August saw the anniversary of the birth of Christiane Susanne Augustine (Augusta) Zadow (1846-1896). Augusta Zadow was a trade unionist and factory inspector who arrived in Adelaide in 1877 to live in Goodwood. She assisted the increasing number of female workers in the newly mechanised clothing trades by investigating complaints Read more…
My book about trauma-informed criminal justice was published in May 2024.
The Magnolia project, supported by an Augusta Zadow Award, has been working with women to explore how a trauma-informed approach may support the recruitment and retention of women in the criminal justice workforce.
This week I submitted my book to Palgrave Macmillan publishers.
We are delighted to share the news that EK Books has kindly offered to donate some of their books to the Magnolia book project. The motto for EK Books for Kids is ‘Books with Heart on Issues that Matter’, and our books are crafted by authors and illustrators whose backgrounds Read more…
The relationship between #raisetheage and trauma-informed practice goes two ways.
I’ve just spent a week at the International Childhood Trauma Conference with at least two thousand other people. Many attendees were therapists and clinicians working with children and adults. There were also academics and pracademics like me. I heard from expert pioneers such as Dan Hughes and Jon Baylin, Judith Read more…
I submitted my PhD thesis. It explored the degree to which South Australian judges used trauma-informed practices when sentencing defendants.