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Website
Bullying – Information for schools
National Centre Against BullyingThis website section provides information for schools about bullying and what they can do to prevent and manage it. -
Guide
Bullying awareness guidebook: Students staying safe in school
Accredited Schools OnlineThis resource has been designed for parents, educators and students to learn more about bullying, how to recognise it and where to get expert advice on addressing and preventing it. -
Practice paper
How the experiences and circumstances of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children and families influence child mental health
Anagha Joshi and Pragya Gartoulla, Australian Institute of Family StudiesUnderstand how the experiences of children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds can affect child mental health and strategies to support children’s mental health through inclusive and curious practice. -
Practice paper
Primary health support for bullying in the middle years: Learnings for practitioners
Michele Hervatin, Parenting Research CentrePrimary health care practitioners have an important role to play in identifying and responding to bullying, and in doing so, supporting child wellbeing. -
Fact sheet
When your parent has a mental illness
Emerging MindsThis resource was developed to answer some of the questions young people may have when they learn their parent has been diagnosed with a mental illness. -
Webinar
Working with children who are experiencing or engaging in bullying behaviour
Child Family Community Australia & Emerging MindsThis webinar has been developed for practitioners working with children (predominantly aged 4-12 years) and their families who want to understand more about the impacts of bullying on child mental health. -
Online course
Supporting the mental health of children with disability – online courses
Emerging MindsA suite of free online learning courses and resources to help practitioners to support children with disability and their families. -
Online course
Understanding childhood bullying and mental health
Emerging MindsThis online course builds foundational knowledge to best support the mental health and wellbeing of children experiencing bullying. -
Practice paper
Exploring bullying in context: Children’s relationships, friendships and social functioning
Antony Gates, Parenting Research CentreThis practice paper discusses how exploring a child or young person’s social world to build your understanding of their strengths and vulnerabilities will help you identify and provide support for bullying involvement (that is, experiencing or engaging in bullying, or both). -
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. -
Practice paper
Supporting families to navigate school responses to bullying
Antony Gates, Parenting Research CentreThis resource presents principles and practices that can be applied by a wide range of practitioners who form relationships with children and families when checking in about bullying, school responses to bullying so far, and – most importantly – how the family feels about the process. -
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.