Project description
Family relationships, kinship, and connection to country and culture form the foundation of community wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Aboriginal culture is an asset not often harnessed by mainstream parenting programs and the legacy of ongoing intergenerational trauma that communities, families and children face is not recognised.
The aim of this project is to develop and implement a culturally safe, responsive and trauma-informed parenting program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
This parenting program will be co-designed with advisory groups comprising of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, professionals and service providers, as well as parents, families and caregivers. The program will be piloted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families who have children between the ages of 2 and 6 years, and evaluated as to the impact, cultural safety and potential for roll-out to other communities beyond Boorloo.
Looking ahead, this project aims to provide a culturally safe framework for training Aboriginal staff to deliver the parenting program to support Aboriginal families in community.
For more information, please contact the team on aboriginalparenting@thekids.org.au
Investigators
Professor Helen Milroy, Professor Catherine Chamberlain, Professor Jeneva Ohan, Dr Marshall Watson, Dr Alix Woolard, Dr Debra Singh, Dr Pradeep Rao, Dr Talila Milroy, Professor Sven Silburn, Laurel Sellers, Rebeka Morrison, Dr Karen Lombardi, Dr Michael English, Sarah Cattermole, Raheen Williams, Thomas Betts
Funders of the project
Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Indigenous