This is the 19th 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 get an overseas perspective on how to help and treat children who are showing harmful sexual behaviours. We speak with Kevin Creeden from The Whitney Academy in Massachusetts about their unique approach. As Kevin explains in this episode, children stay in the Whitney Academy for treatment by living in the residential program if they have shown problematic sexual behaviours. He estimates about half of the children in the program are neurodivergent, and so he now specialises in helping neurodivergent children navigate the sexual spectrum by focussing on what is healthy sexuality. Kevin says this is crucial to help them learn from their experience and be able to return to their families and communities with new skills and understanding of what is appropriate.

It’s time for difficult conversations to shine light on this hidden topic. This podcast talks openly about child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours. 

Each episode of this series will feature practical insights on how to teach your child safety in the world today. 

REMINDER: As Denise says in the podcast - Take care when listening. Please contact Lifeline if you need support after listening to this, on 13 1114 or you can call 1800 Respect.

GET IN TOUCH

This podcast is produced by Nance Haxton with production assistance from Michael Adams. To get in touch with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation about any of the information shared in this podcast, go to https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/ or phone 1300 326 435

CREDITS

Host: Nance Haxton 

With thanks to Professor Kevin Creeden


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

The Daniel Morcombe Foundation - 1300 326 435 or https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/

https://developingchild.harvard.edu/

https://notthenorm.com.au/

https://www.whatsok.org/

This is the 19th 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 get an overseas perspective on how to help and treat children who are showing harmful sexual behaviours. We speak with Kevin Creeden from The Whitney Academy in Massachusetts about their unique approach. As Kevin explains in this episode, children stay in the Whitney Academy for treatment by living in the residential program if they have shown problematic sexual behaviours. He estimates about half of the children in the program are neurodivergent, and so he now specialises in helping neurodivergent children navigate the sexual spectrum by focussing on what is healthy sexuality. Kevin says this is crucial to help them learn from their experience and be able to return to their families and communities with new skills and understanding of what is appropriate.
It’s time for difficult conversations to shine light on this hidden topic. This podcast talks openly about child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours.    Each episode of this series will feature practical insights on how to teach your child safety in the world today.    REMINDER: As Denise says in the podcast - Take care when listening. Please contact Lifeline if you need support after listening to this, on 13 1114 or you can call 1800 Respect.   GET IN TOUCH   This podcast is produced by Nance Haxton with production assistance from Michael Adams. To get in touch with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation about any of the information shared in this podcast, go to https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/ or phone 1300 326 435   CREDITS   Host: Nance Haxton    With thanks to Professor Kevin Creeden
  ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
The Daniel Morcombe Foundation - 1300 326 435 or <a href="https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/">https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/</a>
<a href="https://developingchild.harvard.edu/">https://developingchild.harvard.edu/</a>
<a href="https://notthenorm.com.au/">https://notthenorm.com.au/</a>
<a href="https://www.whatsok.org/">https://www.whatsok.org/</a>

Brought to you by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation

Brought to you by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation

Keeping Kids Safe

Neurodivergent children who engage in harmful sexual behaviours: an overseas perspective with Kevin Creeden

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 taught in Australia and around the world as best practice for how to help children recover.

She also provides support to staff working in specialist services and residential and foster care, with her risk management protocols now widely used throughout Scotland.

In this episode of Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation - host Nance Haxton goes to Glasgow to speak to Christine about her work. She explains how understanding trauma and responding to the complex needs of children and young people is key to changing their lives, and what Australia can learn from that approach.

It’s time for difficult conversations to shine light on this hidden topic. This podcast talks openly about child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours. 

Each episode of this series will feature practical insights on how to teach your child safety in the world today. 

REMINDER: As Denise says in the podcast - Take care when listening. Please contact Lifeline if you need support after listening to this, on 13 1114 or you can call 1800 Respect.

