Past Webinar 12 November 2020
12 November 2020 – Enhancing access to parenting services through the use of digital technology supported practices
The ACCYPN invites you to join Dr Ailsa Munns Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator Child and Adolescent Nursing Programs at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Curtin University & Dr Jane Kohlhoff Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia and Research Fellow at Karitaneon (on behalf of wider research team: Dr Elaine Bennett, Prof Catherine Fowler, Ms Wendy Simpson) on a Webinar.
Session Title: Enhancing access to parenting services through the use of digital technology supported practices
Presenters: Dr Ailsa Munns & Dr Jane Kohlhoff (on behalf of wider research team: Dr Elaine Bennett, Prof Catherine Fowler, Ms Wendy Simpson)Date: Thursday 12 November 2020
Time: 1:00 pm QLD Time (AEST) (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
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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.
Abstract
Early Parenting Services (EPSs) in Australia and New Zealand have a long history of providing support for families, building parenting capacity, enhancing parent-child relationships, and strengthening family connections with community supports. Parents often contact an EPS when they require additional assistance with issues to do with their children’s sleep, nutrition, behaviour or parental adjustment and/or distress in the early years of life, particularly during the first two years. This assistance varies from providing individual information and education, or meeting parents in a group context, through to more specialised support such as individual parent/family consultations, counselling or therapeutic group work for the enhancement of the parent/child relationship.
Traditionally, EPSs have supported parents by using face-to-face methods. In recent years, however, many EPCs have adopted innovative digital technologies to improve service access for metropolitan and rural families. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this trend has increased exponentially; EPCs have undergone rapid transformations of their service delivery models to utilize digital technologies to enable the continuation of service provision despite social distancing requirements and other restrictions associated with the pandemic.
Presenter Bios
Dr Ailsa Munns is a Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator Child and Adolescent Nursing Programs at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Curtin University. Ailsa has significant experience as a researcher and clinician in community child, adolescent and family health in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations. A major research interest has been working in partnership with rural, remote and urban populations in the development and evaluation of peer support programs for families with children in the early years. Ailsa has supervised several Masters by Coursework students to completion and is currently co-supervising Masters of Philosophy and PhD students. Ailsa has a large publication record in peer reviewed journals, books and book chapters, and government reports. She has established professional and research relationships with the Department of Health, WA, Ngala, Telethon Kids, The Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University and Murdoch University’s Ngangk Yira Research Centre.
Dr Jane Kohlhoff is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia and Research Fellow at Karitane. Dr Kohlhoff works in collaboration with Karitane to conduct clinically-oriented and translational research in the areas of perinatal, infant and early childhood mental health. She has particular interest in attachment theory and clinical applications, early interventions to improve outcomes for vulnerable and marginalised families, and the roles of early environmental and biological factors in the intergenerational transmission of poor parenting and psychological outcomes. In 2018 Dr Kohlhoff led a NSW state government funded pilot of PCIT delivered via the Internet to families from rural and remote areas of New South Wales, Australia. She also leads a program of research evaluating the efficacy of an early intervention parenting program called PCIT-Toddler. She has published widely, presented at numerous international conferences, and received a number of awards including the 2017 Ingham Institute Early Career Researcher Award and a prestigious 2017 Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Award.
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