Search Results for "disaster"
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A whole child approach to disaster recovery
Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)This webinar, co-produced by the Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN), our panel of experts explore ways to support infants and children following a disaster. -
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New resource: Supporting children and infants in disasters: A practice guide
More Australian families and communities are experiencing disasters than ever before. This poses significant risks to the mental health and development of children, which can result in profound and lasting impacts. By offering the right support at the right time, every practitioner can make a difference. Emerging Minds has released… -
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EM Families podcast highlight: How to support children and young people after disaster
This Emerging Minds Families podcast episode is the fourth in a series of conversations with families who have experienced disasters. In this episode, podcast host Nadia Rossi talks with Willow, who was 20 years old when her family experienced severe storms in the Dandenong Ranges in 2021. Willow shares her… -
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Wellbeing for workers supporting children and families after a disaster
Emerging MindsThis resource focuses on how to look after your own wellbeing as a practitioner or worker when supporting children and families after a disaster. -
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Contributors to Supporting infants and children in disasters: A practice guide
Emerging Minds would like to acknowledge all individuals and organisations who have collaborated with us in the development of Supporting infants and children in disasters: A practice guide. In particular, Michelle Roberts and the Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma Loss & Grief Network (ACATLGN) team at Australian National University (ANU).… -
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Families who have experienced disasters (part four): How to support children and young people after a disaster
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Supporting children after a disaster
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Disaster preparedness
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Practice paper
Practices for supporting infant and child mental health after disasters
Emerging MindsThis paper provides practice guidance for addressing the immediate and long-term impacts of disasters on infant and child mental health using multifaceted approaches that promote resilience and mental health recovery. -
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Supporting infants and children in disasters: A practice guide
Australian families and communities are experiencing more disasters than ever before, leading to a higher risk of adverse mental health outcomes for our infants and children. But by offering the right support at the right time, every practitioner can make a difference. It is essential that everyone who works with… -
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Working with parents to support children after disasters
Emerging MindsThis resource focuses on how practitioners can support children after disasters. It identifies strategies for engaging with parents and using a holistic approach that recognises and tailors support to each family’s unique needs, to enhance the wellbeing, resilience and recovery of infants and children who experience disasters. -
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Understanding how disasters influence infants and children
Emerging MindsThis practice paper aims to equip practitioners with knowledge about the ways disasters can influence a child’s ecology and the importance of targeted support for children’s resilience and recovery in the short and long term.
