Practice skills to promote infant and parent mental health in the first 12 months of life

This webinar presented strategies to support practitioners to consider the ‘whole child’ when working with infants and children, shifting the focus from labels, problems and conditions to supporting children’s hopes and goals through inclusive practice. 

This webinar explores paediatric anxiety in the context of how practitioners can better support children experiencing anxiety, and how to engage and work with their families to contribute to plans to address anxiety.

This webinar was presented in conjunction with Emerging Minds and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. It features Dr Ros Powrie (psychiatrist), Dr Penny Burns (GP), Kham Sirimanotham (Child and Family Partner) and faciliator, Dr James Best. The presenters discuss responding to the mental health needs of infants and children using a case study from Emerging Minds' e-learning learning courses. The speakers provided practical examples of how GPs can engage with parents and children.

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.

Continuing on with the case study explored in the third webinar of this series, Our Woven Ways: Uncovering the worries of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents, this webinar examines ways to support goal-setting with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents through culturally safe practice.

Based on a case study and informed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of ‘being, knowing and doing’, this webinar explores the practice skills required to effectively work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents to explore and respond to their concerns about their children’s social and emotional wellbeing.

Co-produced with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA), this webinar explores how to support parents with an intellectual disability to achieve positive outcomes for themselves as parents and for their children.