Mental Health & Wellbeing
Spring Gully Primary School
The Loddon Children’s Health & Wellbeing Local offers free weekly education sessions that address mental health and wellbeing. Sessions are each Wednesday and available to parents or carers of children aged 0-11. These are available in person. The session is run by a mental health or allied health clinician.
Why join in?
- Talk to Local staff about your child.
- Ask any practical questions you have about parenting now.
Gain support for yourself as a parent.
Where: The Loddon Children’s Health & Wellbeing Local, 19 Helm Street, Kangaroo Flat, 3555. Note: Enter via the green porch at the back of the site.
Dates and Topics: Wednesdays at 9.30am
May 6 – Parent wellbeing
May 13 – All about anger
May 20 – Managing big feelings
May 27 – Tech troubles
June 3 – Anxiety in kids
June 10 – Family rules and consequences
June 17 – Sleep
If you have any questions, please contact Annette Clemments on 1800 433 977.
How to book: Book in here using this link. Alternatively, email icfhwlocals@bchs.com.au to book your place.
An example of what topics cover:
Anxiety and worry in Kids
Anxiety is very common in children. Understanding what anxiety is and what happens in the body when your child is anxious will help you to support your child to soothe and calm when they are anxious. This session provides strategies and involves practicing some of these strategies so you can try them at home.
Parent wellbeing
Parenting is a challenging job. It is often hard to take care of yourself and your family. This session explores the challenges of parenting and day to day ways to support yourself in this role. Having good mental health is really important meeting the demands of parenting.
Managing big feelings
Big feelings include anger, sadness, worry, and distress of any kind are hard to navigate. This session introduces you to the feelings thermometer and will help you understand your own feelings better so that you can help your child with their big feelings.
Tech troubles
What happens when your child is on technology a lot of the time? What affect is this having on their brain? Technology use is changing our brains as devices are addictive. This is causing problems for lots of families and children. There are no simple answers but lots of ideas about what you can try in your household to reduce tech use and offer other ways to engage in life.
Setting limits and family rules
Setting up rules and having consequences can be very hard. There are lots of reasons why we don’t do this. Children need to know the rules and have consequences to help them learn to cope with life. This session will help you to get started or add to your kit bag of rules and consequences. Having these helps households to enjoy life more.