Trauma informed practice in your learning community webinar

BeYou and Emerging Minds, Australia, June 2019

Related to Attachment and separation, Child mental health, Responding to traumatic events, Trauma, Bereavement, loss and grief

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The webinar panel, made up of Sally Gissing of Beyond Blue and Nicola Palfrey and Margaret Nixon of ANU and Emerging Minds, address about how trauma informed practice can be beneficial to all children, including those who have experienced trauma, regardless of the source or the type, and to think about what may already be done in practice.

This includes a quick summary of the key information discussed during the webinar, answers to questions that didn’t get a chance to be responded, along with suggestions provided by attendees and Nicola and Margaret.

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Trauma informed practice in your learning community webinar

BeYou and Emerging Minds, Australia, June 2019

Discover more resources

Relationships matter: Walking alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents

Wellbeing for workers supporting children and families after a disaster

Highlights in child mental health research: September 2024

Play and creative expression

Support networks

Routines and predictability

Emotional regulation

Child–adult relationships

Communication and meaning-making

Climate change-related worry in children and young people: What does the research evidence say?

Practices for supporting infant and child mental health after disasters

Working with parents to support children after disasters

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