Now.See.Hear!: A Visual Conversation Tool for Trauma-Informed Practice with Justice-Involved Youth

Tamara Blakemore; Susan Rayment-McHugh; Karen Menzies; Elsie Randall; Louise Rak; Meaghan Katrak Harris; Shaun McCarthy

doi:10.1080/0312407X.2025.2517611

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Now.See.Hear!: A Visual Conversation Tool for Trauma-Informed Practice with Justice-Involved Youth

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Now.See.Hear!: A Visual Conversation Tool for Trauma-Informed Practice with Justice-Involved Youth

Tamara Blakemore, Susan Rayment-McHugh, Karen Menzies, Elsie Randall, Louise Rak, Meaghan Katrak Harris and Shaun McCarthy

Australian Social Work, Vol.78(4), pp.429-441

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2025.2517611

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Abstract

trauma-informed practice

youth justice

visual methods

assessment tools

cultural safety

social work

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth

First Nations youth

This article introduces Now.See.Hear!(NSH!), an innovative visual conversation tool for trauma-informed practice with justice-involved youth. Developed through a collaborative process involving practitioners, researchers, and young people, NSH! addresses gaps in existing trauma assessment tools by providing a developmentally appropriate, engaging method for understanding young people's experiences that prioritises cultural safety. The tool comprises photo cards, conversation prompts, and a reflective conversation map. Initial testing with 235 culturally diverse participants across various settings indicates high acceptability and potential utility in youth justice contexts. Now.See.Hear! offers a promising approach for enhancing trauma-informed practice and improving engagement with justice-involved youth.

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Title: Now.See.Hear!: A Visual Conversation Tool for Trauma-Informed Practice with Justice-Involved Youth
Authors: Tamara Blakemore - University of Newcastle Australia
Susan Rayment-McHugh - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
Karen Menzies - University of Newcastle Australia
Elsie Randall - Justiz Community (Australia)
Louise Rak - University of Newcastle Australia
Meaghan Katrak Harris (Corresponding Author) - University of Newcastle Australia
Shaun McCarthy - University of Newcastle Australia
Publication details: Australian Social Work, Vol.78(4), pp.429-441
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2025
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2025.2517611
ISSN: 1447-0748
Copyright note: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Grant note: This work was supported by NSW Department of Communities and Justice: Access to Justice Innovation Fund [Grant Number G2200070].
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991140295802621
Output Type: Journal article

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