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SCHN MHID Hub

Click here to find out about the MHID Hub including forms.

Click here to find out about upcoming hub webinars or to access the recordings.

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Latest Journal

Click here for a copy of our latest Journal Edition. Volume 14, Issue 1, 2024.

 

School-Link E-list

Join our free e-list here to receive resources, primarily the CHW School-Link Journal, and from time to time other relevant material concerning the mental health of children and adolescents with an intellectual or developmental disability.

CHW School-Link Brochure

Download our latest CHW School-Link service brochure here: 

Guidelines on Pathways to Care

A guide for parents and carers: Guidelines on Pathways to Care for children and adolescents with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour and/or mental health problems.  

Excutive Summary

View the executive summary of the "Leading the Way in Mental Health and Intellectual Disability" needs analysis report here.

   

Behaviour Support in Schools

View the 2017 Obudsman Inquiry into behaviour management in schools. This report focuses on issues concerning students with complex needs and challenging behaviour. The report discusses the difficult challenges that schools face, but also draws attention to reasonable steps that can and should be taken to meet the learning and support needs of students, within a framework of best practice and evidence-based behaviour support.

 

 

Monday
Jun022014

MH+ID Schools Conference

Professional Development Day for Schools.

6th August 2014 at Revesby Workers Club

The aims of the day are to equip staff with greater knowledge and skills in:

• Identifying and responding to mental health issues in their school

• Awareness of mental health promotion and well being programs for the SSP setting

• Support and networking with other SSPs and support units, and other services.

 Register via MYPL

Program available here

Sunday
Apr272014

Psychosocial Disability Support Under NDIS

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has asked the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) to propose a framework for funding and delivering services to people with psychosocial disability related to mental illness through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Read the report here.

 

Wednesday
Dec182013

December 2013 CHW School-Link Newsletter

The December 2013 edition of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead’s School-Link newsletter on mental health and intellectual disability in children and adolescents is now available by clicking here.

Highlights include:

Draft Guidelines on the Pathways to Care for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Challenging Behaviour and/or Mental Health Problems. David Dossetor  Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS)

Report on the Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes Conference Dr Peter Wurth

Using the Positive Behaviour for Learning Framework. Leanne Neville

Collaboration: not the Emperors New Clothes. Terry Sarten

Neuropsychological Profile of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Dr Phil Ray

Neuroscience of caregiving: a seminar with Dr Daniel Hughes. Anders Hansson

Personalised Learning and Support for Students with Additional Needs: Every Student Every School. Katrina Worrall

The Medicine Cabinet. Clonidine Judy Longworth

Wednesday
Dec182013

Seasons Greetings

Seasons Greetings from Jodie and Hebah who are currently on maternity leave.

We wish you a merry xmas and safe and happy new year.

We look forward to returning back to work in early 2014.

Jodie and Hebah

Tuesday
Aug132013

August 2013 CHW School-Link Newsletter 

Click here for a copy of Volume 4 Issue 2 of the CHW School-Link Newsletter.

Highlights include:

Health Economics for Mental Health and Intellectual Disability by Associate Professor David Dossetor

Getting Students Ready for School  by Michelle Hayter-Falconer and Nicole Ison

An Interview with Professor Les White by Hebah Saleh 

The Medicine Cabinet: Quetiapine – a weak antipsychotic that is a great anxiolytic and excellent for acute agitation by Judith Longworth and Kenneth Nunn.

The National Roundtable on the Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disability: A  Summary by Associate Professor David Dossetor

Conference Reviews, Reviews, Upcoming Training