WELCOME TO
GROOMING
RECOGNITION
Protecting Children, One Informed Adult at a Time.
LOUISE EDMONDS
Meet the Founder
Founder
of Grooming Recognition
Louise Edmonds, granddaughter of Australian boxing legend Tommy Burns, is a survivor of child sex abuse, assault, workplace harassment, and domestic violence.
She is a member of Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA), A supporter of Child Abuse Protection Services (CAPS), and a Network Founding Member of The Independent Collective of Survivors (ICOS).Â
Additionally, she has partnered with A21 and Project Futures to combat child sex trafficking and modern slavery, has produced television to bring awareness to child sex trafficking and for the past seven years, has been featured in media discussing the hidden loop holes where predators can access children.Â
In July 2025, she raised her voice in media to protect children when the Joshua Brown childcare abuse case broke, stating the need for parents, carers and the government to understand how predators focus on employment in industries that have direct access to children. She called for male staff to temporarily be removed from intimate care zones at childcare centres, while the government implemented strategies from their Rapid Review, and after knowing that 50% of Australia cannot recognise child abuse grooming, she called on powerful friends and advocates in this space to create Grooming Recognition.
EXPERT KNOWLEDGE BY LIVED EXPERIENCE SURVIVOR ADVOCATES
First-Hand Knowledge Saves Lives
Grooming Recognition is an online course that equips adults with the essential knowledge, practical tools, and expert insights needed to recognise grooming behaviours, assess risk environments, and confidently report child sexual abuse.
Designed by a multidisciplinary panel of lived-experience experts, educators, law enforcement, legal professionals, and trauma-informed specialists, each video module empowers learners to act decisively in protecting children.
Survivor advocates and child protection experts are crucial voices in preventing child abuse, due to their lived-experience, knowledge and persistence in finding solutions to a complex system.
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Expert Knowledge
John Cardamone –Â Speaker, disclosure expert and survivor.
Mel Jane – Ex-Prison Officer, survivor advocate.
Andrew Carpenter – Abuse law solicitor and legal preparedness advocate.
Karina Lawrence – Dance studio owner, entertainer, and survivor advocate.
Sinead Stouch – Childcare specialists guiding our sector-specific training.
Nicholas Stephens – Childcare educator, child protection advocate.
Louise Edmonds – Founder, Survivor advocate and Media Professional.
Adriana Jones –Â Cyber-Security expert, survivor advocate.
Adam Washbourne – Trauma counselor, Founder of Fighters against Child Abuse Australia.
Structure schedule
Our online training empowers you to recognise grooming before it escalates into abuse. Through 9 self-paced modules, you’ll learn:
How grooming behaviours develop and hide in plain sight.
What to watch for in online spaces; classrooms, at home and extracurricular environments.
Legal responsibilities and pathways of the criminal vs civil courtrooms.
How to talk to your child about boundaries and body safety, using the correct language.
If a child is being groomed, how to help them disclose, and how you can report.
What parents of children in high-risk industries (like dance and entertainment) need to know.
Each participant receives the Downloadable PDF Take Away Action Guides,
to use at home, in schools, or with community groups.
How it works
Self-paced modules
There are nine (9) video modules teaching on various areas pertaining to child abuse prevention.
CONSULTANCY
The Grooming Recognition Team has expertise across various industries and consults into these.
PANELS/WEBINARS
As we are located in QLD, NSW, VIC and SA – we are able to present in person or via Webinars to public and private sectors.