GET IN TOUCH

This podcast is produced by Nance Haxton with production assistance from Michael Adams. To get in touch with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation about any of the information shared in this podcast, go to https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/ or phone 1300 326 435

CREDITS

Host: Nance Haxton 

With thanks to Christine McCarlie 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

The Daniel Morcombe Foundation - 1300 326 435 or https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/

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 taught in Australia and around the world as best practice for how to help children recover.
She also provides support to staff working in specialist services and residential and foster care, with her risk management protocols now widely used throughout Scotland.
In this episode of Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation - host Nance Haxton goes to Glasgow to speak to Christine about her work. She explains how understanding trauma and responding to the complex needs of children and young people is key to changing their lives, and what Australia can learn from that approach.
It’s time for difficult conversations to shine light on this hidden topic. This podcast talks openly about child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours.    Each episode of this series will feature practical insights on how to teach your child safety in the world today.    REMINDER: As Denise says in the podcast - Take care when listening. Please contact Lifeline if you need support after listening to this, on 13 1114 or you can call 1800 Respect.   GET IN TOUCH   This podcast is produced by Nance Haxton with production assistance from Michael Adams. To get in touch with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation about any of the information shared in this podcast, go to https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/ or phone 1300 326 435   CREDITS   Host: Nance Haxton    With thanks to Christine McCarlie 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
The Daniel Morcombe Foundation - 1300 326 435 or <a href="https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/">https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/</a>

Restorative processes around harmful sexual behaviour in children - an international perspective from Christine McCarlie

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 dread - talking to the young people in their lives about the dangers of sexting.



What is sexting? Young people refer to this more commonly as nudes or dick-pics. It’s creating explicit text messages, or naked or partially naked sexual photos or videos, and then sending them online through an app or from your phone.



While the dangers of sexting are well known, and adults think that we have made that clear to children by telling them “just don’t do it”, research from the Edith Cowan University is showing that approach is not working.



And that in the same way we teach school children about safe sex, we also need to teach them about safe sexting, because it is now such an omnipresent part of their lives.



Researchers Giselle Woodley and Lelia Green conducted extensive interviews with teenagers to find out how and why current messages to simply avoid sexting are failing to hit the mark, despite the legal risks that children know they take by doing it.



On this episode of Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation - Giselle and Lelia tell us about the sensitive way they conducted their research, to give teenagers a voice on this complex issue, a voice which so often is not heard.



It’s time for difficult conversations to shine light on this hidden topic. This podcast talks openly about child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours. 

Each episode of this series will feature practical insights on how to teach your child safety in the world today. 

REMINDER: As Denise says in the podcast - Take care when listening. Please contact Lifeline if you need support after listening to this, on 13 1114 or you can call 1800 Respect.

GET IN TOUCH

This podcast is produced by Nance Haxton with production assistance from Michael Adams. To get in touch with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation about any of the information shared in this podcast, go to https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/ or phone 1300 326 435

CREDITS

Host: Nance Haxton 

With thanks to Edith Cowan University researchers Giselle Woodley and Lelia Green


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

The Daniel Morcombe Foundation - 1300 326 435 or https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/

https://theconversation.com/we-teach-school-kids-about-safe-sex-we-need-to-teach-safe-sexting-too-224748



https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/issues-and-advice/sending-nudes-sexting



https://www.esafety.gov.au/young-people/my-nudes-have-been-shared



https://www.esafety.gov.au/report/how-to-report-serious-online-abuse-illegal-restricted-content



https://www.accce.gov.au/



https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/



https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/entertainment-technology/pornography-sexting/sexting-and-teenagers-practical-steps-for-problem-situations

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 dread - talking to the young people in their lives about the dangers of sexting.
 
What is sexting? Young people refer to this more commonly as nudes or dick-pics. It’s creating explicit text messages, or naked or partially naked sexual photos or videos, and then sending them online through an app or from your phone.
 
While the dangers of sexting are well known, and adults think that we have made that clear to children by telling them “just don’t do it”, research from the Edith Cowan University is showing that approach is not working.
 
And that in the same way we teach school children about safe sex, we also need to teach them about safe sexting, because it is now such an omnipresent part of their lives.
 
Researchers Giselle Woodley and Lelia Green conducted extensive interviews with teenagers to find out how and why current messages to simply avoid sexting are failing to hit the mark, despite the legal risks that children know they take by doing it.
 
On this episode of Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation - Giselle and Lelia tell us about the sensitive way they conducted their research, to give teenagers a voice on this complex issue, a voice which so often is not heard.
 
