Trauma prevention and early intervention approaches with children and young people

The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS) reinforced what many in the child and family sector had long suspected – most children and young people (62%) experience at least one form of abuse or neglect before the age of 18 years. From a wellbeing perspective, we know that these children are more than twice as likely to develop mental health disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and problematic alcohol consumption.

Trauma prevention and early intervention of child maltreatment approaches are critical to the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. This webinar will outline strategies that practitioners, organisations and systems can use to contribute to trauma prevention and early intervention. It will help you:

• navigate preventative and early intervention conversations with children and young people
• support children and young people’s safety in your practice and embed this principle across organisations and systems
• develop your ability to support children, young people and parents to describe experiences of abuse and neglect and support them in early recovery.

Facilitated by Dan Moss (Practice Development Manager, Emerging Minds), the expert panel includes Prof. Daryl Higgins (key ACMS researcher) and Shankari Sundaram (counsellor at rebuild – Relationships Australia South Australia).