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Fact sheet
Creating a welcoming and safe organisation for trans and gender diverse children and their families: A checklist for allied health services
Susanne ProsserA child and their family who has been using your service for some time tells you that they have affirmed or are in the process of affirming their gender. They are not accessing your service for support to affirm their gender; they are simply letting you know about this change in their life. This checklist will help you to create a safe and welcome environment for this child and their family. -
Practice paper
Supporting trans and gender diverse children and their families
Susanne ProsserCreating a safe space for a child to explore their gender identity will contribute to positive mental health outcomes. This resource provides an overview of ways to support a child who is questioning their gender identity or who has come out as trans or gender diverse. It is not designed to give medical or psychological expertise and advice on working with trans and gender diverse children. -
Fact sheet
Supporting trans or gender diverse children and their families with gender affirmation: A guide for GPs and paediatricians
Susanne ProsserThis resource has been designed to guide practitioners through a conversation with a family and their child who is exploring their gender identity and who might be trans or gender diverse. It is both a checklist for you to use in your organisation, and a conversation guide. -
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. -
Webinar
How a ‘village’ approach can support infant and toddler mental health
Child Family Community Australia & Emerging MindsCo-produced with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA), this webinar discusses how to work collaboratively with families to engage with their 'village' and promote infant and toddler mental health. -
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. -
Practice paper
Recognising and strengthening the stories of children in care
Nicole Rollbusch and Dan MossThis paper identifies practical ways professionals working with children who are in care can bring children’s histories to life in ways that support their sense of identity and confidence, even when children’s experiences with their birth families included trauma or neglect.