Child protection beyond the family home: Contextual safeguarding with Carlene Firmin
This is the 30th episode of Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, featuring Bruce and Denise Morcombe. Today we hear from a researcher who has single-handedly revolutionised worldwide thinking of the best approaches to keeping children safe from harm. Pro…
How to help young people overcome harmful sexual behaviours - an expert panel
Today on Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation - we’re going to deep dive into how to help young people overcome harmful sexual behaviours. In this episode we go to Adelaide, to the Daniel Morcombe Foundation’s Bright Futures forum, to hear the latest rese…
Breaking the Silence around Sibling Sexual Abuse with author Alice Perle
Australian author Alice Perle is a courageous voice in a growing global conversation about Sibling Sexual Abuse. As a survivor of Sibling Sexual Abuse herself, Alice has now written about her experiences and combined that with the latest scientific research showing how the problem is far more wid…
Director of UK's AIM project Carol Carson shares her four decades experience responding to harmful sexual behaviours in children
In her almost four decades of responding to harmful sexual behaviours in children, social worker Carol Carson has seen many changes to treatment in that time. Now as director of the AIM project in the UK, Carol is taking what she’s learnt as the most important aspect - restorative practices for ch…
Sexual development in the online age: How we can support our children with Stuart Allardyce from Edinburgh
This generation of children more than any other, is living almost their entire lives online. School, recreation, gaming, and catching up with friends all increasingly happen in the online space - particularly since the COVID pandemic. But how does that affect their relationships and sexual de…
How to guide your family through the crisis when your child has engaged in harmful sexual behaviours - a case study
This is the 25th episode of Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, featuring Bruce and Denise Morcombe. Today we’re going to hear from a mother whose child has engaged in harmful sexual behaviours, and the fallout on their family. This mother, who we will…
Restorative processes around harmful sexual behaviour in children - an international perspective from Christine McCarlie
Christine McCarlie is a Glasgow based social worker who has worked with children displaying harmful sexual behaviours for three decades. She’s seen huge changes in how best to respond in that time, and her expertise is now channeled into co-authoring the AIM Intervention Guidance, which is being t…
Why telling young people to avoid sexting doesn’t work and what to do instead with Giselle Woodley and Lelia Green
This is the 23rd episode of Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, featuring Bruce and Denise Morcombe. In this episode we’re going to find out why telling our children not to engage in sexting - simply isn’t working. It’s a conversation that many adults…
The road to justice and healing with actor and child sexual abuse survivor Madeleine West
This is the 22nd episode of Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, featuring Bruce and Denise Morcombe. It’s a tragic aspect of child sexual abuse, that often the victim survivors are denied a voice to speak about what happened to them. That in the noise o…
The hidden dangers to children in online gaming with Dr Dennis Desmond
This is the 21st episode of Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, featuring Bruce and Denise Morcombe. In this episode we’re going to find out how a former counterintelligence special agent for the US Army and the FBI is now using his diverse investigative…