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Fact sheet
Practice positions
Emerging MindsThe National Workforce Centre’s six practice positions help practitioners to apply a child-focused lens to their work. According to people with lived experience of service delivery, children’s visibility is the most important aspect of child-focused practice. These positions can help to keep children visible through every aspect of service delivery, by promoting authentic conversations between practitioners and parents/caregivers about parenting and their children’s wellbeing, and supporting practitioners to feel confident engaging with infants and children. -
Practice paper
Supporting staff to work with children and families with complex needs: A checklist for organisations
Rhys Price-Robertson, Thy Meddick and Elise ParkerThis paper provides managers, practice leaders, and other decision-makers with practical guidance on supporting staff to work with children and families with complex needs. It will be useful in a broad range of health and welfare organisations, particularly those not specifically designed to work with clients with multiple interrelated problems. -
Short article
It’s time to do more about the mental health of children with intellectual disability
Jacqueline BloomfieldChildren with intellectual disability are more likely to experience mental health difficulties than their typically developing peers. Efforts towards prevention and early intervention are required from all support services in order to best promote the mental health of children with intellectual disability and their families. -
Fact sheet
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and their families
The Healing FoundationThis fact sheet has been developed in partnership with child and adolescent psychiatrist Prof Helen Milroy to help increase awareness and understanding of intergenerational trauma. -
Short article
Child mental health literacy: What is it and why is it important?
Lucy TullyOver the past 20 years, Australia has emerged as a leader in campaigns that have focused on increasing mental health literacy, particularly for adult/adolescent depression and anxiety disorders. But what about child mental health literacy, which refers to adult knowledge and beliefs about mental health problems for children under 12 years of age? Aside from the recent work of the Emerging Minds: National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health (NWCCMH) and beyondblue's Be You initiative, there has been a noticeable lack of focus on child mental health literacy both in Australia and internationally. -
Fact sheet
Pleasant events schedule – completed
Emerging MindsPart of feeling good is about planning, and carrying out, activities that we enjoy. Use this schedule an example when planning your activities over the next week. -
Practice paper
Supporting children in families with complex needs: Nine tips for practitioners who feel out of their depth
Rhys Price-Robertson and Courtney Schuurman, Emerging MindsIf you are feeling overwhelmed or out of your depth, this practice paper outlines ways in which you can begin to develop confidence in supporting children in families with complex needs. -
Webinar
Preventing mental health issues for infants and children webinar
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)This webinar, 'Preventing mental health issues for infants and children', was presented in conjunction with Emerging Minds and RACGP. It featured Dr Nick Kowalenko, Dr James Best and Stuart and Ann Weston (family partners). -
Fact sheet
Parent-child play: Practice resource
Sarah SeekampThis resource has two components: a conversation guide that practitioners can work through with families, and practitioner notes that provide support for introducing parent-child play and using the conversation guide. -
Practice paper
Sharing information with parents about children’s social and emotional wellbeing: A step-by-step approach
Myfanwy McDonaldThis resource outlines how practitioners in universal health, education and community service settings can share high-quality information with parents about children’s social and emotional wellbeing and mental health in an engaging and respectful way. -
Practice paper
Why is it difficult for parents to talk to practitioners about their children’s mental health?
Myfanwy McDonaldThis paper is about why it’s difficult for some parents to talk to practitioners about their children’s mental health and what practitioners can do to make it easier for parents to have those conversations. -
Practice paper
Keeping children visible in practice responses to family and domestic violence
Dan Moss & Chris Dolman, Emerging MindsThis paper supports practitioners and organisations to respond to Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) in ways that prioritise children’s social and emotional wellbeing and safety.