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

Wellbeing for workers supporting children and families after a disaster

Play and creative expression

Support networks

Routines and predictability

Emotional regulation

Child–adult relationships

Communication and meaning-making

Practices for supporting infant and child mental health after disasters

Working with parents to support children after disasters

Working therapeutically with children who have experienced trauma from physical or sexual abuse

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