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11/09/2026

This year National Child Protection Week 6-12 September, is driving a stronger national focus on shifting conversations into meaningful action.

Conversations can spark new ideas and encourage reflection. But real change happens when those conversations translate into practical steps that create safer environments and stronger support for children and families.

National Child Protection Week helps turn these conversations into action. Extending beyond the Week itself as a year-round national campaign, it brings people across Australia together to strengthen support systems, prevent harm and help children grow up safe and supported. By shifting conversation to action, we can build communities where every child not only feels heard but also experiences real safety, care and protection.

This artwork you see speaks to the power of conversation as a catalyst for action. It highlights that
through connection, understanding, and collective effort, we can create meaningful change
and safer environments for children and communities across Australia.

ResourceYourself is committed to this and uses frameworks that lean into vulnerable and safe conversations everyday.

04/09/2026

Today Leah had the pleasure of hanging out with a super cool bunch of Teacher Aides whilst delivering Creating Relational Healing Environments. The morning was spent covering content and theory whilst engaging in some super fun clay/play dough creativity, whilst the afternoon was working shopping how we create such environments. Always a pleasure to spend time with helping professionals who are passionate about making difference in children’s lives. Compass Seminars Australia

31/08/2026

🌱 Spring is here… time for a little spring clean!

We often think about spring cleaning our homes; opening the windows, clearing out the cupboards and making space for something new.

But what about us?

What might you like to spring clean from your inner world?

✨ An old story you keep telling yourself?
✨ Expectations about who you should be?
✨ A habit of being hard on yourself?
✨ Something you've been carrying that no longer needs to be carried?

And what would you like to make more room for?

🌿 Curiosity
🌿 Connection
🌿 Playfulness
🌿 Self-compassion
🌿 Rest

Perhaps a therapeutic spring clean isn't about getting rid of parts of ourselves, but becoming curious about them, understanding what they might be trying to tell us, and creating a little more space to choose how we want to respond.

A little less judgement.
A little more curiosity.
A little more PACE with yourself. 💛

So… what are you spring cleaning this year?

26/08/2026

Have you recently completed DDP Level 1 or DDP Level 2?

These supervision groups have been created to ensure that on completion of the levels you have somewhere to continue your learning journey.

These groups can support you to remain connected to what you have learnt or may serve as a mechanism to help you reach for DDP Practitioner.

If you are interested in learning more information regarding DDP in Australia, reach out at [email protected]

20/08/2026

🧩Could DDP be the missing piece🧩

If you're working with children, young people, adults or families impacted by complex trauma, attachment disruptions, developmental trauma, out-of-home care, foster care, kinship care, adoption, residential care, reunification, disability, or child protection, you may be looking for a model that places relationships at the centre of healing.

If you've been wondering...

💭 Is there another way to understand behaviour?
💭 How do I work more relationally?
💭 How do I bring curiosity, connection and safety into my practice?

DDP may be worth exploring. DDP is much more than a therapy model. It's a way of understanding relationships, behaviour, and healing through the lens of attachment, child development, neurobiology, relational trauma and intersubjectivity.

At its heart is a simple belief:

Children (and adults) heal in relationship.

Rather than asking...
"What's wrong with you?"

DDP invites us to ask...
"What has happened to you?"
"What do you need from this relationship right now?"

DDP weaves together many evidence-informed theories to help us understand the whole person.

These include:

🌿 Attachment
🧠 Neurobiology
💛 Intersubjectivity
🤝 Relational Trauma
👨‍👩‍👧 Child Development
💬 Mentalization
👨‍👩‍👧Family Systems
✨ The PACE Attitude (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity & Empathy)

Together they help us create relationships that foster:
• Safety
• Connection
• Regulation
• Reflection
• Resilience

Because healing doesn't happen in isolation.

It happens through relationships that are consistently curious, accepting, playful and empathic.

Connection creates the conditions for change.

