Free online course: Supporting children’s mental health through disasters

Disasters can affect every part of a child’s world – their sense of safety, relationships, routines, learning, community connections and family life. Infants, children and young people depend on the adults around them to help them feel safe, make sense of what is happening and recover when disasters disrupt daily life.

Our new online course introduces practical, evidence-informed ways that workers in support roles can consider children’s mental health during and after disasters. It explains:

• what child mental health means
• how disasters can affect infants’ and children’s development and wellbeing
• how adults can notice children’s needs, strengthen protective relationships and support recovery over time.

As we enter the warmer months, now is the time to equip yourself with knowledge and skills to help you support child mental health during and after disasters.