In this episode, Sophie and I discuss her work in triage and crisis response, risk assessment, safety planning and coordination of forensic medical and general medical responses to adults and children impacted by sexual assault. Over the years Sophie has developed a non-clinical portfolio in professional education and training in the violence abuse and neglect space and has recently completed quality improvement projects around improving clinical responses to adults abused as children and streamlining interagency pathways to the recent expansion of joint referral unit criteria for child sexual assault matters.

A glossary of terms from Sophie’s discussion can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wZ55p-WjRoqpyrrNGxHFSG1x2jiYetdC/view?usp=sharing

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

Australian Childhood Foundation - https://www.childhood.org.au/

Gabor Maté and the Australian Childhood Trauma Conference - https://childtraumaconf.org/conference-2021/

Bruce Perry (researcher, clinician and teacher) - https://www.bdperry.com/

Mary Ainsworth & John Bowlby - attachment styles and assessment techniques - https://www.simplypsychology.org/mary-ainsworth.html

Adverse Childhood Experiences Study - https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy/index.html

Roberts & Ottens - Seven stage crisis intervention model - https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2005-14106-001

NSW Health - https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/parvan/jirt/Pages/default.aspx

ECAV - Education Centre against Violence - http://www.ecav.health.nsw.gov.au/

ANROWS - Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety - https://www.anrows.org.au/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hh_5_Mbtdm3eKbyjyweQYPZ2oCSqfqEI/view?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.