Supporting mental health from infancy is one of the most effective ways to improve lifelong outcomes for children and help reduce long-term human and service costs.
Emerging Minds free and evidence-based infant and toddler mental health resources support all leaders and practitioners to:
- consider opportunities for service quality improvement
- develop a shared understanding of infant mental health
- better understand factors that impact on infant mental health
- develop collective ways to support families
- increase confidence to start conversations with parents and caregivers around infant mental health, and
- improve provision of timely and responsive support.
Emerging Minds free and evidence-based infant and toddler mental health resources support all leaders and practitioners to:
- consider opportunities for service quality improvement
- develop a shared understanding of infant mental health
- better understand factors that impact on infant mental health
- develop collective ways to support families
- increase confidence to start conversations with parents and caregivers around infant mental health, and
- improve provision of timely and responsive support.
Free evidence-based infant and toddler mental health resources:
- Practice paper: What is infant mental health and how can it be supported?
This paper raises practitioner awareness about supporting infant mental health, especially for workers not specialised in this field. It outlines ways to work with parents or caregivers to help infants, including when mental health challenges arise. - In focus: Infant and toddler mental health
This article looks at how babies and toddlers grow and develop from birth to age three. It explains what can affect their mental health and shares resources to help spot problems early and provide support to children and families. - Podcast: Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants during the first 2,000 days
In this podcast, cultural consultants Dana Shen and Shirley Young explore practices that support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants and families’ wellbeing during the first 2,000 days.
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