ACCYPN Webinar – 22 May 2024
ACCYPN Webinar
Wednesday 22 May 2024- Infant Mental health: Understanding the experience of infants and toddlers in hospital
ACCYPN invites you to join Helena Bean, Psychologist, Infant Mental Health Team, for a Webinar.
Members please use the registration link sent to you via email to access member rates.
Non-Members to access Member rates please click here and join as a member now and you will be emailed a link to register for the webinar at member rates.
Presentation: Infant Mental health: Understanding the experience of infants and toddlers in hospital
Date: Wednesday 22 May 2024
Presenter: Helena Bean
Time: 2:00 pm VIC/QLD/NSW/ACT (AEST) | 1.30pm SA (ACST) | 1:30pm NT (ACST) 12.00pm WA (ACST) (1 CPD Hour) (1/2 hour presentation with 15 minutes Q&A and 15 minutes open discussion)
Attendance: Live Webinar
Cost: Members (Free), Non Members $25.00
Registration: Online Registration
Non-Members to access Member rates please click here and join as a member now and you will be emailed a link to register for the webinar at member rates.
Disclaimer: The webinar will be recorded. As this webinar includes Q&A and open discussion, anyone who participates or has their video turned on may be included in the recording.
Title: Infant Mental health: Understanding the experience of infants and toddlers in hospital
Abstract of Presentation
Helena will talk about:
- The experience of infants and young children – what they perceive and are aware of and what their hospital experience can be like.
- Looking at how much infants can do, what they are capable of and aware of and therefore how they experience hospitalisation, medical procedures etc.
- Exploring this through the experience of parents, and how this also impacts the infant.
- Trauma / PTSD / medical trauma in infants, how it presents in hospital and the aftermath – how these hospital experiences / medical complexity or long admission after birth can continue to impact the child and family into the future.
- What we can do to reduce these risks and support an infant / toddler’s mental health.
- Some case studies to demonstrate how we can make a difference
Presenters BIO:
Helena is a clinical psychologist working in the infant mental health team at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. She has completed advanced training in infant mental health, and has a Doctor of Clinical Psychology from Monash University. Helena has a particular interest in hospitalised infants and young children and thinking about how we can support them and their families.
