Child abuse and harm is uncomfortable to think about, uncomfortable to talk about, uncomfortable to respond to.
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Join us as we put aside our own discomfort to discuss how we keep children and young people safe.
Webinar 1:
Groomed
- with Sonia Orchard
When:
14th October, 2025
Time:
1.00 - 2.30pm (AEDT)
Format:
Q and A
60 minutes
Interview
30 minutes
Tickets:
Early Bird -$49.50
Before 12th September
Standard - $69.50
From 13th September
Safeguarding Training Australia will facilitate a conversation with survivor advocate and award-winning author, Sonia Orchard.
Since the publication of Groomed – part-memoir, part in-depth research into the cultural, social, and even biological factors behind child grooming – Sonia has dedicated herself to justice reform, survivor advocacy and raising awareness around the prevalence and impacts of child grooming.
This webinar will explore:
• Misconceptions of grooming
• The impact of trauma
• Navigating the criminal justice
system as a survivor
• Practical strategies to
minimise further harm when
working with survivors
• Lived experience with child
sexual abuse
Facilitator
Samantha
Dellamarta
Sam is an experienced safeguarding specialist, she brings a wealth of practice and experience in the prevention of institutional harm, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. Sam holds qualifications in criminal justice, auditing, investigations and training and assessment and shares her extensive safeguarding knowledge when facilitating training and capacity building events.
Guest
Sonia
Orchard
Sonia is an award-winning author, freelance writer, speaker, writing teacher/mentor and survivor advocate.
She writes and speaks about social justice, gendered violence and the environment, drawing upon both research and lived experience of sexual abuse and domestic violence. She has degrees in music, literature, environmental science/marine biology and a PhD is creative writing.
I have been left wondering why there’s so little awareness or so little education.
Well and truly overdue, on so many fronts.
Helping other survivors make sense of the senseless.
So much food for thought around the way society was structured when I grew up.