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Building parents’ understanding of play to nurture infant and toddler mental health
Play can be a powerful tool in supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of infants and toddlers. This webinar will explore how clinicians can utilise play interventions with parents, infants and toddlers to promote connection, communication and overall mental health.
Learning Outcomes
- Explore the significance of play for infant and toddler mental health.
- Outline how play interventions can be applied across the infant mental health spectrum.
- Discuss parent and child vulnerabilities that impact on child’s experience of play.
- Identify multidisciplinary perspectives for supporting parents to play with their children to nurture secure relationships, build infant and toddlers communication skills, and promote social and emotional development.
Panel List
- Dr. Rickie Elliot (NSW - Clinical Psychologist)
- Lauren Haskins (NSW - Speech pathologist)
- Laura (NSW - Child and family partner)
Facilitator: Vicki Mansfield (NSW - Practice Development Officer)
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This webinar was produced in June 2022. The Mental Health Professionals’ Network’s webinars are produced for mental health professionals. The information is intended for suitably-experienced mental health professionals and does not replace clinical judgement and decision making. It is intended for use as a guide of a general nature only and may or may not be relevant to particular patients or circumstances. The subject matter is not exhaustive of any mental health conditions presented. Health professionals implementing any recommendations contained in the webinar must exercise their own independent skill or judgement or seek appropriate professional advice relevant to their own particular circumstances when so doing. Any information presented in the webinar recording was deemed relevant at the time of the live event and after this date has not been reviewed. No guarantee can be given that the information is free from error or omission. Accordingly, MHPN and its employees and agents shall have no liability (including without limitation liability by reason of negligence) to any users of the information contained in any MHPN webinar for any loss or damage (consequential or otherwise) cost or expense incurred or arising by reason of any person using or relying on the information contained in MHPN webinars and whether caused by reason of any error, negligent act, omission or misrepresentation of the information.