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Fact sheet
Positive partnerships: Working alongside Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing
Dr Emma Carlin and Zaccariah CoxLearn how you can collaborate with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations around Australia to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. -
Webinar
Supporting children’s wellbeing when working with separating parents
Child Family Community Australia & Emerging MindsCo-produced with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA), this webinar explores how practitioners can make children’s wellbeing central to conversations with parents who are navigating separation and/or divorce. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: October 2023
Prepared by AIFSThis October 2023 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. -
Short article
Pre-teen social media use: Benefits and challenges for wellbeing
Michele Hervatin, Parenting Research CentreThis short article explores the benefits and challenges of social media use among pre-teens (9-12-year olds). -
Short article
Pre-teen wellbeing and social media use: Practice tips
Michele Hervatin, Parenting Research CentreThis fact sheet offers practice tips to help parents and families support pre-teen wellbeing in the context of social media use. -
Practice paper
Pre-teen social media use and the impact on mental health and wellbeing
Naomi Deneve, Parenting Research CentreGet insights and tips for holding conversations with pre-teens (9–12 years) and their parents about social media use. -
Webinar
Effective professional supervision for children’s wellbeing
Child Family Community Australia & Emerging MindsCo-produced with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA), this webinar explores how supervision can improve your ability to support children and implement child-aware practices. -
Fact sheet
Songs for connection and belonging
Emerging MindsHere’s a list of songs that help us feel connected – with our families and beyond. -
In focus
In focus: Supporting your child’s wellbeing during a separation or divorce
Emerging MindsThis resource is for parents who are currently navigating separation or have separated or divorced. It offers information about children’s experiences and reactions to parents’ separation and advice from other parents, health professionals and research about ways parents can lessen the impacts of separation on children. -
Fact sheet
Talking to your child about separation and divorce
Emerging MindsTelling your child that you and your partner are separating or getting a divorce can be challenging – but it’s an important conversation to have. This fact sheet offers tips for talking to your child about separation and divorce – what to say, what not to say, why it's important to allow your child to express their emotions, and how to keep communication open and ongoing. -
In focus
In focus: Child development
Emerging MindsUnderstanding a child’s ecology – their relationships and the environments in which they live, learn, play, and grow – and how brains and bodies develop is an integral part of supporting healthy development and wellbeing. When coupled with a curious, respectful practice approach, this knowledge can help you to scaffold children’s learning and development and equip them with the tools they need to grow and thrive. -
Fact sheet
Skills for connecting through social media
Emerging MindsSocial media can be a positive space for maintaining and making connections with similarly minded people, but it can also impact our existing relationships, and expose us to harmful people and ideas.