Webinar: Centering children when supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families | CFCA

This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme is ‘Bridging Now to Next’, which calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward, guided by past lessons.

With this theme in mind, our May webinar with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) highlights the need to challenge the assumption of Western expertise that has dominated Australia’s colonial history and that has been imposed on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities. It also focuses on the importance of valuing and respecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have the right for their voice to be heard in matters that affect them, and may want to be involved in decisions relating to them. Centering the perspectives and experiences of children can provide a place for them to feel seen, heard and understood, while helping reinforce their cultural, social or personal identities. By practicing deep listening we can have more meaningful conversations and build deeper relationships with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families we work with.

In the lead up to National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June 2025), please join us for this important discussion on how to better centre Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s experiences, concerns and aspirations for their future.

Find out more about the webinar and presenters on the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) website.