Resources
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Resources
The following Rosie’s Place factsheets are available to download free of charge, we just ask that you acknowledge Rosie’s Place in any reference to the publications you may use.
5 Factsheets for parents
A series of 5 factsheets for parents/guardians about child sexual abuse.
Publication date: 2023
Factsheet 1: What is Child Sexual Abuse?
Factsheet 2: Child Sexual Abuse Myths and Facts
Factsheet 3: Effects of Child Sexual Abuse
Factsheet 4: Coping as a parent and looking after yourself
Factsheet 5: Teaching Safety Skills
Publications
The following Rosie’s Place publications are available to download free of charge, we just ask that you acknowledge Rosie’s Place in any reference to the publications you may use.
SNAPS
SNAPS - A young woman’s journal of reflection, discovery and celebration
Publication date: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9580807-9-8
This journal written specifically for young women, allows the author to be as creative as they want. Each page is full of lovely photos with questions about life, dreams, hopes, places for young women to write or draw about where they have come from and where they want to go, 168 pages in total. Age recommendation 10-16 years.
Seasons of Change
Seasons of Change - A journal for young women who have experienced child sexual assault. A place for past reflections, present wonderings and future possibilities.
Written by: Catherine Want
Publication date: 2006
ISBN: 0-9580807-6-3
This publication was created with the help of many young women who have visited Rosie’s Place. They shared with us stories of tremendous pain and the struggle they have endured becasuse of the crime of sexual assault that was committed against them. The final result is part stories, part journal, a place for young women to safely express their feelings and thoughts. The title Seasons of Change metaphorically reflects a journey, a path of different shades and climates and always entwined.
Two Trees
Written by: Mary-Jo McVeigh
Published by: Rosie’s Place
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0-9580807-5-5
This two part publication was written by Mary-Jo McVeigh and printed by Rosie’s Place.
It is a group work package for workers supporting children who are in OOHC. The package is a product of twenty two years of listening to children who are in OOHC. Mary-Jo writes; I found myself having more and more conversations with children about the struggles they were having with the status of being in OOHC and the sense of isolation they sometimes feel. I wanted to create an environment that provided a springboard for discussion, through planned activities using different media and allowing children to be creative. And so my fingers went to work and this program was born.
A Hand to Hold
Written by: Cathy Want and Ruth Crew
Publication date: 2003
ISBN: 0-9580807-2-0
This publication is a book of writings and stories that came from mothers, children and other sexual assault workers. The idea for the book came from countless conversations with families about the enormity facing children when they attempt to access the criminal justice system in Australia to ensure the offender is held accountable for the crimes of child sexual assault. From a series of consultations with mothers and children we have collected experiences. reflections and testimonies about their endeavours to seek justice and collated them here in A Hand to Hold.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter - Working with women and children who are responding to violence and abuse
Written by: Cathy Want
Publication date: 2019
ISBN: 978-0-9875883-4-0
This resource is for workers who are working with women and their children who are seeking freedom from violence and abuse.
It focuses on strengthening the relationship between mothers and children which has been a casualty of the violence they have been subjected to.
I Wish For A Rainbow
Written by: Nancy Bannerman, Maggie Escartin, Natalie Short, Catherine Want
Publication date: 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9875883-0-2
This book was written after talking with children about their experiences of violence in their homes. They talked about their thoughts, their feelings, their families and their losses. But what they talked about most strongly was their constant hope for one thing - that the violence would stop.
Swimming against the tide
This information booklet is for young men and women who are dealing with the impacts of sexual assault.
True Colours
True Colours is a group work manual for workers who are working with both mothers and children who have escaped violent partners. In responding to women subjected to domestic and family violence, group work has been held as an effective mode of practice. In bringing together women forced into secrecy and isolation surrounding domestic and family violence, group work immediately challenges those legacies.