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Online course
The impact of family and domestic violence on the child
Emerging MindsThis course provides you with an introduction to the impact of family and domestic violence (FDV) on children. -
Online course
Family and domestic violence and child-aware practice
Emerging MindsThis course examines opportunities for practitioners to engage in a prevention and early intervention approach to promote children’s mental health and wellbeing in the context of family and domestic violence (FDV). -
Practice paper
Piloting PERCS: An early intervention and prevention strategy for children living with violence and parental substance use
Emerging MindsEmerging Minds' family and domestic violence (FDV) and alcohol and other drug (AOD) use conversation guides aim to provide a set of questions that will support practitioners to consistently ask about children’s social and emotional wellbeing when working with parents who are perpetrating or being subjected to violence, or using alcohol or other drugs in harmful ways. This pilot involved semi-structured interviews with 19 practitioners across eight services (13 from FDV services, six from AOD), to evaluate the contribution the PERCS conversation guides made to their self-assessed level of understanding and confidence in child-focused practice where there is FDV or parental substance use. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: October 2022
VariousThis October 2022 research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. -
Video
What is a social worker?
Emerging MindsLearn more about how social workers can support you and your family. -
Practice paper
Working with families to prevent bullying
Antony Gates, Parenting Research CentreThis resource describes how practitioners from a range of fields who are employed outside the school system can help protect children from bullying. Approaches include raising parents’ awareness of bullying as an issue and looking at how building social connections can help. -
Webinar
Supporting children who have disclosed trauma
Child Family Community Australia & Emerging MindsCo-produced with CFCA, this webinar explored how self-blame operates and how perpetrators may manipulate children to blame themselves, how to help children challenge feelings of complicity in their trauma experiences by focusing directly on the power difference between children and adults, and children’s stories of protests or choices they have made throughout their experiences that kept themselves, or their loved ones, safe, to acknowledge that no child is a passive recipient of trauma. -
Online course
Honouring Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander voices in healing family violence
Emerging MindsThis online training course will help you to reinforce connections, strengths and skills in your work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families experiencing family violence, enabling them to take the lead in their healing journey. -
Online course
Working with children who have experienced trauma online courses
Emerging MindsA suite of courses and resources to support practitioners working with children who have experienced trauma. -
Webinar
Building parents’ understanding of play to nurture infant and toddler mental health
Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)This webinar co-produced by the Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN) aimed to increase clinicians’ understanding of how to utilise play interventions with parents, infants and toddlers to promote connection, communication and overall mental health. -
Online course
Supporting children who disclose trauma
Emerging MindsThis course examines practice strategies for supporting children who have disclosed trauma or abuse. It will help you to develop strategies and activities to support children to move away from the self-blame and secrecy associated with physical or sexual violence. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: March 2022
VariousThis March research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights.