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New online course: Supervision for children’s wellbeing
Child-aware supervision is an approach that supervisors of frontline workers can take to promote child- and family-sensitive practices in their work with clients who have families. It incorporates attitudes, strategies and techniques that support workers (and organisations) to identify and respond to the needs of children. It continually aims to… -
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Reframing Children’s Mental Health: A communications toolkit
October was Mental Health Awareness Month, a reminder of the importance of looking after our mental health and checking in on those around us. This year’s theme was ‘We all have a role to play’, ensuring that we take some time to look after our own wellbeing, care for… -
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New fact sheet: Talking to children about war and conflict
It can be hard to know how to explain war and conflict to children, or if you should even talk about them at all. You may be struggling to make sense of what you’re seeing, hearing and feeling yourself. It’s normal to want to protect children from the violent reality… -
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Let’s come together and vote YES on 14 October, 2023
On Saturday, 14 October Australians have been called to vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum. As a nation, we are being asked to acknowledge and recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – the First Peoples of this vast land – in our 122-year-old constitution for the first time.… -
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Important update: Child-aware supervision online course
We will soon be retiring the online course Child-aware supervision. If you have already completed this course, please ensure you download your certificate prior to Tuesday, 31 October, 2023 for your professional development records. An updated version of this course has been produced and you can find Supervision for children’s… -
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New online course: Understanding brain development
Brains aren’t just born; they’re built over time. Nurturing and responsive relationships and safe environments are key to developing thriving brains. In partnership with the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) and the Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership (TQKP), and in collaboration with The University of Queensland’s Queensland… -
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New micro-credential course with Flinders University
Developed as a collaborative project between Flinders University’s Social Work Discipline and Emerging Minds, this new course is designed to support and guide your learning on interpersonal trauma and its impacts on children. You will learn from experts in the field who have, between them, more than 60 years experience… -
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Hear from the Child360 creators
The development of the Child360 app was a collaborative process across the National Workforce Centre, our child and family partners and health practitioners. Emerging Minds Workforce Development Officer, Sophie Guy, facilitated this collaboration and here is what she has to say about the app development. Describe the Child360 app in… -
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Emerging Minds response to ABC report: “Australia facing an ‘epidemic of child abuse and neglect’, according to experts”, 16 Sept 2018
Infancy and childhood sets an essential foundation for lifelong mental health and wellbeing. Adversities such as poverty, drug and alcohol misuse, physical and mental illness, and trauma are highly prevalent in our community and can have immediate impacts on children, but also lifelong consequences for their growth, development, physical and… -
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Emerging Minds welcomes National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health funding extension
The Australian Government has today announced a $110 million funding package focussed on identifying and preventing mental health problems in children and young people. This package includes a further $16 million for the Emerging Minds’ led National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health, a collaboration between Emerging Minds and the… -
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Supporting Infant and Toddlers online course
Supporting Infants and Toddlers is a one to two hour online course aimed at professionals working with parents who experience mental illness and have dependent infants or very young children. The course covers: the impact of mental illness on the family throughout the antenatal period. attachment, infant and toddler development. principles…