Attachment and the (mis)apprehension of Aboriginal children: epistemic violence in child welfare interventions
Child protection systems in Australia continue to disproportionately investigate Aboriginal families and intervene to remove Aboriginal children, applying non-Indigenous constructs and understandings of child development that contribute to these enduring inequities. Attachment theory is one such prevalent framework with significant applications in child protection. While constructions of attachment have attempted to grapple with diversity, its […]
Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples experiencing intergenerational trauma
Having the Hard Conversations: A guide to good practice in Indigenous health and cultural safety education
This ‘Guide to Good Practice’ (the Guide), is one of the major educational resources arising from a National Senior Teaching Fellowship awarded to Professor Dennis McDermott in 2014 by the (then) Australian Government Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT). The programme of work, Having the Hard Conversations: Strengthening pedagogical effectiveness by working with student and […]
Ngara. Deep listening. Seeing ‘two ways’. What can Indigenous knowledge, mindfulness and observational skills training bring to medical practice?
What can Indigenous knowledge, mindfulness and observational skills training bring to medical practice? This third Slice of LIME Seminar took place on Friday, 12 September 2014 at Flinders University South Australia, facilitated by Prof Dennis McDermott from the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Well-Being, Flinders University, South Australia, as part of the A.K.A. (Aboriginal […]
Slice of LIME Seminar 2: Having the Hard Conversations
This second Slice of LIME Seminar took place on Tuesday 12 August 2014 at the University of Melbourne, presented by Professor Dennis McDermott and Mr Dave Sjoberg from the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Well-Being, Flinders University, South Australia. This video recording shows the presentations, along with PowerPoint slides and the chat function used […]
The healing power of Native American culture is inspiring psychologists to embrace cultural humility.
Indigenizing and Decolonizing the Teaching of Psychology: Reflections on the Role of the Non-Indigenous Ally
Canada’s 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission published 94 Calls to Action including direction to post-secondary institutions “to integrate Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into classrooms” as well as to “build student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect.” In response, Canadian universities have rushed to “Indigenize” and are now competing to hire Indigenous faculty, […]
Development and validation of the Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Measure (CRAM): A self-reflection tool for mental health practitioners when working with First Nations people.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to develop and to validate a measure of cultural responsiveness that would assist mental health practitioners across a range of disciplines, in Australia, to work with Indigenous clients. AIM: The Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Measure (CRAM) was developed to provide a tool for practitioners and students to evaluate their […]
Aboriginal perceptions of social and emotional wellbeing programs: A systematic review of literature assessing social and emotional wellbeing programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians perspectives
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have been targets of social and emotional wellbeing programs for many years. However, the few health-care programs and services that are evaluated rarely provide insight into the participants’ perspectives of program success or failure. This systematic review assessed 33 social and emotional wellbeing programs across Australia to better […]
Unconscious bias, cultural safety and racism in health: How we heal a broken system
Sharing and valuing older Aboriginal people’s voices about social and emotional wellbeing services: a strength-based approach for service providers
Objective: Over the last decade, the literature relating to older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s preferences for social and emotional wellbeing services has grown. However, little evidence exists in relation to older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s experiences of services relating to social and emotional wellbeing. This paper highlights older Aboriginal and Torres […]
Exploring the Social and Cultural Determinants of Indigenous Males’ Participation and Success in Higher Education in Australia Health Promotion with Adolescent Boys and Young Men of Colour: Global Strategies for Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Context
Higher education is an important social determinant of health. In Australia, the under-representation of Indigenous males (In this study we use the term `males’ rather than `men’. This is an attempt to acknowledge cultural lore and be inclusive of males who have been through an initiation ceremony and those who have not had the opportunity […]
Positive partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations
Evaluating a social and emotional well-being model of service piloted in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Western Australia: an Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach
Introduction The delivery of services to improve Aboriginal health and well-being must centre culture and integrate a social and emotional well-being understanding and approaches. These approaches are essential in increasing access to, and engagement with, health services, as well as ensuring culturally safe, person-centred and community-centred care. This study will evaluate the Aboriginal Health Council […]
Guidance in Creating Honours (Fourth Year) and Postgraduate Equity Pathways in Tertiary Psychology for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Applicants: A Report from the Equity Pathways Working Group as part of the AIPEP Community of Practice
Guidance in Creating Honours (Fourth Year) and Postgraduate Equity Pathways in Tertiary Psychology for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Applicants: A Report from the Equity Pathways Working Group as part of the AIPEP Community of Practice
AIATSIS Guide to evaluating and selecting education resources
The purpose of the AIATSIS Guide to evaluating and selecting education resources (the Guide) is to assist educators to critically self-reflect on their positionality and support them to work from a foundation of integrity. In doing so, teachers can ensure curriculum resources selected for teaching do not cause harm to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
Reflexivity: a model for teaching and learning cultural responsiveness in mental health
Cultural responsiveness is a term accepted by many as the best descriptor for professionals working with Indigenous clients in cross-cultural situations. This article sets out a guideline and a model of cultural responsiveness that can be adopted by mental health professionals worldwide. This model positions reflexivity at the centre and as the source and force […]
Joining the dots: A dental Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islandercultural safety curriculum
Commissioned by the Australasian Council of Dental Schools, this document describes a Dental Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Safety Curriculum to inform educational preparation of dental practitioners with reference to Standard 6.3, Australian Dental Council Accreditation Standards, 2021. (See Appendix 1 & 2). The purpose of cultural safety preparation in dental practitioners is to […]
Understanding the Frontier Wars
This resource accompanies the SBS documentary The Australian Wars (produced by Blackfella Films) about the Frontier Wars – Australia’s longest war fought on home soil between 1790 and the 1940s. SBS Learn strongly advises completing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols Guide – for Teachers before engaging with this teaching resource. This is essential […]
Developing cultural responsiveness
How do higher education providers introduce an understanding of cultural responsiveness to psychology students? We’re joined by three academics from the University of Western Australia to discuss the issues. Professor Pat Dudgeon is Australia’s first identified Indigenous psychologist. Dr Joanna Alexi is a research associate. And Professor Romola Bucks is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health and Medical […]
Australia needs to decolonise its mental health system and empower more Indigenous psychologists
Cultural Safety in Trauma-Informed Practice from a First Nations Perspective: Billabongs of Knowledge
Indigenization in clinical and counselling psychology curriculum in Canada: A framework for enhancing Indigenous education
This article considers how to advance Indigenous education in counselling and clinical psychology in Canada, particularly at the intersection of curriculum, programmatic, and systemic shifts in graduate education. This article focuses on the curricular practices that the counselling and clinical psychology field could enact in efforts to advance reconciliation, reduce educational and mental health disparities […]
Indigenous peoples and professional training in psychology in Canada
With the release of the Canadian Psychological Association’s (2018) response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015) there has been increased attention on the ways psychology in Canada might better serve the needs of Indigenous communities, in particular in terms of education and professional training. To date, there has been almost no research […]
Viewpoint: Professor Jeffrey Ansloos on the importance of Indigenous content in Canadian classrooms
