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Toolkit
Community Trauma Toolkit
Emerging Minds and ANUThis toolkit contains resources to help and support adults and children before, during, and after a disaster or traumatic event. It will help you understand some of the impacts of disaster and how you can help lessen these impacts. -
Online course
Understanding child mental health
Emerging MindsThis course explores mental health for children aged 0-12 years. It will help practitioners to identify the factors that support positive mental health in children, and understand how the different parts of a child’s world interact to influence their social and emotional wellbeing. -
Online course
The impact of trauma on the child
Emerging MindsThis course will introduce learners to key understandings about trauma and adversity, and their impact on children. -
Practice paper
Supporting families while they wait for a health care service
Sara Abdi, Parenting Research CentreExtended wait times to access health services can be harmful for children and their family, but health care practitioners can support families on a waitlist through regular communication and contact, planning, identifying informal supports, and providing information and resources to support them through the waiting period. -
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
Culturally informed ways to support mental health in refugee and asylum seeker children
Pragya Gartoulla and Anagha Joshi, Australian Institute of Family StudiesThis practice paper aims to provide practitioners with information about culturally informed ways to support the mental health of refugee and asylum seeker children who are likely to have been exposed to significant adversity during crucial phases of their development. -
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. -
In focus
In focus: Supporting your child after a bushfire
Emerging MindsIf you’ve recently experienced a bushfire, it’s normal to be worried about the potential mental health impacts on your child or children. This resource aims to provide advice on how to support yourself and your family during this difficult time. -
In focus
In focus: Supporting your child through drought
Emerging MindsThis resource offers information and advice for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of your child, your family and yourself. -
In focus
In focus: Supporting your child after a flood
Emerging MindsThis resource aims to provide advice on how to support the mental health and wellbeing of yourself and your family after a flood. -
Fact sheet
16 tips to support your child’s recovery after a bushfire
Emerging MindsThis resources provides 16 simple tips for supporting your child’s recovery after a bushfire, to help reduce the likelihood of lasting difficulties and connect them to professional support where needed. -
Fact sheet
Looking after your wellbeing following a bushfire
Emerging MindsThis resource explores the importance of parental wellbeing for children’s mental health and recovery following a bushfire, and offers tips to help parents look after themselves as well as their family.