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Current courses

• 'Keeping Families and Children in Mind' - for mental health, allied health and the general public
• 'Family Focus' - for experienced mental health professionals
• 'Child Aware Supervision' - for supervisors of front-line staff in adult-focussed health and social services

COPMI resources are always developed under the guidance of people with lived experience of parental mental illness, leading researchers and service providers in the mental health field. 

Other FREE eLearning Courses

The educational courses below appear on external sites for professionals working with families and children where a parent has a mental illness.  Click on the orange arrows to view more.

Family Talk

‘Family Talk’ is a 6-8 session preventive intervention developed in the USA by Professor William Beardslee and colleagues for families and children where a parent experiences depression. The intervention has evidence for preventing depression in children and promoting family resilience. You can access this free online training by registering at FAMPod.

Let’s Talk

'Let’s Talk about the Children’ is a two-session intervention developed in Finland by Professor Tytti Solantus for families where a parent has mental illness.The intervention assists parents to identify and develop strategies to promote child and family strengths and to assist families to access additional services for children. You can access copies of the 6 training modules in the Health Professionals folder in the ‘Resource Pool’ at Kids Strengths.

Professionals Nurturing and Protecting Children: A Public Health Approach

The Australian Centre for Child Protection has developed this free training resource. It aims to support nursing and midwifery students and practitioners to develop the knowledge and skills to prevent child abuse and neglect and enhance the ability of families to nurture their children. It includes the module ‘Support for women and families experiencing mental illness’.

Parental mental health and families: eLearning

The UK’s Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has developed a number of free eLearning modules for professionals working with children and families where a parent has mental illness. These can be accessed from eLearning: Parental Mental Health and Families.