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Emerging Minds

Video

How to use neurodivergent-affirming strategies to support child mental health


Children with autism or ADHD have specific strengths but we live in a world designed for neurotypical brains. This can be a difficult and disabling experience for many children. This webinar explores how practitioners, educators and parents can use neurodivergent-affirming strategies to better support the mental health and wellbeing of autistic and ADHD children.
Guide

How the experiences and circumstances of culturally and linguistically diverse children and families influence child mental health


This paper explores how the experiences of children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds can affect child mental health. It looks specifically at the experiences of parents and children who migrated to Australia for non-humanitarian reasons, such as work, education or family.
Report

What works to improve young children’s social, emotional and behavioural wellbeing?


This rapid evidence review identifies national and international prevention and early intervention programs that are effective at improving the social, emotional and behavioural health of at-risk children under the age of five.
Conference proceedings

Youth mental health and COVID-19: 2021 Policy Lab briefing note


This paper summaries the discussions that emerged from a conference exploring the impacts of COVID-19 and related responses on the mental health of young people in disadvantaged, marginalised and vulnerable groups in the United Kingdom.
Guide

Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and children living with disability


This series of tip sheets has been co-designed with Aboriginal families who care for children living with disability. It is primarily designed for non-Indigenous workers supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families where a child is living with disability.