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In this episode, we’re joined by Dr Jacqueline McGowan-Jones, Commissioner for Children and Young People in Western Australia, for a yarn ab...
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Welcome to the Emerging Minds podcasts. Listen to conversations with experts on a variety of topics related to children's social and emotional wellbeing. Our episodes offer insightful eviden...
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Understanding the complexity of attachment and child development
Dr Tommie Forslund is a Swedish developmental psychologist and researcher with an interest in infant and child mental health and parenting....
Child-focused practice with parents who use substances
In this episode, host Nicole Rollbusch is joined by Alicia Phillips, a family therapist in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) sector, to talk...
The power of child-led play
In this episode, we speak with occupational therapist Sarah Seekamp about the importance of play for children’s mental health and their soci...
Practitioner narratives about supporting social and emotional wellbeing for children and families
This podcast is a little bit different. In this episode, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and practitioners share their reflect...
Incorporating children’s voices into practice and processes
In this episode, we’re joined by Becca Allchin, an occupational therapist and clinical researcher. Becca shares her experience in engaging w...
Supporting the communication needs of children with complex trauma
How can practitioners support the communication needs of children who have experienced complex trauma? In this episode, speech pathologist K...
Championing infant mental health capability in paediatric care
Paediatricians are trusted entry points for families seeking mental health support – but they require the right skills, structures and suppo...
Holding infants in mind: Building workforce capacity through a champions approach
Early relationships underpin infant mental health and lifelong wellbeing – but not all practitioners in the Australian mental health workfor...
Ways to support young people experiencing loneliness and bullying
In this episode, we’re joined by Amber Brock-Fabel and Dr Ben Lohmeyer, the authors of a recent study about young people’s experiences of lo...
How is loneliness impacting young people in Australia?
This two-part series focuses on a recent Australian study about loneliness and its relationship with young people’s experiences of bullying...
Supporting infants with developmental differences
When adults are supported to pause, tune in and respond to an infant’s cues, they can build the strong relationships that underpin lifelong...
Looking beyond behaviour – part one
In this episode from the Emerging Minds Families podcast, Dr Billy Garvey (author, podcaster and developmental paediatrician) explores emoti...
From rhetoric to reality: Celebrating 30 years of advancing children’s mental health
In this episode, Emerging Minds’ Phil Robinson (Founder and Chair) and Brad Morgan (Director) reflect on how our understanding of and approa...
Organisational allyship: A non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander view
In the second episode of this two-part series, Lisa Hillan, a non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social worker, talks about her exper...
Perfectly imperfect: Navigating new parenthood and perinatal mental health
In recognition of Perinatal Mental Health Week, Amy Mathews joins us to share wisdom gained from her lived experience of perinatal mental he...
Organisational allyship: An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander view
In the first episode of this two-part series, Grant Sarra, a Goreng Goreng man from Queensland, joins us to share an Aboriginal perspective...
How can we do better? Supporting children’s mental health in Australia
In this episode, practitioners, researchers, parents and young people explore strategies and shifts to better support infant, child and adol...
What does the future hold for children's mental health in Australia?
To mark the 200th episode of the Emerging Minds podcast, we wanted to look to the future of infant and child mental health in Australia. Pra...
Talking to children and young people about consent
In this episode from our Emerging Minds Families podcast, Kirsty (Schools Coordinator, Shine SA) discusses ways to equip children with the k...