Join internationally recognised Response-Based Practice leaders Dr Allan Wade and Dr Shelly Dean for a rare opportunity to explore how dignity, resistance, language and institutional responses shape outcomes for victim-survivors and influence professional practice.

The full-day symposium will examine:

The foundations and principles of Response-Based Practice
How people actively respond and resist violence, even when those responses are not immediately visible
The role of language in shaping dignity, accountability and understanding
How institutional responses can support or undermine victim-survivors
Practical applications across family and domestic violence, community services, health, justice, education and social work settings
Opportunities to strengthen violence-informed practice across organisations and systems

More than a professional development opportunity, Dignity in Practice 2026 is a sector-wide conversation about strengthening responses to violence, recognising resistance, preserving dignity and improving the ways individuals, organisations and systems respond to victim-survivors.

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