Learn with Australian Childhood Foundation and access trusted training, resources and tools to support children and young people impacted by trauma. Our learning blends practice wisdom, research insights, and lived experience to strengthen the capability of carers, professionals, and services across child protection, education, out-of-home care, youth justice, and family support. Every time you learn with us, you’re also investing in services that help children and young people heal, thrive, and build safer, stronger futures.
Ongoing learning and professional development is essential for creating meaningful and lasting change in the lives of children and young people. At the Foundation, we do more than deliver training, we stand alongside professionals and carers to build knowledge, strengthen practice, and advocate for children’s rights to safety, healing, and care.
We stand by the principle that love is an action, a daily commitment to fostering positive, supportive relationships that keep children safe and help them heal. Our training is deeply practical. We don’t just teach best practices—we live them every day through our therapeutic programs and direct work with children, carers, and systems of care.
When you train with the Foundation, you’re learning from practitioners and carers who walk alongside children and young people every day. Our programs are shaped by decades of research and experience. Join us in building a future where every child feels safe, supported, and empowered to heal.
This blog features an interview with Isaac Nicholls, a proud Ngemba Wailwan man, and our second First Nations Intern. Over the next eight months, Isaac will work full-time with Therapeutic Services and the Knowledge Mobilisation and Practice teams learning and sharing his lived experience.
Children are often the unseen witnesses of domestic and family violence. This blog reflects on a recent tragedy to explore what happens when we overlook their experiences, and why centring children in media, policy, and community responses matters for their safety and recovery.
As a division of the Australian Childhood Foundation, the CETC primary aim is to mobilise knowledge to improve outcomes for children and young people in out-of-home care. If you have a commitment to hard work and would love the opportunity to support system change, we would love to hear from you.
Our research relies on strong partnerships with practitioners, organisations and those with lived experience of out-of-home care. If you would like be involved, please read more about our latest research project.
We believe in the common saying, “none of us is as smart as all of us”. If you are a carer, practitioner, policy maker or researcher with knowledge to share, we would love to hear from you.
