Wednesday, March 18, 2026

11:50 AM - 12:30 PM

Adelaide Oval - SANFL Chairman room

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Overview

Presented by: Dr Ivan Raymond - Research and Education Director, LBI Foundation.

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Details

This session explores a powerful and practical question: “How do we make culturally responsive and trauma-informed care a shared way of thinking and being?” Drawing on more than 25 years of lived experience in child protection, Dr Ivan Raymond will share honest reflections on what has worked, what has not, and what he has learned from walking alongside First Nations communities, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, and care teams. Ivan will speak openly about the mistakes he has made and witnessed — and how these experiences shaped his understanding of culturally grounded practice. Through real stories and lessons, Ivan will unpack how intentionality — the language of purpose, reflection and shared understanding — can bring Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people together in shared intent. He will demonstrate how simple, intentional questions such as “What is happening for this child?”, “What's important for their growth and development?” and “How can we walk together to support this?” can transform how we listen, think, act and care. The session introduces key reflective questions of intentional practice, a public, strengths-based and culturally sensitive approach that honours Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and doing. Participants will explore practical ways to embed reflective questions, shared language and cultural wisdom into everyday practice, team conversations and organisational decision-making. At its heart, this session is an invitation — for caregivers, educators, support workers, practitioners and leaders — to slow down, think deeply, and explore "how" we can work together in "shared intent" to build trauma-informed, culturally responsive systems of care that honour and uplift First Nations children, families and communities.