Emerging Minds Podcast

This episode is the second in a two-part series exploring work with women and children who have experienced trauma and disadvantage throughout their lives (you can find the first episode  here ). In this episode, we speak with Lisa Hofman and Gaby Munro, who work with mothers and their children (under the age of eight) while they undergo treatment for substance use.   Many of the children who atte...

How do you engage children when working with them remotely via video? In this episode, Tayla Iellamo, an occupational therapist who works for Royal Far West, shares her experience of delivering telehealth services to children in rural and remote areas. Tayla has worked as an OT for five years and has been delivering telehealth services through the Windmill and Telecare programs at Royal Far West f...

How might children’s social and emotional wellbeing be affected by the changes brought about in response to the COVID-19 pandemic? In this bonus episode, Brad Morgan, Director of Emerging Minds, discusses some challenges that might be coming up for families at this time as they navigate spending more time at home together. Tune in to this discussion to hear about what infants, toddlers, and childr...

Women who have experienced trauma and disadvantage throughout their lives are much more likely to develop mental health difficulties and substance use issues. This can seriously affect their ability to parent in safe and consistent ways, and can have significant negative impacts on children.   In the first episode of this two-part podcast series, Christine Watson, Clinical Director at Kamira Alcoh...

This two-part podcast series features a collection of parents talking about their children who live with disability. In part two, Chris, Jacqui and Lisa discuss some of the ways in which professionals can support their children’s wellbeing.

Children are shaped and influenced by a range of individual, social and environmental factors, all of which go into making the ‘whole child’. Children living with disability experience the same range of emotions as every other child; and their mental health and wellbeing are influenced by the same factors as other children’s.    Parents and professionals might see a child’s social and emotional we...

Colleen Lovegrove and Diana Uribe describe their approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait families as part of the Kornar Winmil Yunti team (KWY).

In this podcast, Craig Rigney, CEO of KWY shares how he walks alongside families in his work to provide a holistic family model of care.

In this podcast, Sue-Anne Hunter talks about her work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the out-of-home care system. She discusses ways to heal trauma through evidence-based practices, and how integrating these practices within a cultural framework can benefit both children and practitioners.

In this podcast, Aboriginal Elder, Millie Penny and Carol Michie from Telethon Kids explore Millie’s story of resilience and ongoing fight to support the needs of Aboriginal children, and how they have informed their work on the Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort (Our Children, Our Heart) project.

In this podcast, Catherine Chamberlain talks about her perinatal work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents, through the ‘Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future’ project.

Dr Pamela Douglas is a general practitioner and medical director of Possums & Co., a charity which educates health professionals in evidence-based neuroprotective developmental care, including the Possums Baby and Toddler Sleep Program. Pamela is an adjunct associate professor with the Maternal Newborn and Families Research Group at Griffith University, and Senior Lecturer with the Primary Car...

How can the voices of people with lived experience be authentically incorporated into resource and service design?  This episode continues the conversation from part 1, exploring the process of co-design through the case study of Emerging Minds’ practice paper, Supporting children and families: How does co-design invite us to think differently? Child and family partner coordinator, Lydia Trowse is...

In this conversation, we explore the process of co-design through the case study of Emerging Minds’ practice paper, Supporting children and families: How does co-design invite us to think differently? Child and family partner coordinator, Lydia Trowse is joined by co-authors Jason Tyndale (child and family partner), Jackie Amos (psychiatrist), and Rhys Price-Robertson (researcher) to discuss how t...

In this episode, we are joined by Danielle Abbott from The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI). Dani has worked with TACSI for 10 years, exploring innovative ways of working with tough and complex issues. She is the Quality Implementation Lead for Family by Family and the Virtual Village programs, which have been codesigned with families for families. These programs combine the lived e...

In this episode, Rachel describes how she has developed schema therapy and understandings of attachment to help parents and children in her practice, particularly those who experience high sensitivity. Rachel’s work is informed by research which suggests that 31% of people fall into the highly sensitive category, and that high sensitivity makes people more aware and reactive to the environment aro...

This is part 2 of our conversation about using speech pathology to support children who’ve experienced complex trauma. Speech pathologist, Kate Headley, continues to explore the approaches she uses to ensure her work is child-centred, and elaborates on the role of speech pathology in a multidisciplinary complex trauma service.

This is the first part of a conversation exploring the role of speech pathology in supporting children who’ve experienced complex trauma. Speech pathologist, Kate Headley, provides rich examples of how she builds trusting relationships with children to support their language and communication needs.

Identifying developmental concerns in children can be challenging for practitioners, especially after the early years. Work by speech pathologist, Susan Pagel has led to the Red Flags Guide: a guide to support practitioners and parents to discuss children’s development and more easily identify where they might need specialist support.

Resilience is a crucial part of positive mental health in infants and children. It is important that people who work with children have a sound understanding of the factors that help children grow, stay strong and remain present.

Children who experience violence or trauma at home commonly experience increased feelings of shame over time. Without support, these feelings can have significant negative effects on children’s mental health, and can convince them that they are responsible for adult perpetration of violence.

In this candid interview, Secrecy shares the role they play in preventing children from accessing the services they need after experiencing sexual abuse. They discuss the history of their role in suppressing community awareness of child sexual abuse, and the ways in which they deprive children and adults of the information they need to prevent and respond to abuse.   Secrecy shares with us their c...

In this episode we learn more from experienced practitioners about working with parents with substance use issues in child focused ways. What are the other background or coexisting factors for these families? How can child focused practice help break intergenerational cycles of substance use issues in the family and find out more about what practitioners can do to help.

In this episode, we will be talking with practitioners and listening to their experiences in working with parents with substance use issues. We will be learning about how children can be impacted by their parent/s’ substance use and about how practitioners can help improve outcomes for children’s mental health and wellbeing by adopting a child-focused approach in their practice.

What might children be experiencing this Christmas, in light of the unique and challenging year that 2020 has been? In this episode, three of our team members share their perspectives on how the events of 2020 might affect children and families this holiday season, and offer suggestions for ways families can support each other during this time. Tune in to hear from Emerging Minds’ director, Brad M...