Media Spokesperson - Dr Joe Tucci
Dr Joe Tucci is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Childhood Foundation.
Joe is a registered psychologist and social worker with significant experience in child protection and working therapeutically with children. He has worked in the field of child abuse and children's welfare for the past 15 years.
He is an accomplished practitioner-researcher with significant experience in child protection and working therapeutically with children and families. He is a Clinical Member of the Victorian Association of Family Therapists and a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
Joe graduated with Honours in Psychology (1986) and Honours in Social Work (1988) from Monash University. His experience includes child protection work, family counselling at the Nth Melbourne Community Health Centre, and child abuse research with the National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse at Monash University. He has been a guest lecturer in child abuse and family therapy at Monash, La Trobe and Deakin Universities.
In 1993, he was awarded a Creswick Foundation Fellowship in Child and Family Relationships to work with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the United Kingdom.
Joe has completed a Doctorate (2005) about the emotional and psychological abuse of children at Monash University. He has presented at national and international conferences on family therapy and child abuse. His writing has been published in both Australian and international academic journals and the broader media.
He has been appointed to the Australian Council for Children and Parenting, an advisory body to the Commonwealth Government.
Joe is uniquely placed to provide media comment, research and opinion on the following issues:
- Child protection and trauma
- Physical/emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect
- Family violence
- Impact of abuse and trauma on children
- Prevention of abuse
- Reporting of child abuse
- Child protection systems
- Community attitudes to child abuse
- Children
- Child-parent relationships
- Family relationships
- Child care
- Role of play
- Importance of the early childhood development
- Parenting
- Role and needs of parents
- Work/family balance
- Parenting education
- Discipline
Dr Joe Tucci, CEO of the Australian Childhood Foundation can be contacted on (03) 9874 3922 or by email at jtucci@childhood.org.au.