eLearning Courses

COPMI eLearning Course - "Keeping Families and Children in Mind"

Who is this for?

• Mental health Professionals
• Medical, nursing and allied health professionals
• Social services
• Non-Government organisations

This course supports learners to develop a family sensitive approach when working with families where a parent has a mental illness. Six interactive learning modules encourage learners to reflect and evaluate their current practice and to develop strategies to support children, parents, carers and families when a parent is experiencing mental illness.

Professional Endorsement:

• RACGP - The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
• ACCRM - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
• APS - Australian Psychological Society
• OT Australia - Occupational Therapy Australia Ltd
• AASW - Australian Association of Social Workers
• ACMHN - Australian College of Mental Health Nurses
• RANZCP - Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 

COPMI eLearning Course - "Family Focus" (COMING SOON)

Who is this for?

• Experienced mental health professionals

• Access to the course is available for appropriately trained psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, pccupational therapists and general practitioners

This course provides training in the Family Focus intervention; an evidence-based preventive intervention for children and families where a parent has depression or anxiety. The course includes 6 online modules that include tools, checklists, printed materials, videos, intervention demonstrations and online activities that support mental health professionals to put the intervention into practice.

Professional Endorsement:

COMING SOON

Other FREE eLearning Courses

These educational courses 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 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 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.

See also    

• Professionals section
• Resource Search