Emerging Minds offers a range of free, easy-to-use tools to support practitioners working with children and families. As a primary care nurse, you can get started with the following selection of resources.
Engaging with families to support child mental health
PERCS Conversation Guide
Post-natal care: Making the most of your first session with parents – Practice paper
Engaging with parents when there are child protection concerns: Key considerations – Practice paper
Supporting parents to promote children’s social and emotional wellbeing – Online course
Promoting infant and toddler mental health with parents – Online course
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
Mental health support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families – Podcast
Improving the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children – Online course
Using Aboriginal cultural knowledge systems to strengthen families’ resilience – Online course
Child mental health and development
Parent-child relationships – In focus
Understanding child development: 0-3 years and 3-5 years – Fact sheets
Understanding child mental health – Online course
Resources for parents
Understanding infant mental health and wellbeing (for parents) – Fact sheet
Supporting your baby’s mental health and wellbeing – In focus
Tips for new parents: Bonding with your baby in their first 12 months – Podcast
Supporting your baby’s sleep – Fact sheet
Understanding and soothing a crying baby – Fact sheet
Adjusting to parenthood: Fathers and non-birthing parents – Fact sheet