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eLearning courses
- ‘Let’s talk about children’ – A brief, evidence-based method designed to assist mental health professionals and parents who experience mental illness to have a structured discussion about parenting and their child’s needs.
- ‘Family talk’ – An evidence-based, time-limited family intervention that aims to strengthen family communication, problem-solving and resilience.
- ‘Child Aware practice’ – Covers a range of activities designed to ensure that children of parents with mental illness get appropriate support from services that are working with their parents and carers.
- ‘Supervision for children’s wellbeing’ – For supervisors of front-line staff in adult-focused health and social services, to support staff to develop ‘Child Aware’ practice.
Other resources
- Mental Health Treatment Plan for adults and Mental Health Treatment Plan for children – incorporating parent and child needs (now on the GPMHSC website)
- Guidelines for general practitioners – This flow chart provides guidance for general practitioners to support children of parents with a mental illness.
- Browse free COPMI materials (including translated texts) – Delivery is free within Australia.
- The COPMI resource collection – Comprehensive resources on COPMI-related topics.
- See Gateway to Evidence that Matters (GEMS) research summaries of recent Australian and international research relating to children (aged 0-18 years) of parents with a mental illness, their parents and families.