The Department of Communities’ Family and Foster Care Learning Team has a collection of books, DVDs, and other useful resources available to loan for up to eight weeks.
These resources are available to family and foster carers, staff, and other members of the child’s care team.
Visit our Moodle page to view the resources available to loan.
To loan any of the items listed, please email the request to: fosterworkshops@communities.wa.gov.au
Websites
- Beacon House – Resources Page
- Key Concepts - Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
- Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care
- Help to understand childhood trauma - ACT Government
- Deep Time – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History – ABC
- Emerging Minds – Resources Page
- Foster Care Association (WA)
- Meerilinga
- Office of the eSafety Commissioner – free information and webinars for parents, teens, kids
- Parenting Connection WA – free parenting events across the state (includes Circle of Security, Bringing up Great Kids)
Videos
- Journey of Health and Wellbeing – Department of Health WA (11 minutes)
- Acknowledging the Stolen Generations on National Sorry Day – Behind the News (5 minutes)
- Fostering Lifelong Connections – The Bridge (4 minutes)
- What is Abuse and Neglect? – Australian Centre for Child Protection (4 minutes)
- In Brief: The Science of Neglect - Centre on the Developing Child – Harvard (6 minutes)
- ReMoved – (13 minutes)
- Trauma and adversity - Emerging Minds (3 minutes)
- You make a difference - Excerpt from Trauma, Brain and Relationship: Helping Children Heal (4 minutes)
- Hand Model of the Brain – Dr Dan Siegel (3 minutes)
- Intergenerational Trauma Animation – The Healing Foundation
- Biological parents: real questions & real answers: Foster Care - Catholic Care Social Services Hunter-Manning (15 minutes)
- Therapeutic Parenting – Sarah Naish (9 minutes)
- Good relationships are the key to healing trauma – Karen Treisman (17 minutes)
- An overview of Protective Behaviours NT - Bronwyn Clee (3 minutes)
- Consent for Kids – Blue Seat Studios (3 minutes)
- Coping with the Grief of Foster Care Transitions – Epic Tip (3 minutes)
- OurSPACE WA: Foster and family carers counselling and support service – Department of Communities (5 minutes)
- BC Foster Basics: Selfcare for Caregivers – BC Foster Parents Association (4 minutes)
Useful Resources to download
- Developmental Trauma Close Up – Beacon House (42-page article)
- Josh Shipp – Articles about teen behaviour problems
- WA Child Safety Services – free, downloadable resources (including Protective Behaviours, Online Safety, Puberty and Healthy Relationships)
- Protective behaviours: Parent resource – schools and parents working together to help keep children safe – Department of Education WA
- Cyber safety - Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner
- Relationships, puberty, sex and other stuff – Healthy WA
- Talk soon, talk often – Healthy WA
- Puberty – Healthy WA
- Parent and Family Information and Support Pack – Alcohol and Other Drugs – Mental Health Commission
More information
Contact the Department of Communities Family and Foster Care Learning Team at:
Email: fosterworkshops@communities.wa.gov.au
Mobile: 0429 087 396
Facebook: Family and Foster Care Learning
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