Oration: Child mental health policy and service reform
Professor Frank Oberklaid’s oration discussed the place of child mental health in public health care. Watch the recording.
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New bedtime books to teach healthy sleep habits
The new MCRI Sleep with KIP books are a fun and friendly tool for families to help manage common sleep problems in young children. Sleep problems in children are a … Continued
Supporting children’s mental health & wellbeing
The new Mental Health in Primary Schools website aims to keep schools, parents and policymakers informed about the program and provide resources to support children’s mental health and wellbeing in primary schools.
Co-designing a framework for engaging and working with families
We are seeking leaders and practitioners in early years health or education services to share their practice wisdom, experience and expertise to contribute to co-designing an Australian Early Years Relational Practice Framework.
Thriving Children, Thriving Communities series
This webinar series unites diverse perspectives to explore issues of significance to community child health.
Join us for our upcoming webinar on 31 May: Community listening
How can the education sector support children’s mental health?
A CCCH-led study reports clinicians’ views about how the education system could support student’s mental health.
Strengthening care for children
Discover how communities in the Wimmera Southern Mallee region of Victoria have been using a localised, family-centred model of care to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Help for parents with unsettled babies
Listen to a recent RCH podcast episode featuring CCCH paediatrician Dr Valerie Sung, who talks through common experiences for parents with unsettled babies and when and where to find help.
The indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents
A CCCH-led review explores the evidence of the potential indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and proposes five strategy areas to help mitigate these impacts.
How to increase participation in early years services
Our new Promising Practice in Best Start series captures what is being learnt through Best Start about how to use quality improvement to increase participation in early years services.