Talking points for work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lived experience advocates

Emerging Minds, Rosetta Milera, Neva Wilson and Josie-Anne Wilson, Australia, March 2022

Related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this resource may contain images or names of people who have passed away.

This fact sheet outlines what to expect when working with Emerging Minds as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lived experience advocate. When working as a lived experience advocate with us, you can support the development of podcasts, videos, written resources and online courses.

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Toolkit

Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and children toolkit

Emerging Minds

This toolkit draws from the expertise of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consultants, practitioners, non-Indigenous practitioners and Aboriginal and non-Indigenous organisations. Rather than focusing on why it is difficult to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, their families and communities, it will explore how non-Indigenous practitioners and services can develop genuine connections with First Nations people and communities to create the best conditions for effective service delivery; services based on respect, learning and creating shared understandings.
Toolkit

Child and Family Partnerships Toolkit

Emerging Minds

At Emerging Minds we strive to lead by example and ensure that we proactively include the voices of children and families in our work. Our goal is to support respectful partnerships that allow children and families to share with us their stories of strength, hope and resilience – as well as their challenges – to inform our work. The purpose of this toolkit is to assist other organisations to develop and implement child and family partnership strategies across all areas of their work.
In focus

In focus: Child, family and practitioner voice

Emerging Minds

Within the mental health context, service delivery can be designed to honour the participants' voices: children, families and practitioners. This resource includes information about the aspects to consider when service organisations prioritise the voices of children, families and practitioners in service co-design.
Research summary

Highlights in child mental health research: October 2024

Prepared by AIFS

This October 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

Relationships matter: Walking alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds

This webinar with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) explores ways that practitioners can build a deeper connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.
Research summary

Highlights in child mental health research: September 2024

Prepared by AIFS

This September 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.
Practice paper

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

Emerging Minds

Infants and children rely on the adults around them to meet their needs, keep them safe and help them to make sense of their world. This puts them at greater risk of adverse impacts when a disaster occurs. This practice paper introduces the foundational knowledge and skills needed to support children and families at all stages of a disaster (preparedness, response and recovery).
Practice paper

Disaster preparedness with a focus on infants, children and families

Emerging Minds

This practice paper is designed to help you understand the importance of disaster preparedness for not only increasing safety and protecting lives when a disaster occurs, but facilitating the recovery of individuals, families and communities. It also offers practical advice for supporting the disaster preparedness of the children and families you work with.
Practice paper

Understanding how disasters influence infants and children

Emerging Minds

This practice paper aims to equip practitioners with knowledge about the ways disasters can influence a child’s ecology and the importance of targeted support for children’s resilience and recovery in the short and long term.
Practice paper

Supporting infants, children and families in an evacuation

Emerging Minds

This practice paper explains why it’s important to consider pregnant people, infants, children and families in evacuation planning and management. It provides practical considerations and strategies for ensuring evacuation procedures and centres meet the needs of infants, children and families and enhance their safety, wellbeing and recovery.
Practice paper

Wellbeing for workers supporting children and families after a disaster

Emerging Minds

This resource focuses on how to look after your own wellbeing as a practitioner or worker when supporting children and families after a disaster.
Practice paper

Supporting infants, children and families during and immediately after disasters

Emerging Minds

Providing targeted psychosocial support to families in the immediate aftermath (the hours and days after a disaster) is essential to supporting infants’ and children’s mental health. This paper introduces evidence-informed strategies and practical advice to help practitioners support the mental health of infants, children and their parents during and immediately after a disaster. It may also aid in planning disaster response and relief strategies that are child-centred and family-focused.

This resource is part of the following toolkits

Child and family partnerships toolkit

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Talking points for work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lived experience advocates

Emerging Minds, Rosetta Milera, Neva Wilson and Josie-Anne Wilson, Australia, March 2022

Discover more resources

Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and children toolkit

Child and Family Partnerships Toolkit

In focus: Child, family and practitioner voice

Highlights in child mental health research: October 2024

Relationships matter: Walking alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents

Highlights in child mental health research: September 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

Wellbeing for workers supporting children and families after a disaster

Supporting infants, children and families during and immediately after disasters

This resource is part of the following toolkits

Child and family partnerships toolkit

Toolkit Sections:

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