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Webinar
Engaging with parents and infants in the first thousand days
Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)This webinar features a facilitated interdisciplinary panel discussion of a case study. The panel includes Dr Nick Kowalenko (psychiatrist), Mandy Seyfang (OT/Infant mental health therapist) and Jonathon Main (Relationships Australia). Dan Moss, Emerging Minds’ Workforce Development Manager facilitates the discussion. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: August 2018
Prepared by AIFSThis August research summary provides a selection of recently released systematic reviews and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health and relevant to the work of the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health. Abstracts and links to full-text articles, where available, are provided. -
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Project ECHO®: Kids Behavioural & Mental Health Series
Connecting healthcare providers across Queensland – moving knowledge, not patients. Each session consists of a 15-minute didactic presentation by a specialist followed by a case presentation from participating clinicians. These sessions are held on a Thursday from 8 am to 9 am (AEST). Series 1 (weeks 11-20): 11 October until… -
Short article
The importance of supporting foster and kinship carers in promoting children’s mental health
Josh FergeusChildren in out-of-home care in Australia are up to four times more likely to experience problems with mental health than their mainstream peers. Carers have emerged as powerful agents of change for these children. The quality of day-to-day care that children receive from foster and kinship carers and the nature of the caring environment are major factors influencing their mental health and wellbeing. -
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Emerging Minds response to ABC report: “Australia facing an ‘epidemic of child abuse and neglect’, according to experts”, 16 Sept 2018
Infancy and childhood sets an essential foundation for lifelong mental health and wellbeing. Adversities such as poverty, drug and alcohol misuse, physical and mental illness, and trauma are highly prevalent in our community and can have immediate impacts on children, but also lifelong consequences for their growth, development, physical and… -
Fact sheet
Traumatic events, the media and your child
Emerging MindsThis resource outlines the impact of disaster media coverage and how to help your child. -
Fact sheet
Traumatic events: Anniversaries and other triggers
Emerging MindsThis resource will provide some information on how to support and manage planned events that may cause distress, such as anniversaries, as well as situations that are less predictable. -
Fact sheet
Trauma sensitive behaviour management
Emerging MindsThis fact sheet outlines ten tips for creating a trauma-sensitive classroom for children exposed to stressful events and trauma. -
Fact sheet
Helping students recover after trauma: Classroom activities
Emerging MindsThere are specific things that you can do in the classroom to help children who have been directly or indirectly impacted by traumatic events. -
Webinar
Webinar | Working with parents and children affected by intergenerational disadvantage
Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)This webinar features a facilitated interdisciplinary panel discussion of a case study. The panel comprises of Dr. Nick Kowalenko (psychiatrist), Chris Dolman (social worker), Nicola Palfrey is a clinical (psychologist), and is facilitated by Dan Moss, the Workforce Development Manager for Emerging Minds. -
News
New short article: Essentials for Childhood: Where prevention of child abuse is an essential element
A positively-oriented approach to child wellbeing proposes that the prevention of child abuse and neglect is key. In order to be effective in preventing child abuse and neglect, efforts must be multi-faceted, targeting not only individual children and families, but recognising the need for a focus on community-level change. At… -
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Our time at the AIFS Conference 2018
The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) conference took place in Melbourne in late July. It was a fantastic experience with the team from the National Workforce Centre presenting on ‘Improving the lives of infants, children and families’ in a program full of almost 200 speakers talking about what matters…