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Celebrating Children’s Week
21–29 October 2023 was Children’s Week, a national celebration of children’s rights, talents and citizenship. This year’s theme was ‘Children have the right to relax, play and to join in a wide range of leisure activities’. Children’s Week is a wonderful opportunity to promote the rights of children and… -
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Reframing Children’s Mental Health: A communications toolkit
October was Mental Health Awareness Month, a reminder of the importance of looking after our mental health and checking in on those around us. This year’s theme was ‘We all have a role to play’, ensuring that we take some time to look after our own wellbeing, care for… -
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Understanding brain development
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Effective professional supervision for children’s wellbeing
Child Family Community Australia & Emerging MindsCo-produced with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA), this webinar explores how supervision can improve your ability to support children and implement child-aware practices. -
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Songs for connection and belonging
Emerging MindsHere’s a list of songs that help us feel connected – with our families and beyond. -
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Separation and divorce
Each year many parents separate or get a divorce. Separating parents often worry about the impacts on their children. But most children adapt well with the support of their parent/s, family and community. If you can talk to your child about what’s going on and be positive about changes related… -
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In focus: Supporting your child’s wellbeing during a separation or divorce
Emerging MindsThis resource is for parents who are currently navigating separation or have separated or divorced. It offers information about children’s experiences and reactions to parents’ separation and advice from other parents, health professionals and research about ways parents can lessen the impacts of separation on children. -
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Talking to your child about separation and divorce
Emerging MindsTelling your child that you and your partner are separating or getting a divorce can be challenging – but it’s an important conversation to have. This fact sheet offers tips for talking to your child about separation and divorce – what to say, what not to say, why it's important to allow your child to express their emotions, and how to keep communication open and ongoing. -
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In focus: Child development
Emerging MindsUnderstanding a child’s ecology – their relationships and the environments in which they live, learn, play, and grow – and how brains and bodies develop is an integral part of supporting healthy development and wellbeing. When coupled with a curious, respectful practice approach, this knowledge can help you to scaffold children’s learning and development and equip them with the tools they need to grow and thrive. -
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Connection and belonging
For children and adults, connection can feel positive, negative, or more often a mix of both. Finding, building and sustaining connection that makes us feel we belong can be a challenge for many of us, especially in tough times when we might need it most. And when we are caring… -
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Getting through tough times
This collection of resources has been created by families who’ve been through tough times. They are designed to spark hope and new ideas for families who might be: isolated or excluded struggling with money surviving in poverty or homelessness experiencing discrimination, shame or stigma. These resources are for all kinds… -
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Skills for connecting through social media
Emerging MindsSocial media can be a positive space for maintaining and making connections with similarly minded people, but it can also impact our existing relationships, and expose us to harmful people and ideas.