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Janise Mitchell is the Chief Executive Officer of Australian Childhood Foundation.

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Janise Mitchell – Biography

Janise Mitchell is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Childhood Foundation, a social worker, and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care.

She has experience in child protection, high risk adolescents, public policy analysis, program development and evaluation. Janise has extensive experience in the development of innovative therapeutic programs for traumatised children and young people.

She is responsible for the development and implementation of a number of national and state-wide therapeutic out-of-home care programs, child abuse prevention programs and professional education training programs.

She has a Masters degree examining the policy and practice underpinning therapeutic care initiatives in Australia. Janise is also an Adjunct Associate Professor with Southern Cross University.

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Sydney Morning Herald – ‘Offenders will seek each other out’: Business urged to tackle spike in child sexual abuse material

The Australian – ‘Frankly, it’s frightening’: our kids are far from all right

The Daily Telegraph – They’ve suffered violence, now these kids need help

The Guardian – Abuse in a hospital ward: Victorian survivor fears for safety of children visiting patients

Sydney Morning Herald – Helicopter parents promote unsafe phone use in childcare, advocates warn

The Guardian – Calls for stronger child protection training after Queensland man charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences

ABC Listen – Sexual abuse allegations raise concerns over working with children checks

Sky News Australia – Federal government urged to give children ‘voice at the Cabinet table’ after man charged with 1,623 child abuse offences

Herald Sun – Children must be protected

The Saturday Paper – Lack of mental health help for children

The Australian – Improving outcomes for children in out-of-home care

ProBono Australia – News Shorts: $620m health security funding boost, social sector Voice campaign launches, new charity-led business coalition and more

ABC News – Call for better support measures for child victim-survivors of sexual abuse facing Victorian court

Mirage News – New cohort to increase youth justice support

Third Sector – Trek to raise $31,500 for children’s well-being and safety

Mirage News – Neurofeedback could be answer for 2.5 M Australians suffering from childhood trauma

MammaMia- Emma is a survivor of child sexual abuse. This is what she wants parents to know.

RagTrader – Target calls on 40 team members to pack 600 Mother’s Day packs

NSW Government – Australian Childhood Foundation: Supporting children through times like these

Kids News – It’s normal to worry about all the bad news in the world right now

Mirage News – Story books for children in care by authors with lived experience

The Sector – Disrespectful, or senses danger? How switching behavioural descriptions helps children

ProBono Australia – New national centre to lead the way in child sexual abuse prevention

The Mandarin – National centre to improve outcomes for survivors of child sex abuse

The Sector – National Centre for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse driven by expert consortium

7 News – Australian Childhood Foundation report reveals the toll of the covid pandemic on families

Herald Sun – Vulnerable kids’ lives matter, too

Childhood trauma ‘not a life sentence’

The Australian – Generation Alpha faces up to post-COVID world

The Guardian – ‘Terror, guilt, confusion’: the children left behind by alleged domestic violence

The Age – How not to be ‘that parent’ when teaching your kids about sex

Herald Sun – So Many Kids Need Rescuing

Sunday Mail Adelaide – Rethink Needed to Help Our Kids Cope

7news – Australian Childhood Foundation report reveals the toll of the COVID pandemic on families

Studio 10 – New Research Reveals Impact of Lockdown on Kids

The Australian – Parents doubting their ability, with life as we knew it gone

The Age – Before COVID, our teen was struggling. Soon, it became a living nightmare

The Age – When the yiayia next door is in lockdown: Daniel and Luke do their bit

SBS – Early childhood educators are being taught how to best support children who may have experienced trauma.

ABC Breakfast – Family violence trauma may affect children years later

Herald Sun – The Best Thing to Tell Your Kids is the Truth, Joe Tucci CEO

Herald Sun – Words Once Again Fail Our Kids

The West Australian – Salute First Nations Diversity

ABC – How to spot if a child’s being sexually abused — and what to do if they tell you.

Nine – The shocking child abuse statistic Australia should be ashamed of

The Age – Pioneering program fosters good relationships for traumatised children

Daily Mail – ‘It’s horrific data’: Shocking figures reveal more than 1,700 children under the age of six are abused every year

The Conversation – Children with severe trauma can be fostered, and recover with the right treatment and care

ABC – Women leaving prison need ‘proper’ housing

Big hART-ACF partnership

SMH – Importance of reporting abuse

Huffington Post – Online access to porn a health crisis for children

Mildura Weekly – Safeguarding MDAS partnership

The Australian – Children accessing online pornography

Australia Plus – Internet pornography a crisis

Media release – call for immediate action on domestic violence

Media Release – In The Heart of The Sea fundraiser

The impact on children of family violence

Daily Telegraph – Peanut left to die at home

Age – Protect your workplace against child abuse

Mamamia – launch of NotAnotherChild

Newscomau – Chris Hemsworth meets with Julie Bishop

Age – Middle ear pioneering study with Stephen Porges

9 News Web – Push for trial of baby hatches

Australian – Crimes Cloaked in Euphemisms

The Australian – Teensafe Smartphone Monitor

The Australian – Abusive kids result of failures by services

The Age – Teensafe app compromises trust

Joe Tucci – Evidence to Royal Commission on effect on children of access to pornography

The Australian – Family Court decision on 3-year-old

The impact on children of family violence

Media release – call for immediate action on domestic violence

Media Release – In The Heart of The Sea fundraiser

Internet pornography a crisis in the making for children – Australia Plus

The Australian – Children accessing online pornography

Huffington Post – Online access to porn a health crisis for children