HDA and AAIMH forum

Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) and Australian Association for Infant Mental Health SA branch (AAIMH) forum on The clinician, the family, and systems: Building infant mental health into the future.

As Infant Mental Health Awareness Week approaches (10-16 June) this year鈥檚 theme is 鈥楽peak up for the babies鈥�. This forum seeks to increase awareness and build infant mental health into the future by combining the clinician, the family and the systems involved.

OUR SPEAKERS

Sally Watson, SA branch President, Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH) - AAIMH and building our workforce competencies.

Dr Patricia O鈥橰ourke, Child Psychotherapist and Psychodramatist / Senior Lecturer, Paediatric Mental Health Training Unit, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide 鈥� The Maternal Looking Guide: A clinical tool to identify perinatal support needs.

Lynly Mader, Senior Occupational Therapist, Infant Mental Health Therapist, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service, Women鈥檚 and Children鈥檚 Hospital, Women鈥檚 and Children鈥檚 Health Network - Infant mental health within a paediatric hospital: Supporting the infant-parent relationship within the context of a medical diagnosis.

Joy Makepeace, Kamilaroi / Murrawari woman from North Western New South Wales - Infant Mental Health Education Interpretation for Aboriginal Team and Community.聽Meaning making in culture.

OUR CHAIR

Rachael Yates, Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery, Women鈥檚 and Children鈥檚 Health Network / HDA Ambassador.

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