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Stephan answers questions by teachers following a presentation at school introducing Trauma Informed Practice in the school environment.Special thanks to all teachers in attendance, and all teachers everywhere for the courageous and compassionate role you play in the lives of children living with complex trauma. It may not feel like it, but yes, you are making a difference. 

Why isn't a trauma-informed therapeutic model of care used in every residential care setting for children? Adela and Stephan answer this question and discuss its implications in a sector that appears to be drifting away from evidence based trauma informed care. They also reflect on this year's outcomes, Adela's triumphant return from Death's door with newly acquired superpowers, and the tendency for services to be 'trauma aware', rather than 'trauma informed'.

Stephan first met Aedan, then a child in a therapeutic care program for traumatised children. 10 years later Stephan and Aedan reflect on that time, and we get some rare insight into the lived perspective of a child in out of home care, with implications for practice and the value of trauma informed practice, relational work and the long term impact of chronic dissociation. more epsiodes with Aedan are planned and listeners can submit questions through facebook. Contact us through through knightlamp.org or the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Knightlamp/

This week we are joined by special guest Peta Readeaux, a therapeutic care clinician working largely with indigenous children from Cape York communities. As an Aboriginal woman from a Cape York community and a clinician, she reflects on her work and experience. Her genuine, honest and compassionate approach is pleasant and insightful to hear, enjoy!

A discussion on the recent youth gang violence in Melbourne during the Moomba festival, and ways of thinking about the role of trauma in understanding and informing how governments need to tackle the problem, and the role of welfare leaders and their commentary. (apologies for a technical fault that causes some poor audio in the last 5 minutes of the episode)

Adela and Stephan discuss the challenges of schools adopting a trauma informed approach in the classroom and juggling notions of group fairness, social justice, and healing.

In this episode Adela and Stephan (knightlamp.org) discuss family violence; a theme that has in recent weeks dominated the media and political environment in Australia. They explore whether or not the current paradigms of understanding offer a real solution, and use a framework of trauma and attachment theory to suggest understandings that offer a solution for prevention and treatment.

In the wake of reports that show major issues in our residential care system, we ask the question: Where is the model of therapeutic residential care that has already been shown to work? In this episode we discuss the history and current state of therapeutic care, and the links we can draw between under-resourcing the residential care system for children in State care, later homelessness and violence, and how easily we lose sight of past evaluations, enquiries and other reports.

The Dynamic duo discuss a bunch of stuff including why Stephan can't pronounce his own surname, claims of chiropractic and homeopathic behaviour treatments, ADHD, discipline, tantrums and parenting...enjoy!

Adela and Stephan discuss the recent Prison Riot in a Victorian Prison with an understanding of trauma theory, and its implications for explosive behaviour in other settings such as schools.

In this episode Adela and Stephan discuss the possible decline of trauma-informed practice, that in order to make a real and measurable difference, the system must be set in an understanding of developmental trauma and its ongoing effects.

Join Adela and Stephan as they discuss the trickiness of training professionals and carers to put developmental trauma theory and its counter-intuitive strategies into practice

How do new understandings of developmental trauma inform decisions in everyday parenting? This week's discussion opens a few cans of worms, as Adela and Stephan discuss the implications of trauma theory for debates on 'smacking', 'controlled crying' and other tricky parenting issues.

Join Adela and Stephan in this week's conversation focussing on substance addiction in the context of childhood (developmental) trauma and environmental factors.

How are children in care affected by the end of relationships with carers and 'workers'? This week we discuss issues around ongoing contact with children that leave a service. Join us for another cup of tea as we challenge traditional notions of 'professional boundaries' and therapeutic relationships.

This week we chat about Adela's tropical storm adventures, the civilising effect of sugar cubes, the role of emotional co-regulation in the care of heightened children and the effectiveness (or otherwise) of behaviour charts and rewards when working with children with developmental trauma.