Five ways to support kids’ mental health

Emerging Minds, Australia, December 2025

Related to Child development, Child mental health, Parenting, PERCS

Meet Emm. In this video you’ll hear them talk about the five key things you can do to support your children’s mental health.

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In focus

Parent-child relationships: How positive connections support children’s wellbeing

Emerging Minds

Build a strong bond with your child by responding warmly and consistently to their needs and making time to connect with them.
In focus

Emotions and behaviours: Understanding and supporting children’s feelings and responses

Emerging Minds

Tune into your child's feelings and be curious about what's behind their behaviours, so you can help them understand and express all their emotions in healthy ways.
In focus

Routines: Creating family routines to support children’s mental health

Emerging Minds

Create family routines to help children feel secure, reduce stress, and find time for connection and fun.
In focus

Communication and meaning-making: Why good communication is key to children’s mental health

Emerging Minds

Talk openly with children to help them understand and make meaning of what's happening in their world.
In focus

Support networks: Building support networks for you and your child

Emerging Minds

Learn about the different types of support available for you and your children, and get tips for building strong, reliable support networks.
Webinar

Skills in child aware practice with parents who use substances

Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)

In this webinar with the Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN), our panel explores practical skills to support confident and effective child aware conversations with parents who use substances. It outlines strategies to encourage open, collaborative communication and support positive engagement.
Research summary

Highlights in child mental health research: October 2025

Prepared by AIFS

The October 2025 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 the month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis that presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided.
Webinar

Gaps and strengths in workforce competency

Emerging Minds

This webinar is intended for organisational and systems leaders across the health, education, social and community services sectors, as well as practitioners with an interest in workforce development.
Webinar

Identifying and responding to child sexual abuse: Supporting the mental health of children and young people

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds

This webinar combines practice and lived experience to explore how we as a sector can better identify and respond to child sexual abuse and support victims and survivors to heal and recover. It is intended to complement ‘Trauma prevention and early intervention approaches with children and young people’ which was broadcast in September 2025.
Webinar

Beginning child aware conversations with parents who use substances

Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)

In this webinar with the Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN), our multidisciplinary panel will explore and identify reasons that may underlie school attendance difficulties. This presentation will promote the value of partnership-based, trauma-informed strategies to support a contextualised understanding of each child’s unique needs in education settings.
Video

What is a child and family health nurse?

Emerging Minds

Learn more about how a practice nurse can support you and your family.
Short article

Self-harm in primary school-aged children

Dr Laura Gobey, Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)

This article provides a summary of the research evidence on self-harm behaviours in primary school-aged children. It outlines what self-harm behaviours are, how common they are, and why primary school-aged children may be self-harming.

Five ways to support kids’ mental health

Emerging Minds, Australia, December 2025

Discover more resources

Parent-child relationships: How positive connections support children’s wellbeing

Emotions and behaviours: Understanding and supporting children’s feelings and responses

Routines: Creating family routines to support children’s mental health

Communication and meaning-making: Why good communication is key to children’s mental health

Support networks: Building support networks for you and your child

Skills in child aware practice with parents who use substances

Highlights in child mental health research: October 2025

Gaps and strengths in workforce competency

Identifying and responding to child sexual abuse: Supporting the mental health of children and young people

Beginning child aware conversations with parents who use substances

What is a child and family health nurse?

Self-harm in primary school-aged children

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