Lisa MacLeod

Beneath the ROSH Lisa MacLeod

In present-day Australia, like many other countries, children must be at risk of significant harm ROSH to get a response from child protection. If a child meets ROSH, they will get a protective response. If a child does not reach ROSH, they wont. Paige is a typical young girl living with her mother, father and younger sister, Lily. Together, she and her best friend Sam are about to start high school, make friends, learn about relationships and start their journey through adolescence. Both girls lives are dramatically altered and their circumstances increasingly deteriorate. Yet they remain beneath the ROSH. Paige and Sam find that