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Introduction to Polyvagal Parenting: Our autonomic nervous system as parents and children

trauma-informed practice

Session 1 of a series facilitated by Polyvagal Institute. Expert trainer and clinician Dafna Lender presents practical applications for building safety and connection with children. In this session we will explore everyday examples of safety and connection (ventral), dysregulation (sympathetic/dorsal) and repair (return to ventral). We will learn how our nervous system influences our children and vice versa, and discuss ways to get yourself into a calm and open state (ventral) so you can influence your child in a positive way.

Sexualised Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships

FVSV
2024

This webinar addresses sexualised violence and coercion when working with users of intimate partner violence, to further encourage open and respectful conversation on this often-taboo topic.

FASD: eLearning Modules (FREE)

FASD

The Australian Guide to the Diagnosis of FASD will give clinicians the confidence to consider a diagnosis of FASD, the knowledge to make the diagnosis and the information they need to manage or refer an individual and family and to take the steps to prevent FASD.

Policy Brief: Young women’s mental health

adolescent violence, mental health
2024

The significance of gender-based violence as a key driver in young women’s disproportionate experiences of mental ill-health.

Working therapeutically with children who have experienced trauma from physical or sexual abuse

child sexual abuse, trauma-informed practice

This webinar by MHPN includes an interdisciplinary panel of experts explore how practitioners can respond to the challenges of working therapeutically with children and their families when children have experienced physical or sexual abuse.

Pornography: How its use shows up in the work with men

FVSV
2024

NTV’s Head of Sector Development hosts a panel discussion to further explore how pornography use shows up in the work with men and what are we hearing from victim survivors.

Webinar: Neurodiversity and substance use

alcohol and other drugs, Neurodivergence

Dr. Eddie Mullen (Psychiatrist, Orygen Specialist Services) facilitates this webinar on developmental perspectives of substance use from early adolescence into adulthood and how this can inform our approach to screening, assessment and offering evidence-based treatment as well as the intersection of youth, neurodivergence and addiction.

Clinical utility and psychometric properties of tools for early detection of developmental concerns and disability in young children: A scoping review

FASD, Neurodivergence
2024

This comprehensive scoping review provides recommendations on the best evidence-based tools to detect and identify developmental concerns or disability in young children.

Unpacking the intersection of alcohol and gendered violence

alcohol and other drugs, FVSV
2024

This webinar unpacks the intersection between alcohol and gendered violence, and provides an overview of current evidence from a panel with expertise in public health policy, lived experience and research.

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