Intellectual Disability

Psych4Schools, Australia

Related to Developmental difficulties and delays

This website offers information for education staff working with children who have an intellectual disability. The information is an excerpt from the ebooklet ‘Working with children with an intellectual disability’ by Murray Evely and Zoe Ganim.

It covers:

‘How are children diagnosed with an intellectual disability?’
‘Children with an intellectual disability may exhibit the following characteristics at school’
‘Co-existence with other disorders’
‘Strategies to support the child with an intellectual disability’

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Webinar

Child-centred approaches to supporting children in out-of-home care

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds

Co-produced with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA), this webinar outlines practical ways to prioritise the voices of children in OOHC that can support their mental health and wellbeing. It includes perspectives and advice specific to those working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Practice paper

Culturally responsive strategies for promoting children’s health and wellbeing across diverse communities (part two)

Amanda Kemperman, Emerging Minds

This paper is the second of two that discuss culturally responsive practice to support children’s mental health and wellbeing when working with families with diverse cultural (or CALD) backgrounds.
Practice paper

Culturally responsive understandings for promoting children’s health and wellbeing across diverse communities (part one)

Amanda Kemperman, Emerging Minds

This paper is the first of two that discuss practising cultural responsiveness in working with families from diverse (or CALD) communities to support children’s mental health and wellbeing.
Fact sheet

Listen to our voices and our stories: Including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in decisions that impact them

Kahli Regan, Tannielle McHugh, Prof Pat Dudgeon, Prof Helen Milroy, Dr Jemma Collova

To understand the issues that are impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and how to best provide support, it’s important to listen to and empower the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.
Fact sheet

A culturally safe research process in mental health

Prof. Helen Milroy, Lexi Prichard, Dr Jemma Collova and Dr Shraddha Kashyap

This fact sheet describes how culturally safe research can be conducted to learn about the state of cultural safety in mental health services, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members, mental health service users, Elders, mental health workers, and Cultural Healers.
Practice paper

Does labelling racism as bullying perpetuate a colour-blind approach when working with culturally diverse families?

Amanda Kemperman, Emerging Minds

This resource examines the significant impacts faced by culturally diverse (or CALD) children and families when subjected to racism, particularly when it is acknowledged and addressed within the context of bullying. It offers practical strategies to help practitioners further develop their culturally responsive practice approaches.
Fact sheet

What type of programs improve the mental health outcomes of children in out-of-home care?

Hilary Miller and Kristel Alla, Australian Institute of Family Studies

Explore the most common types of programs that aim to improve mental health outcomes for children in out-of-home care (OOHC) and the evidence for overall program types
Short article

What factors predict long-term mental health for children in out-of-home care?

Catherine Wade

This short article summarises a recent paper which examines how key child and family characteristics predict long-term mental health for children in out-of-home care.
Fact sheet

One Talk at a Time: Child sexual abuse: Get the facts

National Office for Child Safety

This resource from the National Office for Child Safety (NOCS) includes foundational information about child sexual abuse. The resource contains statistics to learn more about child sexual abuse and helps to dispel common myths and misconceptions, and help people understand the role they can play in protecting children and young people.
Website

One Talk at a Time: Having conversations

National Office for Child Safety

This toolkit from the National Office for Child Safety has been designed to help adults have preventative conversations about child sexual abuse with children and young people, other adults and organisations.
Fact sheet

Practitioner guide: Money, housing and health resources

Emerging Minds

A guide for practitioners on using our money, housing and health resources to support the families they work with.
Fact sheet

Psychology education needs to reflect the lives of aspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

Belle Selkirk, Dr Joanna Alexi and Professor Pat Dudgeon AM

To support aspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to engage in psychology education in Australia, psychology curricula and teaching and learning programs should reflect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander worldviews and lived experiences.

Intellectual Disability

Psych4Schools, Australia

Discover more resources

Child-centred approaches to supporting children in out-of-home care

Culturally responsive strategies for promoting children’s health and wellbeing across diverse communities (part two)

Culturally responsive understandings for promoting children’s health and wellbeing across diverse communities (part one)

Listen to our voices and our stories: Including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in decisions that impact them

A culturally safe research process in mental health

Does labelling racism as bullying perpetuate a colour-blind approach when working with culturally diverse families?

What type of programs improve the mental health outcomes of children in out-of-home care?

What factors predict long-term mental health for children in out-of-home care?

One Talk at a Time: Child sexual abuse: Get the facts

One Talk at a Time: Having conversations

Practitioner guide: Money, housing and health resources

Psychology education needs to reflect the lives of aspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

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