Trauma: coping and looking after yourself

Raising Children Network, Australia, 2017

Related to Resilience, Trauma, Bereavement, loss and grief

This resource includes information about looking after yourself after experiencing a traumatic event. It covers feelings after a traumatic event, tips for coping well after trauma, signs that a person is not coping and services and support to contact after trauma.

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Fact sheet

Common severe stress reactions to a traumatic event

Emerging Minds and the University of Queensland

This fact sheet describes some of the possible difficulties children may demonstrate following exposure to various traumatic events.
Webinar

A whole child approach to disaster recovery

Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)

This webinar, co-produced by the Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN), our panel of experts explore ways to support infants and children following a disaster.
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

Psychological first aid with infants and children: Practice guidance (part two)

Emerging Minds

Part two of two: This paper provides guidance to practitioners offering psychological first aid with infants, children and families in the context of a disaster.
Practice paper

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Support networks

Emerging Minds

In addition to the support of extended family, friends and the learning community, responses from governments and specialist mental health services plus digital resources are important to the successful recovery of children and families after a disaster.
Webinar

Working therapeutically with children who have experienced trauma from physical or sexual abuse

Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)

Co-produced with the Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN), this webinar discusses how practitioners can respond to the challenges of working therapeutically with families when children have experienced physical or sexual abuse.
Fact sheet

Practitioner guide: Shame and stigma

Emerging Minds

A guide for practitioners on using our shame and stigma resources to support the families they work with.
Research summary

Highlights in child mental health research: June 2024

Prepared by AIFS

This June 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

Children’s mental health when experiencing multiple adversities: Practice skills for effective conversational maps

Emerging Minds

This paper examines five practice perspective shifts that are often utilised by family and relationship practitioners who want to engage with children about every aspect of their lives.
Video

How I get through tough times

Emerging Minds

In this video, children talk about things in their life that help them, to cope with challenges and feel positive feelings and express them through art.
Fact sheet

Talking to children about violent events

Emerging Minds

This resource offers tips for talking with children after a man-made disaster such as an act of mass violence.

Trauma: coping and looking after yourself

Raising Children Network, Australia, 2017

Discover more resources

Common severe stress reactions to a traumatic event

A whole child approach to disaster recovery

Relationships matter: Walking alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents

Highlights in child mental health research: September 2024

Psychological first aid with infants and children: Practice guidance (part two)

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Support networks

Working therapeutically with children who have experienced trauma from physical or sexual abuse

Practitioner guide: Shame and stigma

Highlights in child mental health research: June 2024

Children’s mental health when experiencing multiple adversities: Practice skills for effective conversational maps

How I get through tough times

Talking to children about violent events

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