It’s time for difficult conversations to shine light on this hidden topic. This podcast talks openly about child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours.    Each episode of this series will feature practical insights on how to teach your child safety in the world today.    REMINDER: As Denise says in the podcast - Take care when listening. Please contact Lifeline if you need support after listening to this, on 13 1114 or you can call 1800 Respect.   GET IN TOUCH   This podcast is produced by Nance Haxton with production assistance from Michael Adams. To get in touch with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation about any of the information shared in this podcast, go to https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/ or phone 1300 326 435   CREDITS   Host: Nance Haxton    With thanks to Edith Cowan University researchers Giselle Woodley and Lelia Green
  ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
The Daniel Morcombe Foundation - 1300 326 435 or <a href="https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/">https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/</a>
<a href="https://theconversation.com/we-teach-school-kids-about-safe-sex-we-need-to-teach-safe-sexting-too-224748">https://theconversation.com/we-teach-school-kids-about-safe-sex-we-need-to-teach-safe-sexting-too-224748</a>
 
<a href="https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/issues-and-advice/sending-nudes-sexting">https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/issues-and-advice/sending-nudes-sexting</a>
 
<a href="https://www.esafety.gov.au/young-people/my-nudes-have-been-shared">https://www.esafety.gov.au/young-people/my-nudes-have-been-shared</a>
 
<a href="https://www.esafety.gov.au/report/how-to-report-serious-online-abuse-illegal-restricted-content">https://www.esafety.gov.au/report/how-to-report-serious-online-abuse-illegal-restricted-content</a>
 
<a href="https://www.accce.gov.au/">https://www.accce.gov.au/</a>
 
<a href="https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/">https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/</a>
 
<a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/entertainment-technology/pornography-sexting/sexting-and-teenagers-practical-steps-for-problem-situations">https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/entertainment-technology/pornography-sexting/sexting-and-teenagers-practical-steps-for-problem-situations</a>

Why telling young people to avoid sexting doesn’t work and what to do instead with Giselle Woodley and Lelia Green

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 of reporting and researching the prevalence of child sexual abuse, their voice is not heard. 

Community attitudes, legal restrictions, and outdated attitudes of who is responsible, can leave the person who survived the abuse, feeling blame and guilt for what happened to them.

And that leads to silence. And people not realising the extent of the problem throughout all levels of society. 

Australian actor Madeleine West is on a mission to turn that around. She has bravely told her story of child sexual abuse in multiple media outlets, in print, through audio, and on programs such as 60 Minutes. And she’s hoping that by doing this, she can empower others to tell the truth of what happened to them. So that the shame on victims ends, and is rightly placed on the perpetrator.

By doing this Madeleine hopes that awareness is raised, and  hopefully prevents other children from becoming victims. 

Today on Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation - Madeleine West tells us about the turning point that  enabled her to tell her story. She also talks about the supports she continues to use to help her cope with the revelations, and what she hopes people who have had similar experiences of child abuse can do to access help, on the long road to justice and healing.

As Denise Morcombe says - t’s time for difficult conversations to shine light on this hidden topic. This podcast talks openly about child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours. 

Each episode of this series will feature practical insights on how to teach your child safety in the world today. 

REMINDER: As Denise says in the podcast - Take care when listening. Please contact Lifeline if you need support after listening to this, on 13 1114 or you can call 1800 Respect.

GET IN TOUCH

This podcast is produced by Nance Haxton with production assistance from Michael Adams. To get in touch with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation about any of the information shared in this podcast, go to https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/ or phone 1300 326 435

CREDITS

Host: Nance Haxton 

With thanks to Madeleine West


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

The Daniel Morcombe Foundation - 1300 326 435 or https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/
Predatory Podcast

Madeleine West and Gary Jubelin have teamed up to tackle a topic that no one seems to want to talk about, but we have to. People love to talk about true crime, but when it comes to one of the biggest crime problems in the country, we stay silent. We’re talking about child sexual abuse, and we need to all speak up and get this conversation going. Madeleine shares her own powerful story of survival for the first time and Gary shares his experiences hunting down predators as a homicide detective. The pair are sitting down with survivors, experts and those working on the frontlines to combat this problem to bring you the best information possible to keep your kids safe.
6 part series - Predatory on Apple Podcasts


Restart Podcast

Two years ago, Madeleine West hit restart on her life. She packed up her life in Melbourne and moved to Byron Bay, split up with her partner of 15 years and the father of her six kids and she started life again. And now she wants to find out why and how women from across the country are restarting their lives. For 10 weeks, Restart will look into why more and more women are pressing refresh on their lives, and how the hell they’ve done it. From divorce to health, to appearance, to career, to sex. Restart, it’s never too late to change everything.

