). Trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for Indigenous Australian children. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Judy Atkinson. Trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for Indigenous Australian children. AIHW, 2013.
Vancouver
Judy Atkinson. Trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for Indigenous Australian children. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
Harvard
Judy Atkinson 2013, Trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for Indigenous Australian children, AIHW, Canberra.
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Though many Indigenous Australian children grow up in safe homes and live in safe communities, there are others who do not. These children can experience childhood trauma through distressing life events, such as illness and accidents, family hospitalisation or death, family violence, family disintegration, and financial stress, as well as the inter-generational trauma of past events. Experiencing trauma in childhood can have severe and long-lasting effects, but these effects can be overcome though appropriate interventions. This resource sheet examines the impact of trauma and how it can be addressed. The paper focuses on the design and delivery of trauma-informed and trauma-specific children's services and care.
- ISSN: 2201-845X
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-438-8
- Cat. no: IHW 95
- Pages: 15
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Inter-generational trauma and distressing life events can cause childhood trauma
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Service providers need to adapt their programs to account for their clients’ traumatic experiences
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Services need to be ‘trauma-informed’, that is directly deal with trauma and its effects
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‘Trauma informed’ services understand trauma and its impact on individuals, families and communal groups