India BryceDr India Bryce is highly regarded Academic and Researcher with an international reputation in the field of trauma and cumulative adversity and trauma informed practice and her work traverses child protection, family law, criminal justice and educatio contexts. India is also Co- Director of Unique Minds Consultancy (UMC), a child and family social care service specialising in addressing cumulative adversity in underserved regional, rural and remote communities. India is an experienced forensic social worker, and Associate Professor at the University of Southern Queensland. India holds a Bachelor of Education, a Master of Guidance and Counselling, Master of Social Work (Forensic Studies), Master of Social Work (Qualifying) and a Doctor of Philosophy. She also holds Postgraduate qualifications in Community Services Practice (Client Assessment and Case Management; Statutory Child Protection) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. India is also appointed by the Federal Court and Family Court of Australia as Regulation 40 Family Consultant. India is also trained in advanced assessment frameworks including Attachment Style Interviews (ASI), Parenting Role Interviews (PRI) and Static-99R (Sex Offender Risk Assessment) and is trained in ICARE forensic interviewing, Parenting Coordination and Child Inclusive Mediation. India’s 20-year career spans includes roles in education, school counselling, statutory child protection, emergency departments, non-government agencies and higher education. Her practice is informed by her experience across these diverse but interconnected systems and her firsthand experience working with survivors of childhood trauma, and cumulative adversity. At UMC, India specialises in the assessment of children and families for child protection and family law contexts, providing expert family and social reports, sexual offender risk assessments, parenting and attachment assessments and personal injury expert reports. India’s research profile is extensive, with over 40 publications including high quality journal articles, book chapters and edited books in the field of child abuse, trauma and as it relates to welfare, crime, law, education, protection and intervention. India’s current research explores cumulative adversity across the lifespan, trauma informed practice and pedagogy, and trauma narratives as they intersect with career, vocational behaviour, health and systemic marginalisation. India has co-edited several reference books; , as well as this publication with Dr Simone Collier. India has led national research in her role as Associate Professor at UniSQ, in partnership with the Australian Catholic University and Act for Kids, successfully developing and validating an evaluative tool to measure cumulative harm in children and young people. India is a clinical member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), a Level 4 Member of Australian Counselling Association, a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers. India is an affiliate of the Society for the Advancement of Actuarial Risk Need Assessment (SAARNA), and serves on the steering committee for the Southwest Region Family Law Pathways Network. India is also a member of the Therapeutic Family Law Professionals Network, Parenting Coordination Australia, Child Protection Practitioners Assoc Queensland, Family Law Practitioners Association and Family Report Writers Network. She is deeply committed to evidence and research-based, trauma-informed practice and works to ensure children and their families are empowered and supported as they navigate challenging systems. Read More Read Less