Trauma then and now: Implications of adoption reform for First Nations children
Abstract Currently, Aboriginal children are significantly over‐represented in the out‐of‐home‐care system. Drawing on Aboriginal trauma scholarship and decolonizing methodologies, this paper situates the contemporary state removal of Aboriginal children against the backdrop of historical policies th...
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crwiley:10.1111/cfs.12865 2024-06-23T07:52:51+00:00 Trauma then and now: Implications of adoption reform for First Nations children Turnbull‐Roberts, Vanessa Salter, Michael Newton, B. J. 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12865 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cfs.12865 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/cfs.12865 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Child & Family Social Work volume 27, issue 2, page 163-172 ISSN 1356-7500 1365-2206 journal-article 2021 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12865 2024-06-13T04:21:38Z Abstract Currently, Aboriginal children are significantly over‐represented in the out‐of‐home‐care system. Drawing on Aboriginal trauma scholarship and decolonizing methodologies, this paper situates the contemporary state removal of Aboriginal children against the backdrop of historical policies that actively sought to disrupt Aboriginal kinship and communities. The paper draws on submissions to the 2018 Australian Senate Parliamentary Inquiry into Adoption Reform from Aboriginal community controlled organizations and highlights four common themes evident throughout these submissions: (i) the role of intergenerational trauma in high rates of Aboriginal child removal; (ii) the place of children within Aboriginal culture, kinship and identity; (iii) the centrality of the principles of self‐determination and autonomy for Aboriginal communities and (iv) Aboriginal community controlled alternatives to child removal. Acknowledging the failure of both federal and state reforms to address the issues raised in these submissions, the paper reflects on the marginalization of Aboriginal voices and solutions within contemporary efforts to address the multiple crises of the child protection system and the implications for the future of Aboriginal children. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Wiley Online Library Child & Family Social Work |
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Abstract Currently, Aboriginal children are significantly over‐represented in the out‐of‐home‐care system. Drawing on Aboriginal trauma scholarship and decolonizing methodologies, this paper situates the contemporary state removal of Aboriginal children against the backdrop of historical policies that actively sought to disrupt Aboriginal kinship and communities. The paper draws on submissions to the 2018 Australian Senate Parliamentary Inquiry into Adoption Reform from Aboriginal community controlled organizations and highlights four common themes evident throughout these submissions: (i) the role of intergenerational trauma in high rates of Aboriginal child removal; (ii) the place of children within Aboriginal culture, kinship and identity; (iii) the centrality of the principles of self‐determination and autonomy for Aboriginal communities and (iv) Aboriginal community controlled alternatives to child removal. Acknowledging the failure of both federal and state reforms to address the issues raised in these submissions, the paper reflects on the marginalization of Aboriginal voices and solutions within contemporary efforts to address the multiple crises of the child protection system and the implications for the future of Aboriginal children. |
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Trauma then and now: Implications of adoption reform for First Nations children |
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