ACEs – resources to support practitioners

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) - resources to support practitioners

Emerging Minds produces a range of free resources and tools to support practitioners in their work with children, parents and families where adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are present. These resources range from podcasts, webinars, factsheets and practice papers to online training courses.

Webinar

Understanding the impacts of parental separation on children

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds

This webinar explores practitioners’ child-centred work with separating parents to support the child’s wellbeing and parent–child relationship.
Practitioners Podcast

Helping children to live their ‘best life’ – part two

Penny Sih

Runtime

00:21:22

Released

30/10/21
Webinar

Webinar | How to recognise complex trauma in infants and children and promote wellbeing

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds

This webinar is of interest to professionals working with infants and children, and/or their caregivers across early learning and care services, maternal and child health and other family support services.
Practitioners Podcast

Helping children to live their ‘best life’ – part one

Penny Sih

Runtime

00:19:39

Released

16/10/21
Practitioners Podcast

Supporting children who have lost a parent

Dr Gill Murphy

Runtime

0:22:23

Released

2/10/21
Practice paper

How to speak with separating parents about their children’s wellbeing

Dr Nikola Balvin and Nicole Paterson

This resource outlines the importance of making children's wellbeing a central aspect of the conversations practitioners have with parents who are going through separation or divorce, and aims to address the gap by summarising the best-practice principles on parenting during separation.
Practitioners Podcast

Overcoming adversity in work with mothers and children – part two

Lisa Hofman and Gaby Munro

Runtime

00:36:35

Released

23/8/21
Practice paper

Complex trauma through a trauma-informed lens: Supporting the wellbeing of infants and young children

Michele Hervatin, Parenting Research Centre

This resource introduces complex trauma and trauma-informed care, including their importance in supporting the wellbeing and mental health of infants and young children. It explores the possible effects of complex trauma in early childhood (i.e. birth through to five years), and aims to support professionals to use a ‘whole-child’ approach that considers how early life experiences (including trauma) may shape development and behaviour.
Practitioners Podcast

Overcoming adversity in work with mothers and children – part one

Christine Watson

Runtime

00:33:02

Released

11/7/21
Short article

Children’s experiences of family violence

Dana Shen, Rosie Schellen and Daniel Moss

Exposure to family violence and traumatic events has long-lasting effects. Children’s brains and bodies are malleable, making trauma faster to manifest, affecting the way children react and relate to others and their physical environment. This fact sheet adapted from Tucci et. al. provides information about the effects of family violence on a child’s social and emotional wellbeing, and ways that interventions can play a role in healing.
Webinar

Supporting children who have experienced trauma – interactive online session

Emerging Minds

The first in our series of interactive online sessions featured Kate Headley, Speech Pathologist, Links Trauma Healing Service and Dan Moss, Workforce Development Manager, Emerging Minds, who discussed our e-learning course, Supporting children who have experienced trauma.
Practitioners Podcast

Supporting the communication needs of children with complex trauma – part two

Kate Headley

Runtime

00:26:06

Released

7/3/21

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