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Reminder: Have you registered for tomorrow’s webinar co-produced with @CFCAexchange? Join us at 1pm AEST to explore child-focused supervision practices and initiatives to support child-focused practice in adult services. Register here: bit.ly/2uHhNow #childmentalhealth

Mental health difficulties compromises a parent’s ability to provide basic care for children. This short article by @WadeCath from the @Parentingrc discusses the importance for a national conversation around the impact of parent’s mental health on children bit.ly/2HqF3um

Read the latest #childmentalhealth research. January’s highlights: adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), factors that influence whether children and adolescents access mental health support & engaging families in child and adolescent mental health services bit.ly/38LOjW2

Aside from our work and the work of @BeYouEarly, there is a noticeable lack of focus on #childmentalhealth literacy in Australia and internationally. This paper suggests more needs to be done to better understand the knowledge of #childmentalhealth issues bit.ly/3bygMAi

Today we have officially launched our Reconciliation Action Plan. This is a great first step as an organisation towards establishing the relationships, respect and opportunities essential for reconciliation. A huge thanks to everyone who has been involved: bit.ly/2vM95WD

Join us and Dr. Sonia Terhaag to hear about the Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants and how #children from refugee backgrounds are faring in terms of their social and emotional wellbeing. Listen now 👂🎤: bit.ly/2HuGHuW

The Productivity Commission @ozprodcom invites parties to register their interest in the Darwin #MentalHealth public hearing held on Monday 24 February. Register your interest at: pc.gov.au/inquiries/curr… #Darwin #NT #NorthernTerritory #childmentalhealth

A team of researchers at @ANUPopHealth have put together a fact sheet to help you take care of your own mental health and the mental health of others after the impact of a bushfire – “ASK for help” bit.ly/31Ndu7Z #mentalhealth #askforhelp

Reminder: Have you registered for tomorrow’s webinar co-produced with @MHPNOnline ‘Working to support the mental health of children with an intellectual disability’? Join us at 7:15pm AEDT to hear about supporting children in the long term. Register here: bit.ly/2RIzTzV

Such an important note to finish on – if you look after yourself, you are well placed to look after your students #aussieEd twitter.com/teacherasleade…

This fact sheet outlines how educators can help children in the classroom following a traumatic event, as well as ways to identify when further assistance is required: bit.ly/2UEcVeW #aussieED twitter.com/teacherasleade…

Think about creating a safe space with classrooms – See our ten tips for creating a trauma-sensitive classroom: bit.ly/2UG49uh #aussieED twitter.com/teacherasleade…