Director’s Notes

Practitioners working with children are aware of the negative impact of adverse experiences in childhood with enduring ramifications in personal,…

Therapeutic work with children and their families is challenging and situations where children have been hurt by those entrusted with…

Another year has begun and the opportunity to consider changes we would like to make. What would we like removed…

Everyone agreed, 4BCE had been a terrible year. It was the year of the death of Herod the Great who…

Barely a week passes that the media does not remind us that many of our schools are in serious difficulty….

One of the most contentious issues faced by families of aging relatives is the decision about future care, especially as…

Raymond had grown up in privilege. He had attended a prestigious boys’ school and was well liked by football mates…

The city has been inundated with noise as the annual car race takes over the Parklands. By day there is…

The world watched the American election with fascination and while there was much debate about the consequences for the winner,…

A key tenet for giving advice or intervention at Bower Place is that change begins on the outside. By addressing…

Successfully managing a child’s school life is challenging for the most competent adult. It requires excellent time management skills, good…

It is well recognized that ADHD ‘runs in families’ with formal hereditability at about 80%, higher than most other psychiatric…