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Online course
The impact of parental substance use on the child
Emerging MindsThis course - the first in a suite - provides you with an introduction to the impact of parental alcohol and other drugs (AOD) use, or substance use, on children. -
Online course
Parental substance use and child-aware practice
Emerging MindsThis course examines preventative opportunities and entry points to promote children’s mental health with parents in the context of parental substance use. It provides examples of conversations with parent-clients who are using substances in ways that affect the social and emotional wellbeing of their children. The course will provide you with a conversation guide, which is easily incorporated into your current practice, to assist your work with parents who are affected by substance use. This guide recognises the challenges for practitioners in working with presentations of substance use. It also recognises the importance of making children’s safety and social and emotional wellbeing visible in all services. -
Practice paper
Working with mothers affected by substance use: Keeping children in mind
Dan Moss, Ruth Crooke, Nicole Rollbusch & Jacquie Lee, Emerging MindsMore than ever, practitioners are tasked with engaging mothers with co-existing issues in conversations about the social and emotional wellbeing of their children. The ability to have these conversations in ways that focus on the child’s needs, while not further stigmatising disadvantaged mothers, is an increasingly necessary skill. -
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
Keeping the infant and toddler in mind
Emerging MindsCurious, reflective conversations with parents about parent-child interactions can promote infant and toddler mental health. This online course will provide you with an introduction to a relationship-based framework that promotes the mental health of children aged 0-5 years. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: May 2022
VariousThis May 2022 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 that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. -
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. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: April 2022
VariousThis April 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 that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. -
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.