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Child Development and Trauma Impacts - A Guide for PractitionersChildren are different and each develops at their own rate. For some children and adolescents the trauma and stress of being homeless or experiencing family violence can affect their development. The following information will highlight some of the milestones which children and adolescents generally experience at certain stages and how trauma may impact on their development. There are also some tips and activities that can help you to support a child
Please click here to also see a version of this document for practitioners, also best printed in A3 format.
Please click here for this resource to support discussions with parents around the impacts of trauma. This resource is best printed in A3 format.

City of Melbourne Councillors are scheduled to vote on the proposed bylaws that will effectively ban camping on 25 July. Council to Homeless Persons (CHP) has launched a campaign that aims to shape the community conversation around homelessness and the proposed laws in the lead into this vote.
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