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Inpatient and Community Mental Health Service Checklists

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Information about the COPMI initiative

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Resource Items

Resource items for use with and by families where a parent has a mental illness can be downloaded by clicking on the links or images below (please allow a few moments for the documents to download). Copies of these resource items can also be ordered online through our 'Resources' section or by completing the online order form. Materials are in PDF format. Acrobat Reader is required to view the booklets.

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Principles and Actions for Services and People Working with Children of Parents with a Mental Illness

This key document provides guidance for both organisations and individuals across a wide range of jurisdictions. It is the culmination of an extensive review of the literature and of consultations with parents who have a mental illness, their carers and children, service providers and experts.

principles and actions cover PDF 268kb

 

The Best For Me and My Baby

This booklet was developed with and for women with a mental health problem or mental illness - and their partners - who are thinking about having a baby, are new parents or are about to have a baby. It encourages health professionals and parents to work together to manage mental health during pregnancy and early parenthood and provides tips for parents and for supporting family and friends.

best for me and my baby cover PDF 592kb

 

Family Talk

Developed in partnership with families and young people, this booklet contains tips and information for parents with mental health problems, their children, other family members and support people. Topics include answering questions, discussing things as a family and planning for times when the parent may be unwell. Also included are 'press out' cards for children and young people to use to record their important phone numbers.

family talk cover PDF 790kb

 

Piecing the Puzzle Together: Raising young people when mental illness is part of your life

This booklet is for people living with a mental health problem or mental illness, whose children are aged between 2 and 7 years. It’s also for partners, family and friends. It contains helpful ideas about being the best parent you can when you’re not as well as you’d like to be and ways to support your child’s development during their special early years. Produced in consultation with consumers, carers, workers, academics and policy makers. A detachable Care Plan Folder is also available.

PDF 985kb

Helping To Piece The Puzzle Together

An Early Childhood Worker supplement to Piecing the Puzzle Together. An associated resource to assist early childhood workers who work with children and families where a parent has a mental illness or mental health problem. It was produced with input from staff in child care centres and junior primary education. Additional support resources for educators can also be found in the 'Workers Resources/'Early Childhood' section of this website.

PDF 1.62mb

 

Examples of talking to young children about mental illness

Parents share how they talk to children in the 2-7 year age group about their mental illness. Here are their stories....

 

Just Being Me

Produced in conjunction with MindMatters. A package of ideas for middle schools teachers using Helicopter Man and/or Lockie Leonard, Legend as class texts and who are interested in the following potential outcomes for students:

  • increasing students’ understanding of mental illness and its potential affect on families
  • reducing the stigma associated with mental illness
  • increasing students’ help seeking behaviours.

Ideas provided are mainly for use in English classes with associated links for Health and Physical Education, Society and Environment, Maths, Arts, Science and Design and Technology.

 

PDF 932kb

 

 

Saving Francesca: Ideas for Secondary School Teachers

This set of information was developed as part of the Children Of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) initiative's commitment to supporting teachers in developing student awareness of mental illness, reducing stigma, and increasing 'help seeking' behaviour.

cover imagePDF 82kb

 

 

Inpatient and Community Mental Health Service Checklists

Inpatient Mental Health Service Family Friendly Checklist (PDF 173kb)

Community Mental Health Service Family Friendly Checklist (PDF 172kb)

Check how family-friendly your inpatient or community mental health services are by comparing them with the COPMI Family Friendly Checklists. These checklists have been developed from information provided by parents with a mental illness, their partners, support people and children as well as service providers.

 

 

Care Plan

Baby Care Plan (PDF 340kb)

This plan was developed as part of the Children Of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) initiative for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. It is based on a children's plan concept developed by COMIC (Children of Mentally Ill Consumers). The support of the many people who assisted in its development and review is gratefully acknowledged.

Visit the 'Care Plans' section on our Resources page to view other care plans.

 

COPMI initiative posters

 

COPMI Website: Promotional Posters.

These promotional posters can be downloaded and used as a reminder on office notice boards, handed out to interested individuals, or posted in appropriate health environments.

 

Keeping In Touch With Your Children Menu.

Produced by the Northern Psychiatric Unit, Northern Area Mental Health Service, NorthWestern Mental Health, Victoria.
The Keeping In Touch With Your Children Menu was designed to enable use within any adult acute psychiatric inpatient unit in Australia.
If it is used to develop practice initiatives we would love to hear about them. Email: Angela Obradovic, Chief Social Worker, Northern Area Mental Health Service at Angela.Obradovic@mh.org.au

Please be aware before downloading that these are very large files due to their high quality.
A compressed version (lo res) is also available below but contains a watermark from the free compression software.

 

COPMI Website: 'Tips' section promotional flyers.

These promotional flyers (208kb) may be downloaded and handed out at training sessions, information venues, used in waiting rooms, passed on between friends etc. The more Tips on the site, the more useful it is to others!

Information about the COPMI initiative

 

COPMI information broadsheets

 

 

 

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