Families and gambling: Helping parents and improving outcomes for children

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds, Australia, October 2020

Related to Parental mental illness

Drawing on lived experiences of gambling-related harm and the expertise of professionals working with families and children, this webinar explores:

the links between gambling-related harm and other adversities
the adverse impacts of shame, stigma and stereotypes associated with gambling-related harm on parents, their parenting, and their children’s social and emotional wellbeing
how practitioners can support parents in ways that offer an alternative to shame and stigma to further improve outcomes for them and their children.

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Monya Murch

Runtime

00:25:10

Released

15/10/19
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Families and gambling: Helping parents and improving outcomes for children

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds, Australia, October 2020

Discover more resources

Gambling harm

Sharing information with parents about children’s social and emotional wellbeing: A step-by-step approach

Individual and family factors associated with child mental health and wellbeing

Highlights in child mental health research: October 2024

Why we need to support infants and children before, during and after disasters

Disaster preparedness with a focus on infants, children and families

Understanding how disasters influence infants and children

Supporting infants, children and families in an evacuation

How psychological first aid can support infants, children and families who experience a disaster (part one)

Psychological first aid with infants and children: Practice guidance (part two)

Wellbeing for workers supporting children and families after a disaster

Supporting infants, children and families during and immediately after disasters

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