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Fact sheet
Supporting children’s social connections in tough times
Emerging MindsSocial connections provide an important network for supporting children’s wellbeing and helping them get through tough times. When things are difficult for families, it can be hard to support these connections. -
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Unmasking stigma: Effects on families
Emerging MindsThis resource was created to help us understand how stigma effects families. Families share their stories to show the harms stigma can cause. -
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Standing against stigma
Emerging MindsStigma can show up in our thoughts about others even when we don’t want it to. This resource can help us notice and question those thoughts. -
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Talking to children about family money struggles
Emerging MindsThere are ways to talk to children about money issues that prevent them from blaming themselves, or their parents, for the family’s financial situation. -
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Families responding to racism
Emerging MindsRead about some of the many ways families respond to the effects of racism and support their children. -
Research summary
Interventions to improving the health and socio-economic wellbeing of young parents
Prepared by AIFSA summary of a scoping review examining studies of interventions designed to improve the health and socio-economic wellbeing of young parents (aged 10–24) across seven African countries. -
Research summary
Adverse childhood experiences and mental health during the transition to fatherhood
Prepared by AIFSA summary of a quantitative study examining the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mental health among first-time fathers in Australia. -
Webinar
Implementation and conclusions: Applying the skills of focused psychological strategies for children (5–12 years)
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)Presented by RACGP Specific Interests and Emerging Minds, the final webinar in this four-part series focuses on some of the skills that can support GPs with this practice challenge. It covers how GPs can support families to notice progress even in the face of difficulties that can arise for children and families when they are implementing new skills. It also includes considerations for ending overall work with children and families in ways that are collaborative, acknowledging and accountable. -
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Formulation: Understanding the child and family in focused psychological strategies for children
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)Presented by RACGP Specific Interests and Emerging Minds, this webinar focuses on approaches to formulation that enable children’s participation and consider the child’s perspective on the presenting concerns. Rather than looking at causal explanations, these formulation approaches help children to think about what gets in the way of them living their ‘best life’. -
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Engagement and assessment: Laying the foundation for focused psychological strategies for children
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)Presented by RACGP Specific Interests and Emerging Minds, this webinar supports participants to consider several skills in engagement and assessment with children and their families. It focuses on engaging with parents to explore their values and contextualise the concerns they have about their children’s wellbeing. It also examines why these engagement skills with parents are vital for working with children. -
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Setting the scene: Focused psychological strategies for children (5-12 years)
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)This webinar – the first of four co-presented with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and Emerging Minds – explores the fundamentals of focused psychological strategies (FPS) for children and their integration into the general practice context. -
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Promoting collaboration in early education to support children’s mental health
Child Family Community Australia & Emerging MindsThis webinar explores how early childhood educators can work together with mental health professionals and families to support children’s mental health and wellbeing (including those impacted by trauma). Drawing on emerging evidence, the webinar also considers how collaboration can build educators’ confidence and wellbeing, improve educator-child interactions, and support children’s mental health, wellbeing and their ability to learn and engage.