Parent Resources
Black Dog Institute: Navigating your Teen's Mental Health
Normal mood swings or clinically depressed –can you tell the difference?
Understanding mental health is a minefield for many of us, but that’s where we can help. Our presentation developed by experts has been designed to help you answer questions like this and gives you the knowledge and practical advice to:
- Identify depression from normal mood swings
- Understand the types of mental health concerns
- Recognise the symptoms of depression and anxiety
- Know when professional help is needed
- Understand the range of treatment options
- Have open, meaningful conversations
- Spot and monitor the warning signs
Our free, 45 minute sessions are presented by community members with lived experience of mental illness. The presenters speak from the heart, sharing their personal story as well as our expert knowledge.
Sign up to the webinars here:
Elevate Webinar - Smart Study: Note Taking and Memory
Dear Parents,
Elevate Education is running their second webinar in the series for Term 3 on Wednesday 18th August at 7pm. To reserve your spot, you can register for freebelow:
You can register by clicking here.
TOPIC: SMART STUDY: NOTE TAKING & MEMORY
DATE: Wednesday 18th August
TIME: 7pmCOST: Free
The webinar is run live online from 7pm – 8pm where the presenter will share Elevate’s key research and skills, and will conduct a live Q&A so you can ask them questions directly.
Should you have questions or would like to contact Elevate directly, their details are listed below.
auscoaching@elevateeducation.com
https://au.elevateeducation.com
https://www.facebook.com/ElevateEd/
Relationships Australia: Parenting Teens and Managing Screens
How can we still connect to our teens when screens take up so much of their attention, time and worries?
Are you:
- Concerned about screen time and your teen?
- Worried about screen time impacting on your teen’s health, sleep, mental wellbeing and social skills?
- Feeling like screen time has gotten a bit out of hand since the onset of COVID-19?
- Needing reassurance that your teen is going okay?
- Experiencing tech temper tantrums and battling to limit screen time?
- Perplexed by how different your teen’s experience is to your memories of being a teenager?
- Wanting to learn some skills to connect to thee motions underneath the screen battles? curious about adolescent development in the modern world?
In this two-hour session, we will cover key developmental changes that are happening for your teen.
We will consider the positive and negative aspects of screens in our teen’s lives; support our teens emotional intelligence and resilience; and ways to help you better connect with them.
For more information please see the attached flyer.
Butterfly Foundation: Let's Talk Body Confident Children and Teens
With a focus on prevention, this sessions provides information and practical tips to help parents understand and promote positive body image in the home. This session is being offered as part of Butterfly's Body Kind Families initiative and by registering you will automatically receive access to free Body Kind Families resources.
Format: Live Virtual Presentation using Zoom 5.0
Length: 1hr, plus 15 minutes for questions
Time: 7 - 8.15pm (AEST)
Suitable for: Carers of primary and secondary age children. Please note this session is not designed for children to attend or for those caring for someone with an eating disorder.
You will explore:
- Overview of body image and the importance of prevention
- Key influences on body image, including social media
- The impact of diet culture and weight stigma
- Reducing appearance talk and how to respond when a child expresses negativity towards themselves/others
- The power of role modelling positive body image and healthy behaviours
- Understanding warning signs and the importance of early intervention
- What to do if you are concerned.
Body Kind Families is proudly supported by nib foundation.
For more information and registration, please click here.