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Short article
Talking with children about the COVID-19 Delta variant
Emerging MindsWith the COVID-19 Delta variant across many parts of Australia and the accompanying lockdowns, school closures and surge in detailed media coverage, many children may be anxious about what this means for them. This short article looks at ways to talk with children about protection from the Delta strain and ways to navigate through these challenging times. -
Webinar
A biopsychosocial approach to supporting child mental health
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)This webinar explores the features of a biopsychosocial formulation with children aged 5-12, its importance in supporting child mental health and its contribution to mental health treatment planning. -
Podcast
Re-release: Supporting children and families through telehealth
Tayla IellamoRuntime00:30:46Released8/8/21 -
Guide
Improving the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Emerging Minds and Healing FoundationIn partnership with the Healing Foundation, these resources have been developed to improve social and emotional wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. -
Online Course
Improving the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Online CourseThis course, produced in partnership with The Healing Foundation, will use a positive, strengths-based, ‘hope-inspired’ focus to support your work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. It also uses a social-political-historical lens to build an understanding of disadvantage, loss of culture, and trauma in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families. -
Practice paper
Complex trauma through a trauma-informed lens: Supporting the wellbeing of infants and young children
Michele Hervatin, Parenting Research CentreThis resource introduces complex trauma and trauma-informed care, including their importance in supporting the wellbeing and mental health of infants and young children. It explores the possible effects of complex trauma in early childhood (i.e. birth through to five years), and aims to support professionals to use a ‘whole-child’ approach that considers how early life experiences (including trauma) may shape development and behaviour. -
Video
Looking back: A co-design project with young people
Emerging Minds and Satellite FoundationThe ‘Looking back project’ features four short videos created by young people with lived experience of either adversity, parental mental illness or trauma. In these videos, they ‘look back’ to tell a story about their early years: the challenges, memories, thoughts and feelings, all through the lens of their now-adult selves. -
Online Course
Parental mental illness and child-aware practice
Online CourseThis course acknowledges the resilience and values of parents with mental illness, while recognising that mental illness can place great stress on the family. Practitioners who can sensitively and respectfully ask parents how their mental health might affect their parenting, and their children’s social and emotional wellbeing, are critical in early identification and prevention responses to children’s mental health. -
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Looking back: A co-design project with young people
In 2019, Emerging Minds partnered with Artist Made Productions and the Satellite Foundation to offer young Australians the chance to directly tell their stories of mental illness. The ‘Looking back project’ features four short videos created by young people with lived experience of either adversity, parental mental illness or trauma.… -
Podcast
Re-release: Children’s mental health during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Brad MorganRuntime00:26:54Released25/7/21 -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: June 2021
Prepared by AIFSThis June research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided. -
Podcast
Overcoming adversity in work with mothers and children – part one
Christine WatsonRuntime00:33:02Released11/7/21