Adults taking care of themselves - the importance of adults looking after their
own social and emotional wellbeing and asking for help so they can support children's wellbeing.
Drawing on their own life and professional experiences, the consultants have contributed their deep understandings of
social and emotional wellbeing from an Indigenous worldview.
As the most common chronic condition experienced by clients in this sample were
social and emotional wellbeing conditions, perceived improvements in this area are a significant outcome from program attendance.
As services and support offered through our ACCHOs are integral to the health,
social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal people, so is the role of Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs) as part of the clinical team and critical for ensuring key health issues or concerns are raised and managed appropriately.
While there are arguments to support program rationalisation, the Commonwealth's current approach contradicts their own research, for example into programs that
promote social and emotional wellbeing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, published in 2013.
A number of studies have favourably evaluated the effectiveness of Family Wellbeing Program in increasing capacity and empowerment,
improving social and emotional wellbeing and reducing violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
It is important that when applying the knowledge gained in using these resources, you do so in in the context of
what social and emotional wellbeing means for the families you are working with.
He said the recently released National Mental Health Commission Review recommended the establishment of mental health and
social and emotional wellbeing teams in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, linked to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specialist mental health services.
Research literature and advice from consultants with expertise in Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander social and emotional wellbeing suggests that the current rating system used to determine a program's evidence of effectiveness is inappropriate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs and projects.
It also shows how far we have come in our understanding of Aboriginal health over the past two decades, as evidenced by the unprecedented focus on
social and emotional wellbeing in the recently released National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013 - 2013.»
Currently, Ramahyuck has grown to encompass
social and emotional wellbeing programs, as well as primary health clinics, to specialise in culturally appropriate and comprehensive primary health services for Aboriginal people.
Guided by our values of collaboration, respect, enthusiasm, excellence, innovation and integrity, beyondblue's vision for reconciliation is for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to achieve their best
possible social and emotional wellbeing and have access to culturally appropriate support.
Family involvement with services or schools shows children that the service or school is important and that it is a safe place for them to be, which can have a positive impact on children's learning as well
as social and emotional wellbeing.
So its sounds like what you saying is that by linking the terms mental health, the words mental health
with social and emotional wellbeing upfront, it helped people to understand what mental health in early childhood looked like and also did it help them understand about mental health difficulties?
The Hunter Institute of Mental Health, which manages Mindframe, has also worked closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to support
social and emotional wellbeing across a range of programs.
They can also include events that challenge an infant's
social and emotional wellbeing such as a death in the family, or can be a chain of events that are linked to each other, such as ongoing family stress that leads to family separation.
Early childhood educators can take opportunities every day to create experiences and environments that support individual members of the community to learn, grow and nurture the essential life
skills social and emotional wellbeing.