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Practice paper
Working and walking alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people: A practical guide for non-Indigenous workers
Judy Atkinson, Margaret Hayes and Caroline (Carlie) AtkinsonTo fully understand the lives and circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, it is necessary to understand and accept the impacts of trauma across generations, without judgement, but with clear insight and intention to use your skills and capacities for healing. -
Book
Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice
Telethon Kids InstituteThe book's 2nd edition covers priority issues on Aboriginal people's mental health including transgenerational trauma, perinatal and infant mental health, and emotional and behavioral problems in young people. It also has chapters on cultural specific models and programs to assist in healing. -
Resource summary
Guidelines for providing mental health first aid to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person
Beyond BlueThese guidelines from Beyond Blue are a general set of recommendations about how you can help an Aboriginal person who may be experiencing a mental illness or developing a mental health crisis. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: March 2024
Prepared by AIFSThis March 2024 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 which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided. -
Webinar
Working alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care through a culturally safe framework
Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)Co-produced with the Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN), this webinar provides strategies to help practitioners deliver therapeutic responses within a culturally safe framework, supporting the social and emotional wellbeing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. -
Short article
National Perinatal Mental Health Guideline: 2023 update
Melissa Willoughby, Australian Institute of Family StudiesThis short resource summarises the 2023 update of the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE) National Perinatal Mental Health Guideline. -
Short article
The importance of inclusive services for LGBTQ+ parents and carers
Hilary Miller, Luke Gahan and Anna Scovelle, Australian Institute of Family StudiesThis article briefly outlines how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ+) parents and carers experience barriers to inclusion when accessing services and support, and how to begin to support parents and carers in this context. -
Fact sheet
A culturally safe research process in mental health
Prof. Helen Milroy, Lexi Prichard, Dr Jemma Collova and Dr Shraddha KashyapThis fact sheet describes how culturally safe research can be conducted to learn about the state of cultural safety in mental health services, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members, mental health service users, Elders, mental health workers, and Cultural Healers. -
Fact sheet
An overview of Emerging Minds Focus
Emerging MindsLearn how the Emerging Minds Focus tool can help you to motivate, plan and track quality improvement in your organisation, to support the mental health and wellbeing of infants, children and their families. -
Guide
Interpreting your Results Wheels and developing your action plan in Emerging Minds Focus
Emerging MindsThis guide has been developed to support Change Teams to interpret their Results Wheels and develop an action plan within the Emerging Minds Focus quality improvement tool. -
Video
Introducing Emerging Minds Focus
Emerging MindsEmerging Minds Program Director, Brad Morgan and Manager, Partnerships and Implementation, Helen Francis introduce the Emerging Minds Focus quality improvement tool. -
Practice paper
Does labelling racism as bullying perpetuate a colour-blind approach when working with culturally diverse families?
Amanda Kemperman, Emerging MindsThis resource examines the significant impacts faced by children and families when subjected to racism, particularly when it is acknowledged and addressed within the context of bullying. It offers practical strategies to help practitioners further develop their culturally responsive practice approaches.