• Webinar: Preventing childhood emotional abuse: Prioritising action | AIFS

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    National Child Protection Week (NCPW) is a big week for the sector and we’re very proud to be partnering with the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) for another important webinar. This year we’ll be picking up the conversation from the NCPW webinar from 2023 on childhood emotional abuse. The theme […]

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  • Identifying and responding to child sexual abuse: Supporting the mental health of children and young people | AIFS

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    Presenters: Stacy Oehlman (National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse), Kirby Burgess (Lived Experience Advocate) and Dan Moss (Emerging Minds) This webinar will explore how to identify and respond to child sexual abuse in ways that support healing, mental health and wellbeing. This webinar will help you: - identify the signs of child sexual […]

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  • Webinar: Promoting wellbeing in neurodivergent families | AIFS

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    In Australia, an estimated 1 in 5 people are neurodivergent – meaning their brains function, learn and process information differently to the current social and cultural norm. Neurodivergent people can have a range of clinical diagnoses but can also self-identify without a clinical diagnosis.   Neurodivergence often runs in families, and a growing number of […]

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  • Webinar: Language matters: Building respectful relationships with disabled clients*

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    The language we use with clients has the power to support, heal and empower. But words can also harm and dehumanise individuals. Although this is rarely intentional, research consistently suggests that recipients of health and social support services often feel disempowered, disrespected and excluded. Therefore, it is critical we all reflect on the language we […]

  • Surveys in the real world: What works and what doesn’t | AIFS

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    This webinar is the first in a three-part series on collecting and using evidence in the context of Australian child and family services.   In our first episode, Sharnee Moore, Senior Research Fellow and manager of the Evidence and Evaluation Support team, sat down with Michelle Harrison, Senior Research Specialist, at the Parenting Research Centre, […]

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  • RA National Webinar: Men’s behaviour change programs across the nation: diverse programs, common aims and how we create change | RAV & AIFS

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    Men’s behaviour change programs (MBCPs) are a key component of Australia’s efforts to prevent male violence against women. Yet, both nationally and internationally, these programs have operated without a solid understanding of whether and when they are effective in changing behaviour, and for which men. A stronger evidence base is key to delivering and refining […]

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  • Supporting neurodivergent families through separation and divorce |AIFS

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    Presenters: Rachel Samson - Psychologist, Federal Circuit and Family Court Australia Roxanne Nathan - Social Worker, Federal Circuit Court and Family Court Australia Bec - Lived experience parent and advocate Facilitator: Jacquie Lee - Emerging Minds Partner: Emerging Minds Date and time: 13 May 2026, 1:00 – 2:00PM (AEDT) Register here

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  • Preventing violence against women: Engaging men from culturally and linguistically diverse communities | AIFS

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    Presenters: Anu Krishnan, Jun Bin Lee, Tarang Chawla and Anagha Joshi This webinar will explore practical approaches to engage men from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the prevention of violence against women. This webinar will give you: • an understanding of some of the drivers of violence in culturally and linguistically diverse communities and […]

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  • Strengthening support for LGBTQ+ young people with disability | AIFS

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    This webinar will explore how practitioners can better support the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ young people with a disability. This webinar will give you: an introduction to intersectionality theory and how this framework can be applied in practice to help understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people with disability a better understanding of the factors that […]

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  • Creative approaches to support child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing | AIFS

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    Art and dance are forms of creative expression that allow children and adolescents to explore ideas, communicate feelings and connect with others. Drawing on research, practitioner knowledge and lived experience, this webinar will explore some of the ways art and dance can be used to support child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing in both […]

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