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Our next webinar from our child mental health webinar series with @RACGP Specific Interests will be held on Thursday, 24 September, and will discuss ways of completing a holistic, family-focused approach to a child mental health assessment. Register here: bit.ly/2FDMVuC

Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, this study aimed to answer questions including whether peer victimisation, depression and anxiety predict each other, and whether these domains have relationships w/ negative wellbeing outcomes bit.ly/3keF5a3

Read August’s highlights in child mental health research: – The effects of parents’ work-family conflict on children and families – Children’s friendships and their emotional wellbeing – Parenting factors that promote child wellbeing and family resilience bit.ly/3mfCMFs

[email protected]_AU Week’s theme: ‘Putting children first’. Our six practice positions help practitioners apply a child-focused lens to their work and keep children visible by promoting conversations with parents/caregivers about their children’s wellbeing bit.ly/33lMm13 #ncpw20

Are you or someone you know, a father of a teenager between the age of 12-18? @MonashUni‘s Parenting and Youth Mental Health lab is looking for fathers to participate in a survey about their preferences for online parenting programs for teen mental health: bit.ly/3gRtsDU

Registrations are open for our webinar with @MHPNOnline: ‘Introducing child and family practice to parents’, Tuesday 22 September. Our panel will discuss ways to establish inclusive practice with children and parents and develop collaborative partnerships: bit.ly/3hPW95p

Practitioners can play a role in #puttingchildrenfirst by engaging them in decision-making processes. This suite of papers by @FamilyStudies is designed for child and family service professionals to support children in decision making: bit.ly/3b13pJ9 #ncpw #playyourpart

Reminder: Our webinar with @CFCAexchange, ‘Responding to family violence in First Nations families to support children’s social and emotional wellbeing’ will be held TOMORROW at 1pm AEST. Presenters: Craig Rigney, Rachel Abdulla, Tania Sansbury. Register: bit.ly/2DWob0v

In this episode, we talk to Dominic Alford, coordinator of @RelAustVic‘s Support for Fathers project. Dom shares what he’s learnt from talking to fathers across the country, and ways in which services and practitioners can make fathers feel more included: bit.ly/3jVEJ8a

It’s National Child Protection Week and we’ll be sharing resources that support the workforce to better support parents, including resources to help parents in child-led, shared play. Visit the @NAPCAN_AU pledge page to #playyourpart: bit.ly/3lGXSMI #ncpw #ncpw20

To all the dads out there, we hope you have a happy Father’s Day on Sunday 😊 Fathers play an important role in the wellbeing and development of children. Here are six key practitioner tips to enhance the engagement of fathers in early childhood services: bit.ly/3lmJ1ac

This article outlines characteristics of effective professional practice based on the insights provided by children and young people in this research conducted by @FamilyStudies, of those whose parents had separated and accessed family law system services. bit.ly/3aXe6wj