The Child Wellbeing Project

Cantering children and young people in practice.

Last updated: 03 Dec 2024

Vision and purpose

The What Can They Tell Us? webinar series, hosted by Anna Ferro, highlights innovative approaches to engaging and assessing infants, children, and young people.

Organized by the Child Wellbeing Project at the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare in partnership with Family Safety Victoria, the series emphasises keeping children and young people central in service provision.

The three webinars explore strategies for maintaining children and young people’s visibility and prioritising their needs in practice by integrating child-centred methods.

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What Can They Tell Us? Part 1- Engaging With, and Assessing, Infants and Young Children

The first webinar in the series features Dr. Wendy Bunston and Gayle Webber, exploring child-cantered practices.
This session set the stage for the three-part series by focusing on effective approaches to engaging and assessing infants, children, and young people. It emphasises the importance of keeping children’s perspectives at the forefront, ensuring their voices are heard, and their needs understood within various support systems.

What Can They Tell Us? Part 2- Engaging With, and Assessing, Children

This second webinar in the series features Natalie Scira and Hannah West, offering practical approaches and insights for effectively engaging with and assessing children.

The session highlighted strategies to centre children’s voices, understand their experiences, and navigate the complexities of their needs within family and community contexts; it focuses on building meaningful connections and promoting child-focused assessments in professional practice.

What Can They Tell Us? Part 3- Engaging With, and Assessing, Young People.

The third and final webinar in the series features Lucy Evangelista and Caleb Edelsten.

The session focused on understanding and assessing the unique perspectives and experiences of young people. It explored effective methods for building trust, fostering meaningful communication, and addressing the complex factors influencing their lives.

Emphasising a youth-cantered approach, the webinar provided tools and strategies to ensure young people feel seen, heard, and supported in the assessment and engagement process.

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Importance of engaging with children and young people In engaging with children, particular attention needs to be paid to the safety and wellbeing of children who are non-verbal…
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Theoretical frameworks underpinning practice This guide examines some of the key theoretical frameworks and concepts that underpin practice when engaging with children and young…
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Engaging with children This guide looks specifically at the importance and benefits of engaging with and empowering children. It looks at practice considerations…
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Engaging with young people This guide looks at the different stages of adolescence to support better understanding of, and ability to respond to, what…
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