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Developed for allied health professionals, our Supporting Parents to Promote Children’s Social and Emotional Wellbeing course is a 4-hour course exploring entry points and opportunities to conduct respectful and collaborative conversations with parents: bit.ly/3nBhwdK

We’re seeking professionals from health, social and community services to complete the national workforce survey to understand professional awareness, knowledge, skill and practice in supporting family, parent and child mental health in their everyday work bit.ly/3myHMnK

In one hour, learn about the importance of early guidance for parents and ensuring that information provided is appropriate to the family’s situation and concerns. Check out our Building Blocks for Children’s Social and Emotional Wellbeing course here: bit.ly/2KqKIp2

Have you completed our National workforce survey? Help us to improve outcomes for children in Australia by improving the way we support children’s mental health and meet the needs of professionals working across Australia. Take the survey here: bit.ly/3myHMnK

If you’re an allied health worker or working with infants and toddlers, we’ve developed courses to further your learning in having conversations which offer support, and guidance to assist parents in promoting positive mental health in their children: bit.ly/3g5hU0h

Great article by Dr Andrew Leech about understanding children’s emotions. Andrew is a GP based in WA who recently joined the Emerging Minds podcast, and contributed to our recent e-learning course, ‘A GP framework for child mental health assessment’. bit.ly/34ndGNr

Have your say today. We are conducting a national workforce survey for family, parent and child mental health and want to hear from professionals in health, social and community services who work with adults who might be parents, families and children: bit.ly/3nrKXib

What might children be experiencing this Christmas, in light of the unique and challenging year that 2020 has been? In this episode, three of our team members reflect on 2020 and share ways families can support each other during the holiday season. 👂🎤: bit.ly/2WnUXNq

Introducing the Building Blocks suite of courses for practitioners! This suite builds knowledge around providing high quality support, guidance and resources to parents and families to improve child mental health outcomes. Start with the foundation course: bit.ly/2KqKIp2

Primary school-aged children have reported increasing mental health support needs during COVID-19 yet many are not receiving the support they need. This paper provide ways in which parents can provide mental health support to their children during COVID-19 bit.ly/3qIkAqh

In our latest podcast episode, April Harrison reflects on her experience of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires. April, who was 8 at the time of the fires, shares how her school and the community played a big role in supporting her recovery. Listen here 👂🎤: bit.ly/3qGMu6b