17/08/2026

💥 RELATIONAL REMINDERS 💥
In the busyness of everyday life, it’s easy to forget that at the heart of parenting, caring, teaching, case managing and being with families and children is relationship.

So many moments are filled with doing rather than being, and over time this can quietly erode connection. When this happens, we miss the very relationships right in front of us. We lose opportunities to prime the brain for safety and regulation, and we miss the moments that fill our cups and sustain joy in the roles we hold as parents, carers, educators, and helpers.

This visual is a gentle invitation to return to the simple, relational practices that often get lost in the doing. The practices that support both us and our children to thrive.

💗 Go slow to go fast — stay mindfully connected to the moment and what is truly needed
💗 Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity & Empathy (PACE) lead with relationship
💗 Notice shame when it shows up so we don’t unintentionally fuel it
💗 Name the experience, say what you see to deepen a shared understanding
💗 Connection before correction, co-regulation must come first, especially in hard moments
💗 Check what’s being activated in your values system, respond, don’t react
💗 Nurture and Structure, being with and doing together, with emotional co-regulation as the foundation for action.

Small relational moments, practiced often, create the safety and connection that make everything else possible.

12/08/2026

🌱 What is P.A.C.E.?
Discover the heart of attachment-focused parenting with P.A.C.E. Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy a transformative approach developed by Dr. Dan Hughes to help children feel safe, seen, and supported. 💛

Check out the link to hear Dr Kim Golding and Dr Dan Hughes talk about and break down each element of P.A.C.E. and show how it:
✨ Strengthens connection
✨ Builds trust
✨ Supports children to heal from trauma and big emotions.

Whether you’re a working with families, a foster parent, adoptive parent, or caregiver, this approach can bring calm, connection, and joy to everyday moments.
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWuFH44NFC8

The Traumatized & At-Risk Youth Toolbox: https://amzn.to/3FxE2lD ...

09/08/2026

📣Have you recently completed DDP Level 1 or 2? 📣

Our 2026 Australian DDP Supervision Groups are underway, and we’d love for you to join us.

These small, reflective groups are designed to deepen your DDP practice, build relational confidence, and keep you anchored in the core principles of DDP and the PACE attitude. It’s a space to share challenges, celebrate the wins, and stay connected to the heart of the work.

We currently have groups running on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, with options available for teams seeking tailored supervision for staff who’ve completed Level 1 or 2 training.

✨ Stay nourished, supported, and seen in your practice — because we all do better when we’re held in connection.

📩 Get in touch to express interest or find the right fit for your schedule.

06/08/2026

Storytelling is more than words, it’s how we heal and it's a vital element of Dyadic Developmental Practise (DDP).

From the earliest days of humanity, storytelling has been how we pass on knowledge, build identity, and connect with one another. It’s an interactive art combining words, expression, and imagination to bring meaning to experience.

But storytelling isn’t just tradition.
✨ It supports oral language development
✨ Builds emotional literacy
✨ Creates belonging and felt safety

In DDP storytelling becomes something even deeper: a pathway to healing.

For children with early trauma or out-of-home care experiences, parts of their story are often missing or misinterpreted in ways that shape painful internal beliefs.

When we use storytelling in therapy, we’re not just talking.
We’re giving language to what was once unspeakable.
We’re re-narrating experiences in a way that fosters understanding, compassion, and a new internal dialogue.

This is more than memory.
It’s meaning-making and it’s essential.

05/08/2026

Wow, what a special day!

Today was day 3 of DDP Level 1 in Hobart and we had the wonderful Georgie Carr and Stephen Sward come talk to the group about their DDP journeys and how they are supporting the growth of the DDP special interest group(SIG) in Tasmania.

We are so fortunate in Australia to have so many passionate clinicians supporting growth of others in the human service sector alongside the work of the Australian Steering Committee!

If you would like more information about DDP in Australia go to https://lnkd.in/gfM3JHtN

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