#Intergenerational trauma and parenting skin#
#Intergenerational trauma and parenting professional#

My great-grandmother was taken from her father when she was very young and placed in a mission in Western Australia. Our culture was desecrated and we were used for slave labour. My mob, the Yawuru people from Rubibi (Broome), were often brutally dislocated from our lands, and stripped of our livelihood. We need to face up to the fact that this nation has been built on racism it has been built around Indigenous people being seen as inferior. I get an insight into the real thought processes that underpin this country.īut I grew up feeling the shame other people made me feel for being Aboriginal and hating myself, because people constantly convinced me that I should. At times, non-Indigenous people have felt the freedom and comfort to be openly racist because they think I’ll be a comrade in their hate. I have not experienced the type of racism my darker-skinned family members have. Purely because of the colour of my fair skin, I have lived a much more privileged life than my Dad and my extended family. It’s about our culture, our traditions, our connection to Country and community, our ancestors and the long history that creates collective but diverse identities.īut, I have to speak the reality.

#Intergenerational trauma and parenting skin#

I am a Yawuru woman.īeing Aboriginal is more than the colour of your skin or the blood that runs through your veins. Hello, how are you all? My name is Shannan Dodson. Students with accessibility requirements.Short course and microcredential participants.International Studies and Social Sciences.Gatwiri, K., Mcpherson, L., Cameron, N., Parmenter, N.Note: The terms ‘child’ and ‘children’ also refer to ‘young person’ and ‘young people’. Here to help! Come and talk to us if you’d like more practical ways you can be trauma informed.

#Intergenerational trauma and parenting professional#

Seeking services such as Child and Family Centres, Lifeline, General Practitioner (GP), and other professional therapeutic interventions.

Mindfulness activities to help re-build the brain and nervous systems.A sense of belonging in a wider safe community with social engagement - for example, community hobby or interest groups, school, and the workplace.A sense of belonging with unconditional love and acceptance - for example, a carer who is consistent, predictable and supports with routines.The following things can help in the recovery process: Did their parents or grandparents experience trauma or a traumatic life?Ī person or a family who has experienced intergenerational trauma can recover and thrive.What happened before that person was born?.Difficulty with establishing and maintaining close and meaningful relationships.How can intergenerational trauma be identified? This can then develop into intergenerational trauma, which can influence how the child behaves in a relationship in the future, and how they parent their own children. This is thought to be a result of learnt behaviour and alternations to internal workings with biological changes in the body due to stress (see Trauma Poster on Epigenetics).įor example, a child who witnesses the physical abuse of their mother once or many times, has experienced trauma. Intergenerational trauma is when the original traumatic experience is transferred from parents to children, and then grandchildren and so on. Traumatic experiences activate stress responses that can alter the way a person behaves and feels. Events such as a war, natural disasters, terrorism, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and child maltreatment and neglect can all result in trauma. The exposure can be a one-off incident or ongoing. Indirectly experienced trauma is often referred to as ‘vicarious’ trauma. Trauma can be directly experienced or witnessed (seeing or hearing violent acts against yourself or someone else) or indirectly experienced (such as from a family member, friend or e-quaintance). Trauma is exposure to actual or threatened death, injury, neglect, and abuse or violence. The effects of trauma can be passed down too. Lots of things are passed down through families, from one person to the next and the next…Christmas traditions, birthday celebrations. Care and Protection of Children and Young People.Ministerial Advisory Council for Veterans and their Families.ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Therapeutic Support Panel for Children and Young People.Ministerial Advisory Council for Multiculturalism.Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Agreement 2019-2028.