12-20 September 2026
This community workshop is a free, 90-minute event designed for expectant and new mothers, offering research-informed, practical guidance on infant feeding and early caregiving. The event is based on findings from the research project The Parent–Child Implications of...
Presenter: Graham Pringle, PhD (The School of Therapeutic Practice) Abstract: The Conversational Model (Meares) struts onto the therapy stage, ready to fix complex trauma with some serious swagger! We're diving into how complex trauma (ISSTD) messes with your...
Join Professor Nevin Harper and Dr. Will Dobud as they discuss the findings from their recent Kids These Days project. The Kids These Days book, scheduled for publication in 2025, was born from conversations with leading experts in all things related to youth mental...
This presentation provides a synthesises of the research evidence relating to young children's engagement in nature play. The presentation will cover what nature play is factors, impacting the likelihood of young children engaging in nature play, and ways to support...
Digital literacy for children is complex; even for our youngest children. The ability to use a range of digital technologies, to critically engage with those technologies, and the texts they offer is important. But so too is developing children’s capacities to react...
This forum is held in conjunction with our partner organisation the Department for Child Protection. The message this year for National Child Protection Week (3-9 September) is that ‘Every child in every community needs a fair go’ and will be complemented with the...