Webinar series: Focus on infant and child mental health
Presenters: Monya Murch, Rebecca Jenkinson, Christine
Facilitator: Chris Dolman
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 1:00–2:00pm AEST Find your time zone.
Drawing on lived experiences of gambling harm and the expertise of professionals working with families and children, this webinar will explore:
- the links between gambling harm and other adversities faced by families
- the adverse impacts of shame, stigma and stereotypes associated with gambling harm on parents, their parenting, and their children’s social and emotional wellbeing
- how practitioners can support parents in ways that offer an alternative to shame and stigma to further improve outcomes for themselves and their children.
Background
Clinical work, research and lived experience accounts have found that gambling behaviour by parents can have a range of unintended impacts on those who are close to them, including their children and other family members. Referred to as gambling-related harm, these consequences can be physiological, psychological, social and relational.
Practitioners working in health, education, and social and community services may encounter gambling-related harm alongside a range of other complex circumstances faced by families. This can create uncertainty about how to practice in ways that also support the social and emotional wellbeing of children.
This webinar will be of interest to professionals working with parents in health, education, social and community service settings where gambling is adversely affecting their parenting and their children’s social and emotional wellbeing.
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This webinar is co-produced by CFCA and Emerging Minds in a series focusing on children’s mental health. AIFS and Emerging Minds work together as part of the Emerging Minds: National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health, which is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health under the National Support for Child and Youth Mental Health Program.