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Children’s rights
Upholding and protecting children’s rights is essential to promoting their mental health. As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRoC)1, Australia has a responsibility to ensure that children’s best interests are reflected in policy and program planning, and that children are widely supported… -
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The child and their local ecology
More than any other age group, the wellbeing of infants and children is dependent on their social and environmental context. Infant and child mental health is best understood within a framework that accounts for individual child characteristics, family strengths and vulnerabilities, and broader community, social and economic factors. -
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Trauma informed
Trauma involves experiences that overwhelm a person’s ability to cope. Trauma-informed care is a framework for service delivery based on an understanding of how trauma affects people’s lives and service needs. Trauma-informed care can be described as a framework for human service delivery that is based on knowledge and understanding… -
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NWC delivery partners
Emerging Minds has partnered with the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), the Parenting Research Centre (PRC) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to deliver the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health. Read more about our delivery partners below. -
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Family Talk
Online CourseThis course provides training in an evidence-based family intervention designed to promote family communication and problem solving around the experience of parental mental illness. -
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Let’s talk about children (Let’s Talk)
Online CourseThis course provides training in a structured approach that facilitates a practitioner and a parent with mental illness to explore the needs of children and the parenting role. -
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Supporting infants and toddlers
Online CourseThis course helps participants to understand the impact of mental illness on the family through the antenatal period. It assists the learner to understand attachment and principles of sensitive communication with parents regarding the needs of their children. -
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Child-aware practice
Online CourseThis course encourages professionals to understand and talk with parents about the impact of adult problems on children and the role of parents in supporting the safety, wellbeing and development of children. These things should be considered in all service settings - whether you're working with adults, children or families. -
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Stepping up for kids: Understanding and supporting children who have experienced domestic and family violence
Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network (ACATLGN)This online booklet is for professionals, or any adults who want to better understand how to support children who have experienced domestic violence. It includes recent statistics and explores the impact on children, addressing common myths and fears regarding this vital issue. 'Domestic and Family Violence can be more damaging to young people whom might not necessarily be at the very centre of the violence; and such experiences can go on to shape children’s still‑developing behavioural, emotional, biological and physical systems.