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STOP Domestic Violence Conference
Earlier this month we attended the STOP Domestic Violence conference in Melbourne. It was a comprehensive and thought-provoking few days covering everything from working with the media to improve the reporting on news of women and their children’s experiences of family violence, through to how services can better work together… -
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Supporting Infant and Toddlers online course
Supporting Infants and Toddlers is a one to two hour online course aimed at professionals working with parents who experience mental illness and have dependent infants or very young children. The course covers: the impact of mental illness on the family throughout the antenatal period. attachment, infant and toddler development. principles… -
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Supporting the mental health of infants, children and families after disasters
Emerging MindsThis paper will equip you with foundational knowledge and approaches needed to support infants, children and their families during the recovery phase of a disaster. -
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Supporting infants, children and families during and immediately after disasters
Emerging MindsProviding targeted psychosocial support to families in the immediate aftermath (the hours and days after a disaster) is essential to supporting infants’ and children’s mental health. This paper introduces evidence-informed strategies and practical advice to help practitioners support the mental health of infants, children and their parents during and immediately after a disaster. It may also aid in planning disaster response and relief strategies that are child-centred and family-focused. -
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Supporting infants, children and families in an evacuation
Emerging MindsThis practice paper explains why it’s important to consider pregnant people, infants, children and families in evacuation planning and management. It provides practical considerations and strategies for ensuring evacuation procedures and centres meet the needs of infants, children and families and enhance their safety, wellbeing and recovery. -
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Disaster preparedness with a focus on infants, children and families
Emerging MindsThis practice paper is designed to help you understand the importance of disaster preparedness for not only increasing safety and protecting lives when a disaster occurs, but facilitating the recovery of individuals, families and communities. It also offers practical advice for supporting the disaster preparedness of the children and families you work with. -
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Psychological first aid with infants and children: Practice guidance (part two)
Emerging MindsPart two of two: This paper provides guidance to practitioners offering psychological first aid with infants, children and families in the context of a disaster. -
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How psychological first aid can support infants, children and families who experience a disaster (part one)
Emerging MindsThis paper is the first of two and introduces psychological first aid (PFA), a psychosocial support approach that can reduce distress and support the mental health of infants, children and families who have experienced a disaster. -
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The National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health is live!
We are very happy to announce the launch of the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health today. This exciting project is led by Emerging Minds and delivered in partnership with the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), the Australian National University (ANU), the Parenting Research Centre (PRC) and the… -
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Updated course – Let’s Talk About Children
We are excited to let you know about several updates to the popular Let’s Talk About Children course. What’s new? The structure of Let’s Talk has been streamlined, so that there is a separate module dedicated to each stage of the course: – Introducing the Let’s Talk Approach – The… -
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New online course! Child Mental Health
This brand new course aims to build your understanding and capacity to identify children vulnerable to mental health difficulties. You can then reflect on how you and your organisation can better support parents and families with a view to improving the mental health outcomes of infants and children. The course…