About the Course
This workshop has been co-designed with Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to ensure that learning reflects community values, child-rearing practices, and approaches to healing. It provides a culturally safe space for participants to explore how domestic and family violence affects children and young people, acknowledging the intergenerational impacts of trauma and the importance of connection to culture, family, and Country in recovery.
Once thought to be “silent witnesses,” we now know children are deeply affected by violence in their homes. This session builds understanding of how children experience and make sense of violence, and how workers can respond with empathy, insight, and culturally grounded support.
Participants will:
Explore how power and control dynamics shape children’s beliefs and behaviours.
Identify the impacts of domestic and family violence on physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
Examine links between trauma, early brain development, and behaviour.
Recognise signs of distress or trauma responses in children.
Learn culturally safe strategies to support healing and resilience for children and families.
Who should attend:Professionals and community workers who engage with families, children, or young people and seek a culturally informed understanding of the impacts of family and domestic violence.
Your Instructor
Sandy Rawson
Sandy Rawson is a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist, Director, and trainer who has spent more than 20 years working alongside children, young people, families, and communities across regional and remote NSW. Her training is shaped by deep clinical experience and a genuine commitment to building the confidence, insight, and practical skills of workers, caseworkers, practitioners, and professionals across the human services sector. Sandy brings extensive expertise in trauma, family violence, child safety, behaviour support, and healing through connection, and is known for delivering training that is engaging, reflective, evidence-based, and highly relevant to the realities of frontline work.
Bring this training to your workplace
Rawson Psychologists and Consultants will travel to deliver in house Core Training aimed at practitioners working with children in family violence including Psychology, Social Work, Case Work, Support Work, Education, Early Childhood, Health, Legal, Corrections and Juvenile Justice. Get in touch to discuss today.