Self-directed online training
Event description
This course explores the ways practitioners can support parents, by providing reassurance, guidance, information, or resources, to promote positive mental health in their infant or toddler. This is referred to as ‘anticipatory guidance’.This course identifies opportunities for practitioners to have respectful and collaborative conversations with parents that support responsive and nurturing caregiving, starting from conception through to three years old.
You will examine the practical issues around working with parents to identify the most relevant and appropriate information or resources, taking into account the parent’s and family’s context and circumstances.
This session will cover:
- explore entry points and opportunities to have respectful and collaborative conversations with parents, with the aim of supporting them to promote positive social and emotional wellbeing for their infants
- understand and utilise practice positions for parent engagement when conducting these conversations
- reflect on ways to provide support and guidance that is relevant and appropriate to the parent’s, family’s and infant’s circumstances
- learn strategies for providing quality resources and information to parents.
Eligibility criteria
Categories:
Capability 8 - Working effectively with families, carers and supporters,
Capability 9 - Delivering holistic and collaborative assessment and care planning,
Capability 10 - Delivering compassionate care, support and treatment,
Working with infants, children, and younger persons
Disciplines:
Allied Health,
Lived Experience Workforce,
Medical,
Nursing,
Other
Levels:
Introductory,
Intermediate
Lifespans:
Adult
