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Mental Health Month is coming
October is Mental Health Month and we will be taking the opportunity to introduce a bit more of who we are, what we do and what we offer. We’re looking forward to sharing this all with you, check out our teaser below. -
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Our time at TheMHS 2018
Thank you to TheMHS and all involved in putting on such a fantastic event in Adelaide last month. Making new connections and seeing the interest in what we’re doing at the National Workforce Centre was fantastic. Check out a bit from our time there below. -
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Emerging Minds response to ABC report: “Australia facing an ‘epidemic of child abuse and neglect’, according to experts”, 16 Sept 2018
Infancy and childhood sets an essential foundation for lifelong mental health and wellbeing. Adversities such as poverty, drug and alcohol misuse, physical and mental illness, and trauma are highly prevalent in our community and can have immediate impacts on children, but also lifelong consequences for their growth, development, physical and… -
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New short article: Essentials for Childhood: Where prevention of child abuse is an essential element
A positively-oriented approach to child wellbeing proposes that the prevention of child abuse and neglect is key. In order to be effective in preventing child abuse and neglect, efforts must be multi-faceted, targeting not only individual children and families, but recognising the need for a focus on community-level change. At… -
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Our time at the AIFS Conference 2018
The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) conference took place in Melbourne in late July. It was a fantastic experience with the team from the National Workforce Centre presenting on ‘Improving the lives of infants, children and families’ in a program full of almost 200 speakers talking about what matters… -
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New short article: ‘Invisible’ children of imprisoned parents at risk of falling through the cracks
This short article is part of a series highlighting upcoming presentations at the Australian Institute of Family Studies 2018 Conference that focus on child mental health or children at risk of experiencing mental health difficulties. Australia’s imprisonment rates have risen rapidly over the past decade1, with a large proportion of those in… -
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New short article: Mental health service use by Australian children
This short article is part of a series highlighting upcoming presentations at the Australian Institute of Family Studies 2018 Conference that focus on child mental health or children at risk of experiencing mental health difficulties. The first national Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing in 1998 reported that… -
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Building Blocks: A Q&A with the creators
What are some key features that learners can expect to find within the course? Perhaps I’m biased, but I think the fictional families are the ‘beating heart’ of this course. The fictional parents describe their parenting triumphs and challenges in monologues, and we also see some of them engaging with… -
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Introducing Building Blocks – our brand new course
Building Blocks for Child Social and Emotional Wellbeing (Building Blocks) is a brand new course from the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health and the team are very excited to share it with you. Building Blocks explores the foundations of children’s social and emotional wellbeing as a starting point… -
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We are strong and proud! A tipsheet from ACATLGN
Families Week is a great time to celebrate the strengths of our communities and cultures, even in the face of adversity. In this resource ‘We are strong and proud’, Frankie Shane Merritt, a Kamilaroi man speaks about how we can pull our focus to what is working, what we enjoy… -
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AIFS Family Matters 100 launch
On 25 May 2018, the Minister for Social Services, the Hon Dan Tehan, will launch the 100th Issue of the Australian Institute of Family Studies’ (AIFS) flagship journal Family Matters at AIFS’ new premises on Melbourne’s Southbank. Issue 100 includes the stories: ‘Introducing the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health’, which… -
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New connections in the NT
The Emerging Minds team had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the AADANT (Association of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies Northern Territory) Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) conference in Darwin earlier this month. AADANT is the peak body for AOD services in the Northern Territory and represents a vast…