Australia'a first story:Take Two and and GPs in Juvenile Justice

 Spent a very instructive morning hearing more about Australia's first story as I met with the Clinical Director and Aboriginal Consultant of Take Two, a state funded service which provides therapeutic care for children in the care of the child protection services.Not surprisingly at least 20% of whom are indigenous children. Les and Rick discussed how when it can be facilitated ,returning a child to their people (or mob) can be the most potent therapuetic intervention available.

In the afternoon, after negotiating Melbourne's tram system....I accompanied a dedicated GP who works in the Juvenile Justice system providing primary care to young people, aged between 10-18, who are detained in youth detention centres, either awaiting a court appearance,on remand or on custodial sentences.
It is an extremely challenging environment in which to work-with the traumatized histories of the young people being at the centre and I am now highly motivated to look at what happens in the UK.
Heather then invited me back home for dinner for more chat, to meet her family and hunt out an Aussie Rules Jersey for one of my teenagers back home!