Working with Children & Youth

Children’s Anxiety: What Adults Need to Know and Strategies for Management

Gain a basic understanding of anxiety and how it particularly relates to children and how to support parents and workers.

Understanding and Working with Attachment in Children and Adolescents

This workshop will provide an overview of traditional attachment theory as well as current approaches in relation to trauma in children and young people.

Trauma Informed Care: Providing Support to Children and Adolescents

Explore current research on trauma, including complex trauma, and the affects on development for children and adolescents.

Insight into Autism: Understanding People with Autism and Adapting Support to Meet Their Needs

Develop your understanding of people with autism, so that you can better respond to, and support them.

Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Youth: Motivational Tools for Harm Reduction

Develop your skills and increase your knowledge around supporting young people who present with alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues, from a harm reduction perspective.

Maternal Mental Health and Matrescence

Deepen your understanding of maternal mental health, matrescence and perinatal wellbeing to enhance your ability to support mothers and parents.

Managing Youth Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

This interactive workshop teaches participants the skills and information to support youth suicide, suicide attempt behaviours and self-injury (NSSI).

Supporting Children and Young People with the Experience of Loss and Grief

Gain an understanding of the issues, impacts, and supports that are relevant for children and young people who are going through experiences of loss and grief.

Supporting Children and Young People with the Experiences of Change

Ideas for the adults supporting young people through the experience of change.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Understanding the Impact on Adult Mental Health and Pathways to Healing

Gain an insider’s view on the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma and develop effective ways to provide support.

Understanding School Avoidance and How to Re-engage Young People

The Diversity of Neurodiversity

Gain a clearer understanding of neurodiversity in children. Learn practical strategies to support their behaviour, emotions, and sensory experiences.

Signing with Children

Many people are keen to learn NZSL but often unsure on how to get started. This session will be fun, interactive and will support you in practical ways to integrate NZSL and visual communication into your teaching