Presented by Sally Skewes, Sally Robinson and Sue Goodall.
What is this webinar about?
People with disability experience 1.8 times higher rates of violence/abuse, including extreme forms of intimate partner violence/sexual assault, and greater barriers to accessing services. Reproductive coercion is increasingly recognised form of DFV, i
While there has been a welcome increase in attention to the experience of violence, abuse and neglect, our field has yet to widely adopt trauma informed practice as a holistic and supportive way of responding to the high rates of harm experienced by people with intellectual disability.
In this seminar, we will discuss research frameworks which underpin principles of trauma informed practice, and how they can support people with intellectual disability to resolve trauma, improve their wellbeing, and strengthen organisational quality.
Alongside this, we will present some useful practice examples which show how principles of trauma informed practice can make a difference to everyday practice in supporting people with intellectual disability.
Sally Robinson is Professor of Disability and Community Inclusion at Flinders University, where she does research with children, young people and adults with disability about what helps them feel safe, well and happy at difficult times in their lives. She works in inclusive research teams.
Sally Skewes is a Clinical Psychologist and the Psychology Clinical Lead in the therapy team of Kudos Services. Her strong background in attachment-focused interventions and developmental trauma has driven her clinical work. Over the past 10 years Sally has provided intensive family interventions for children with disabilities. This has provided rich learning opportunities in how to work with intellectual disability and co-occurring complex developmental trauma. Working in an interdisciplinary team has been essential to provide a fuller picture of development. The theoretical underpinnings and practical implementation when working with intellectual disability and co-occurring complex developmental trauma will be illustrated through case examples.
Sue Goodall is the Positive Behaviour Support Clinical Lead and Developmental Education Clinical Lead at Kudos Services. She has extensive experience in the disability field and is a registered PBS Practitioner. She has worked closely with children, young people and adults with intellectual disability who have experienced developmental trauma and this has ensured a specialty in supporting them with trauma-informed and person-centred practices.