Restart (mamamia.com.au)


60 minutes interview aired in February 2024

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=madeleine+west+60+minutes&mid=7A4DA1D29FC27139843C7A4DA1D29FC27139843C&FORM=VIRE

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 of reporting and researching the prevalence of child sexual abuse, their voice is not heard. 
Community attitudes, legal restrictions, and outdated attitudes of who is responsible, can leave the person who survived the abuse, feeling blame and guilt for what happened to them.
And that leads to silence. And people not realising the extent of the problem throughout all levels of society. 
Australian actor Madeleine West is on a mission to turn that around. She has bravely told her story of child sexual abuse in multiple media outlets, in print, through audio, and on programs such as 60 Minutes. And she’s hoping that by doing this, she can empower others to tell the truth of what happened to them. So that the shame on victims ends, and is rightly placed on the perpetrator.
By doing this Madeleine hopes that awareness is raised, and  hopefully prevents other children from becoming victims. 
Today on Keeping Kids Safe - A Bright Futures podcast for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation - Madeleine West tells us about the turning point that  enabled her to tell her story. She also talks about the supports she continues to use to help her cope with the revelations, and what she hopes people who have had similar experiences of child abuse can do to access help, on the long road to justice and healing.   As Denise Morcombe says - t’s time for difficult conversations to shine light on this hidden topic. This podcast talks openly about child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours.    Each episode of this series will feature practical insights on how to teach your child safety in the world today.    REMINDER: As Denise says in the podcast - Take care when listening. Please contact Lifeline if you need support after listening to this, on 13 1114 or you can call 1800 Respect.   GET IN TOUCH   This podcast is produced by Nance Haxton with production assistance from Michael Adams. To get in touch with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation about any of the information shared in this podcast, go to https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/ or phone 1300 326 435   CREDITS   Host: Nance Haxton    With thanks to Madeleine West
  ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
The Daniel Morcombe Foundation - 1300 326 435 or <a href="https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/">https://danielmorcombe.com.au/bright-futures/</a>
<ul>
<li>Predatory Podcast</li>
</ul>
Madeleine West and Gary Jubelin have teamed up to tackle a topic that no one seems to want to talk about, but we have to. People love to talk about true crime, but when it comes to one of the biggest crime problems in the country, we stay silent. We’re talking about child sexual abuse, and we need to all speak up and get this conversation going. Madeleine shares her own powerful story of survival for the first time and Gary shares his experiences hunting down predators as a homicide detective. The pair are sitting down with survivors, experts and those working on the frontlines to combat this problem to bring you the best information possible to keep your kids safe.
<ul>
<li>6 part series - <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/predatory/id1664638746">Predatory on Apple Podcasts</a></li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
<li>Restart Podcast</li>
</ul>
Two years ago, Madeleine West hit restart on her life. She packed up her life in Melbourne and moved to Byron Bay, split up with her partner of 15 years and the father of her six kids and she started life again. And now she wants to find out why and how women from across the country are restarting their lives. For 10 weeks, Restart will look into why more and more women are pressing refresh on their lives, and how the hell they’ve done it. From divorce to health, to appearance, to career, to sex. Restart, it’s never too late to change everything.
<a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/restart-madeleine%20west/">Restart (mamamia.com.au)</a>
 
<ul>
<li>60 minutes interview aired in February 2024</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=madeleine+west+60+minutes&amp;mid=7A4DA1D29FC27139843C7A4DA1D29FC27139843C&amp;FORM=VIRE">https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=madeleine+west+60+minutes&amp;mid=7A4DA1D29FC27139843C7A4DA1D29FC27139843C&amp;FORM=VIRE</a>

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