Professional Education and Training

Download free resources developed by the Australian Childhood Foundation

Home Away From Home - Children's Stories about Foster Care

This is a free downloadable resource. It has been designed to be printed on back to back pages. It was supported by a grant from the Australian Government.

Heartfelt - A collection of children's experiences and stories of abuse, recovery and hope

This is free dowloadable resource guide. It has been made available through the Foundation's partnership with Gucci.

Making SPACE for Learning - Trauma Informed Practice in Schools

This is a free downloadable resource. It has been designed to be printed on back to back pages. It was supported by a grant from the Australian Government.

Fact

Last year there were more than 872 new reports of child abuse per day. That equates to one child reported abused or neglected every two minutes.

The number of children living away from their family for their own protection has almost tripled from 13 979 in 1996 to 31 166 in 2008.

In 2007-2008, 34 279 children required court action in order to ensure their protection from abuse and neglect.