How to support parents with intellectual disability to meet their parenting goals

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds, Australia, June 2024

Related to Disability, Parenting

Co-produced with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA), this webinar explores how to support parents with an intellectual disability to achieve positive outcomes for themselves as parents and for their children.

Facilitated by Dr Catherine Wade (Principal Research Specialist, Parenting Research Centre), join our panel of presenters:

Dr Susan Collings (Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney University)
Renee Mills (senior social worker, Community Living Association); and
Crystal Richardson (child and family partner with lived experience).

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How to support parents with intellectual disability to meet their parenting goals

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds, Australia, June 2024

Discover more resources

Improving the rights of parents with intellectual disability

Parenting with a disability and responding to stigma

Disability learning pathway

Working to support the mental health of children with an intellectual disability webinar

It’s time to do more about the mental health of children with intellectual disability

Play and creative expression

Support networks

Routines and predictability

Emotional regulation

Child–adult relationships

Supporting fathers and fathers-to-be: Insights from research and practice

Families standing up to shame and stigma by making their own meaning

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