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Online course
Working with children who have experienced trauma online courses
Emerging MindsA suite of courses and resources to support practitioners working with children who have experienced trauma. -
Webinar
Building parents’ understanding of play to nurture infant and toddler mental health
Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)This webinar co-produced by the Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN) aimed to increase clinicians’ understanding of how to utilise play interventions with parents, infants and toddlers to promote connection, communication and overall mental health. -
Online course
Supporting children who disclose trauma
Emerging MindsThis course examines practice strategies for supporting children who have disclosed trauma or abuse. It will help you to develop strategies and activities to support children to move away from the self-blame and secrecy associated with physical or sexual violence. -
Webinar
Infant and child mental health: Exploring, assessing and formulating
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)Gathering information as part of a biopsychosocial approach is a pre-existing and transferable skill that GPs can utilise in child mental health assessments. Based on a case study with a focus on practice, this webinar with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) explores the features of a biopsychosocial assessment and formulation with children aged 0-5, its importance in supporting child mental health and its contribution to mental health treatment planning. -
Online course
Child-centred and family-focused practice with children with disability
Emerging MindsThis course introduces family-focused practice strategies for supporting the important relationships in a child’s life. -
Online course
Child-centred and communication-focused practice with children with disability
Emerging MindsThis course introduces communication-focused practice strategies for supporting children with disability to express themselves. -
Online course
Practice strategies for implementation
Emerging MindsLearn how children's existing skills, creativity and know-how can support their participation in implementing mental health interventions. -
Webinar
Assessment and engagement with infants and children
Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)This webinar presented strategies to support practitioners to consider the ‘whole child’ when working with infants and children, shifting the focus from labels, problems and conditions to supporting children’s hopes and goals through inclusive practice. -
Webinar
Infant and early childhood mental health: Connecting with children and families
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)GPs play a crucial role in the mental health and wellbeing of infants and young children. Based on a case study with a focus on practice, this webinar explores key concepts and evidence of infant and early childhood mental health, and the importance of using a child-centred and family-focused approach. -
Practice paper
Working with children to prevent self-blame after disclosures of child sexual abuse
Dan Moss and Clare KlapdorThis paper is aimed at practitioners who want to respond to disclosures of child sexual abuse in ways that challenge self-blame in safe and respectful ways. It provides strategies to help practitioners support a child who has disclosed sexual abuse, either while waiting for a referral to a specialist service, or while continuing to work with the child in a general or specialised capacity. It follows the Emerging Minds paper, 'Making use of practitioners’ skills to support a child who has been sexually abused'. -
In focus
In focus: Prevention and early intervention
Emerging MindsPrevention and early intervention in the life of a child, or the life of a vulnerability or difficulty, are vital elements in improving infant and child mental health. This resource outlines the difference between prevention and early intervention, strategies for identifying mental health concerns and supports for families and practitioners. -
In focus
In focus: Child, family and practitioner voice
Emerging MindsWithin the mental health context, service delivery can be designed to honour the participants' voices: children, families and practitioners. This resource includes information about the aspects to consider when service organisations prioritise the voices of children, families and practitioners in service co-design.