Search Results for "disaster"
-
Fact sheet
Feeling connection and belonging outside our families
Emerging MindsOutside our immediate family we form connections to other people and communities - from friends and neighbours to people in school communities, workplaces, interest groups, or a friendly interaction in the grocery store. Or we may find connection with places, cultures, nature, spirituality or social movements. -
Short article
Establishing authentic child and family collaboration partnerships in Wesley Mission Queensland: A case study
Emerging MindsThis case study examines a partnership between Emerging Minds and Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ) that supported WMQ to incorporate the lived experiences of children and families in the development of a new 0-12 years mental health service (Wesley Kids). -
Fact sheet
Understanding and addressing your child’s bullying behaviour
Emerging MindsIt can be hard for a parent to believe their child has been involved in bullying. If someone has told you your child has been engaging in bullying behaviour, or you think they could be, you might be feeling shocked, disappointed, angry, confused or defensive. These are all understandable reactions. -
Short article
What impacts refugee and asylum seeker children’s mental health?
Pragya Gartoulla, Mandy Truong, Anagha Joshi and Hilary Miller, Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)This short article outlines the factors that impact the mental health and wellbeing of children from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. -
Webinar
National Workforce Survey for Parent, Family and Child Mental Health 2020–21 – Key findings webinar
Emerging MindsThis webinar shares the results of the first National Workforce Survey for Parent, Family and Child Mental Health in 2020–21. Between December 2020 and March 2021, we asked health, social and community services workers in Australia how they viewed their capabilities in regard to understanding and responding to child mental health. This event provides an overview of what we have learned from the 1,500 workers who took part. -
Fact sheet
Considering power differences in lived experience engagement
Lydia Trowse and Bec Edser, Emerging MindsIn this resource, members of the Lived Experience Network describe the ways that coordinators have attended to power differences in the project, and how this was experienced by the system advisors. -
Webinar
Developing a plan: Common practice challenges in child mental health
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)Based on a case study, this webinar with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) explores the skills required to respond to practice challenges including creating family-led support plans that address multiple factors that might be impacting the family, and putting supports in place when there is a lack of specialist services available, or there are long waitlists. -
Podcast
A national workforce survey of children’s mental health
Dr Melinda Goodyear and Claire MarshRuntime00:30:19Released26/6/23 -
Podcast
Navigating the first year of parenting
Sarah and ClaudiusRuntime00:32:30Released6/3/23 -
Resource summary
General practice learning pathway
Emerging MindsDeveloped together with GPs and families, this learning pathway offers step-by-step guides for conducting infant and child mental health assessments, supporting families who have experienced a natural disaster, and holding preventative conversations with parents to buffer children from the impacts of adversity. -
Practice paper
Child-focused practice competencies: Structural approaches to complex problems
Professor Sarah Wendt, Dr Georgia Rowley, Dr Kate Seymour, Dr Carmela Bastian and Dr Dan MossWatch Professor Sarah Wendt and leading academics from Flinders University’s Social Work Innovation Research Living Space (SWIRLS) share child-focused practice strategies for supporting children and families experiencing complex problems. -
Research paper
Insights for social workers supporting families with complex needs
Dr Georgia Rowley, Professor Sarah Wendt, Dr Dan Moss, Dr Kate Seymour and Dr Carmela BastianThis literature review explores the interplay between the detrimental impacts of intergenerational disadvantage, substance use issues, mental illness, and trauma on parents and children, and the lived experience of family and domestic violence. From these varying impacts, we seek to extract implications and skills for practice.