Delivering Better Outcomes for People in Custody Through Reform, Rehabilitation and Facilities
24 - 26 March, 2025
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Tony is a PhD candidate, sessional tutor and marker with Griffith University. His PhD topic is “ACEs and criminogenic risk factors of youth in Queensland Youth Justice – policy and practice implications for violent, repeat offending”. He worked in Youth Justice for 19 years. Tony introduced Trauma-Informed Practice into Queensland Youth Justice and studying trauma became an area of passion.
Tony holds a Bachelor of Science majoring in Psychology and an Honours degree in Psychology. He completed graduate certificates in Suicide Prevention Studies and TESOL. In 2013 he was awarded a Health and Community Services Award for Workforce Champion.
His interests are running, cricket, sports, jazz music, movies, bushwalking, body-surfing, and spending time with his kids and grandchildren.
Main Conference Day Two: Wednesday, 26th March 2025
11:50 AM Trauma-Aware Training and the limits of trauma-informed practice in a youth justice environment
This session will focus on the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (as a proxy for trauma) for kids in the youth justice system and what this means for the issue of violent, repeat offending, which regularly appears in the media; The importance of training frontline staff to understand the impact of trauma, and what happens if we don't; What would implementing trauma-informed practice in youth justice look like; and What can we realistically deliver in terms of a trauma-informed approach.
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Anthony.
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