• A child and family services’ guide to the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) | AIFS

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    The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) is a major study following the development of 10,000 young people and their families. It is conducted in partnership between the Department of Social Services and the Australian Institute of Family Studies. The study began in 2004 with a representative sample of infants (0–1-year-olds) and children (4–5-year-olds) from urban and rural […]

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  • The positive impact of prosocial behaviours on mental health in children and adolescents

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    This webinar will explore recent LSAC research that found childhood prosocial behaviours are associated with positive adolescent mental health. This webinar will: Explore the relationship between prosocial behaviours and mental health symptoms Describe how childhood involvement in volunteering can buffer against poor mental health in adolescence Provide guidance for child and family services and practitioners […]

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  • Preventing emotional abuse of children: The role of parenting support | AIFS

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    Recent research suggests emotional abuse in childhood is highly prevalent and contributes to a range of physical, social and psychological problems. Despite this, emotional abuse in childhood is poorly understood compared to other forms of child maltreatment, such as physical or sexual abuse, and is often overlooked in practice settings. In partnership with the National […]

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  • Supporting children and young people bereaved by domestic homicide | AIFS

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    The murder of a child’s parent in the context of domestic violence is a traumatic experience that has immediate and long-term effects on a child’s social, emotional and cognitive development. Children and young people may experience ongoing distress, safety concerns and family conflict. Many also face the loss of the perpetrator parent. Although supporting these […]

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  • Effective professional supervision for children’s wellbeing | AIFS

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    This webinar will help you: reflect on how supervision can influence child outcomes apply or seek out supervision strategies that promote child-aware approaches consider how to include reflective practice as part of the supervisor-supervisee relationship cultivate supervision practices as a partnership where both parties can learn, reflect and develop. This webinar will be useful to […]

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  • Supporting children’s wellbeing when working with separating parents | AIFS

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    This webinar will explore how practitioners can make children’s wellbeing central to conversations with parents who are navigating separation and/or divorce. This webinar will help you: understand the potential impacts of separation on parents, the parent–child relationship, and children’s mental health and wellbeing consider how you can make children’s wellbeing a central aspect of conversations […]

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  • Behaviour support for children with disability: working alongside parents | AIFS

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    This webinar will explore how professionals can work alongside parents who have a child with disability who requires support to regulate their emotions or who communicates through behaviour. This webinar will help you: Develop an understanding of how behaviour can be a form of communication for children with disability Explore approaches and supports to help […]

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  • Violence against pets in the context of intimate partner violence: supporting victim-survivors | AIFS

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    This webinar is intended for both general and specialist practitioners working in child and family services including general family support, mental health care and health care, family and relationship services, social workers, counsellors and psychologists. It will also be relevant to practitioners working in animal welfare or veterinary services. This webinar will help you: understand […]

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  • How to support the inclusion of children with disability using embedded learning support practices | AIFS

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    This webinar will introduce a framework for embedded learning support practices for children with disability – including what and when children can learn, how to support learning, and how to make decisions about learning for children with disability. This webinar will help you: gain insight into the current Australian policy and practice context for early […]

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