Emerging Minds Podcast

In this episode, we speak to Bill Wilson about what effective engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and children looks like in non-Indigenous services. Bill is a narratively-trained social and emotional wellbeing worker who has worked extensively in the fields of alcohol and drugs, child protection, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and men’s health. He is a strong advocate for the strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities and the opportunity for them to be the change agents in their own lives.

In this episode you will learn: 

What does holistic engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families look like?  (02:58)

How to build rapport at the first engagement 04:13)

How service flexibility can increase engagement (08:16)

Therapeutic approaches that are effective with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (16:30)

The preferred terminology used by Emerging Minds in our resources is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, as guided by our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing National Consultancy Group.

Further information and resources: 

Aboriginal mainstream service experience – where are we now? How data has shaped our response

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority

More information on motivational interviewing

Learn ways of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families that create genuine engagement and lead to culturally safe services.

In this episode, we speak to Bill Wilson about what effective engagement of Aboriginal families and children looks like in non-Aboriginal services. Bill is a narratively-trained social and emotional wellbeing worker who has worked extensively in the fields of alcohol and drugs, child protection, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), Aboriginal education, and Aboriginal men’s health. He is a strong advocate for the strength of Aboriginal people and communities and the opportunity for them to be the change agents in their own lives.

In this episode you will learn: 

 -What does holistic engagement of Aboriginal families look like?  (02:58)

– How to build rapport at the first engagement 04:13)

– How service flexibility can increase engagement (08:16)

-Therapeutic approaches that are effective with Aboriginal communities (16:30)

Further information and resources: 

Aboriginal mainstream service experience – where are we now? How data has shaped our response

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority

More information on motivational interviewing

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In this episode, we speak with Sarah Seekamp about the importance of play for child social and emotional wellbeing. Sarah is an occupational therapist and has spent much of her career working in primary health care settings. Her work has had a strong focus on supporting parents to play with their children in ways that encourage healthy growth and development.

In this episode you will learn:

Why child-led play is necessary for healthy development (03:04)

How parents can support child-led play (05:49)

How practitioners can use play to support parent-child relationships (12:57)

Why parents can find it hard to let children lead (17:32)

 

Further information and resources: 

Practice paper: Parent-child play: A mental health promotion strategy for all children

In this episode, we speak with Sarah Seekamp about the importance of play for child social and emotional wellbeing. Sarah is an occupational therapist and has spent much of her career working in primary health care settings. Her work has had a strong focus on supporting parents to play with their children in ways that encourage healthy growth and development.

Why child-led play is necessary for healthy development (03:04)

How parents can support child-led play (05:49)

How practitioners can use play to support parent-child relationships (12:57)

Why parents can find it hard to let children lead (17:32)

 

Practice paper: Parent-child play: A mental health promotion strategy for all children

In this episode, we speak with Sarah Seekamp about the importance of play for child social and emotional wellbeing. Sarah is an occupational therapist and has spent much of her career working in primary health care settings. Her work has had a strong focus on supporting parents to play with their children in ways that encourage healthy growth and development.

In this episode you will learn:

Why child-led play is necessary for healthy development (03:04)

How parents can support child-led play (05:49)

How practitioners can use play to support parent-child relationships (12:57)

Why parents can find it hard to let children lead (17:32)

 

Further information and resources: 

Practice paper: Parent-child play: A mental health promotion strategy for all children

 

Listen to more episodes

 

Welcome to the Emerging Minds podcast series. Your host Sophie Guy speaks to a wide range of practitioners – from GPs to social workers to psychiatrists – on a variety of topics related to children’s mental health.  

We’ll look at the issue of family violence and what it’s like to work with men who use violence; the story of how one organisation has successfully created a culturally authentic service for Aboriginal community; and a psychiatrist’s journey to understand intergenerational transmission of trauma and how parent-child relationships can be healed.  

Other episodes explore adverse childhood experiences; the role of GPs in supporting child social and emotional wellbeing; and the power of play for strengthening parent-child relationships.  

Join us to gain practical wisdom and to learn more about what we can all do to support children’s mental health.

Welcome to the Emerging Minds podcast series. Join us each fortnight as we speak with a wide range of practitioners - from GPs to social workers to psychiatrists - on a variety of topics related to children’s mental health.

In this episode, we sit down with the Director of the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health, Brad Morgan, to discuss why supporting the mental health of children under 12 years is so important. Brad is trained as an occupational therapist and brings with him a wealth of wisdom and experience, having previously led the Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) initiative. Tune in to learn why the mental health of children often flies under the radar and the approach that the National Workforce Centre is taking to support practitioners and other professionals to strengthen children’s mental health.  

In this episode you will learn: 

The role of emotions in good mental health and child development  (06:42)

What is known about children’s mental health in Australia? (09:41)

Why children as a group miss out on services (15:25)

The National Workforce Centre’s approach to supporting children’s mental health (19:39)

In this episode, we sit down with the Director of the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health, Brad Morgan, to discuss why supporting the mental health of children under 12 years is so important. Tune in to learn why the mental health of children often flies under the radar and the approach that the National Workforce Centre is taking to support practitioners and other professionals to strengthen children's mental health.