Events

In this meeting we will review and discuss the Youtube Recording by Yvette Knights on Movement Therapy to assist trauma and developmental delays. Yvette explains how sometimes nothing seems to work to help our children because their brains haven't yet been primed for development. This may be because the brain is stuck in fight flight freeze or because milestones have been missed. Yvette offers neuro development therapy, a physical therapy, as a way to help rewire the brain and meet missed milestones (helping with emotions, speech, language, motor development, organisation, problem solving, learning and balance). An option for those with ADHD, Autism and similar experiences. Please join us for this discussion. Details...

Retreat for adoptive parents to focus on self-care, shared learning and networking, while considering the central theme of identity and belonging! Details...

Joel de Carteret’s remarkable journey proves the power of love can overcome impossible odds. As a 5 year old Joel got hopelessly lost from his mother when he wandered from the family home into a bustling city market in the Philippines eventually ending up in an orphanage. He’s adopted by a caring & loving Australian family and goes on to lead a happy & successful life except something was always missing! 30 years later, Joel couldn’t ignore the pain any longer & began the search for his family. Details...

In this meeting we will review and discuss the Youtube Recording by Chris Storm on Sensorimotor and Somatic Experiencing. Chris has seen mute children start to talk, disregulated children reengage and children who are adopted or had a traumatic birth and start to life, start to repair their birth process. The safe and sound protocol, a listening or auditory system that helps with calming and felt safety, is Chris's favourite thing. Perhaps it could work for you? Please join us for this discussion. Details...

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In this meeting we will review and discuss the Youtube Recording by Maria Marshall on Eye Movement and Desensitisation Therapy, reprocessing and modelling. Normalising experiences, connection before redirection and role modelling, are practices, that Maria proposes can help children who have experienced early childhood trauma, in addition to CBT and EMDR. Lets discuss which of these you may have tried or what you think might help. Please join us for this discussion. Details...

In this meeting we will review and discuss the Youtube Recording by Leanne Winter on Animal and Equine Therapy. Leanne Winter is a clinical psychologist who moved her craft from the clinic to the paddock. Leanne shows us how attachment and regulation are aided by forming relationships with animals. and how children learn about safe, healthy, secure attachment by being trustworthy and coregulating appropriately. The animals feedback is immediate and this teaches self awareness of ones actions where children can learn regulation in a meaningful way. Lets discuss how we might apply this learning in our everyday.Please join us for this discussion. Details...

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Getting together to connect with others with lived experience is important, so lets gather face to face and share tips and advice and/or seek out some specialist advice from one of our PCA Advisors and the group. A PCA Advisor will be available for members to meet with individually and will run the group session. We will be open and flexible to discuss whatever you wish on the day or you can contact us ahead of time to let us know what you would like to know more about. If you would like help with our website registration or flexible funding applications please bring your laptop or other device. Refreshments and snacks will also be provided. All PCA Families members are welcome by registering to attend at any location - come to one or all its up to you. More locations and dates are available on our Events page on our website. Details...

In this meeting we will review and discuss the Youtube Recording by Gregory Nicolau on Therapeutic Parenting. Gregory highlights the importance of assessing where your child is at developmentally when they first come into your care, so that you can give thought everyday to how you progress them, whether by connecting with them and giving them help in stressful situations or by offering them the right supports (art/speech/occupational or other therapies or psychologists or psychiatrists). This he highlights is the difference between a carer and a therapeutic carer: the therapeutic carer is always looking at how to support and progress the child. Lets discuss how we might apply this learning in our everyday. Please join us for this discussion. Details...

In this meeting we will review and discuss the Youtube Recording by Linda Cooke on Therapeutic Parenting. Therapeutic parenting is parenting that is loving and kind, where you are present with your child while they work through their emotions and challenges. Its parenting that builds the brain as you help your child understand what they are experiencing. It is healing and aids attachment so is perfect for parenting children from complex backgrounds (adoption, permanent care and kinship care). Linda Cooke, adoptive parent, shares how safety, nurture and structure must be present. Lets discuss how we might apply this learning in our everyday. Please join us for this discussion. Details...

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In this meeting we will review and discuss the Youtube Recording by Liz Powell on Developmental Trauma. Children experiencing developmental trauma can often be labelled as over controlling, naughty, a problem child or even autistic or diagnosed with ADHD. Yet these responses can hold the child back from progressing. Understanding their behaviour from a trauma informed perspective can help. Developmental trauma can repair within relationships with the right interventions at the right time over a long period of time. Liz shares some tips and ideas on how you can repair developmental trauma for your children. Lets discuss how we might apply this learning in our everyday. Please join us for this discussion. Details...

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Getting together to connect with others with lived experience is important, so lets gather face to face and share tips and advice and/or seek out some specialist advice from one of our PCA Advisors and the group. A PCA Advisor will be available for members to meet with individually and will run the group session. We will be open and flexible to discuss whatever you wish on the day or you can contact us ahead of time to let us know what you would like to know more about. If you would like help with our website registration or flexible funding applications please bring your laptop or other device. Refreshments and snacks will also be provided. All PCA Families members are welcome by registering to attend at any location - come to one or all its up to you. More locations and dates are available on our Events page on our website. Details...

Getting together to connect with others with lived experience is important, so lets gather face to face and share tips and advice and/or seek out some specialist advice from one of our PCA Advisors and the group. A PCA Advisor will be available for members to meet with individually and will run the group session. We will be open and flexible to discuss whatever you wish on the day or you can contact us ahead of time to let us know what you would like to know more about. If you would like help with our website registration or flexible funding applications please bring your laptop or other device. Refreshments and snacks will also be provided. All PCA Families members are welcome by registering to attend at any location - come to one or all its up to you. More locations and dates are available on our Events page on our website. Details...

In this meeting we will review and discuss the Youtube Recording by Elise Saunders and Anna Beeson on Therapeutic Life Story Work. Anna and Elise highlight the value of being curious and wondering together, a shared journey between caregivers and the child, uncovering more than one person's perspective and capturing the child's voice, their narrative once they make meaning of their history. Lets discuss how we might apply this learning in our everyday. Please join us for this discussion. Details...

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