Mana ake provides mental health and wellbeing support for children in primary school years 1-8 across West Coast, Canterbury, Lakes, Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau, and Northland.

This resource provides an overview of Triple P in Aotearoa, the various programmes and an outline of what Whāraurau is funded to provide in terms of workforce development.

Watch this space: Ngā Māuiui Kai: A te reo Māori glossary for eating disorders is under construction.

Learn more about the Ngā Tau Mīharo | Incredible Years® Aotearoa programmes and how Whāraurau supports the IY workforce

Find out about our Trauma-informed care mahi

By engaging with those of you working in the sector, Whāraurau can develop and deliver an informed programme of work. Find out more about how we champion and support leaders in the ICAYMH/AOD workforce. ‍

The Youth Forensics project at Whāraurau is dedicated to nurturing the skills and knowledge of kaimahi who are engaging with taiohi at risk of involvement with youth justice, forensic , mental health and AOD services.

If your working with young people with eating issues | disorders and need support check out how to access the Specialist Eating Disorders services.

This audit tool provides a comprehensive framework for evaluating the environment, resources, safety, accessibility, and services offered to young people, as well as some additional recommendations.

An overview of the SACS ABC framework and access to key resources including the SACS manual, questionnaire, worksheet and flow chart.

An overview of the Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) and links to various CAPA resources

Real Skills Plus is a competency framework designed to help you identify your strengths and further develop your knowledge and skills as a practitioner working with infants, children, and young people and their whānau.

The video is aimed at helping people working with all mokopuna and whānau to understand the possible impacts of intergenerational trauma on hauora and to encourage them to lead with hope

If you’re working in a youth advisory or peer role, or a manager looking to employ a youth consumer advisor or youth peer support worker, we provide support that is informed, created and delivered by young people with lived experience of mental health and / or alcohol and other drug issues.

Find out how you can benefit from the Foundations in infant, child, adolescent and youth mental health programme of learning.

This resource has been developed to assist you with understanding quality improvement principles, techniques, skills and tools for effective service design within mental health and AOD services in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Perinatal mental health is considered a public health issue in Aotearoa because its impact on the wellbeing of whānau, infants, and the health of future communities. Find out more about the blended learning Whāraurau offers you.

HEEADSSS assessment allows for early identification of mental health, alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues as well as other information to assist young people in their development.

Whāraurau partnered with The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University, Australia to implement the Single Session Family Consultation (SSFC) framework across the mental health and addiction sectors in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The framework assists people to bring others into the work alongside an individual.

Download Ngā Tau Mīharo | Incredible Years® Aotearoa resources that have been developed for our New Zealand context. These include the new guidelines, pyramids, and programme checklists.

If you are a clinical leader or service manager in the infant, child and youth mental health and addictions sector, these regular 'sector days' provide opportunities for you to share innovative practice and service development ideas and foster networking and leadership support.

Useful reports and links related to youth justice

A series of useful links and pdfs for those interested in eating disorders and eating issues

The DMCs are an opportunity for rangatahi who've experienced mental health challenges to come together and reimagine mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand. Learn more about DMCs, join one, and read the reports here.

Ready to get started with Real Skills Plus, then found out how here.

Find helpful tools that can be used to self-assess your service's alignment with CAPA.

Supervision is a crucial element for youth lived experience workers and we have developed a Supervision Toolkit to support managers employing youth lived experience workers as well as the workers themselves.

A Train the Trainer package is available to assist the implementation of Foundations in Infant, Child, Adolescent, Youth Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Addictions (ICAYMH) training into the ICAYMH, NGO and primary sector.

Our perinatal e-learning courses aims to foster empathy and understanding among care professionals. Find out more about our online courses here.

Affinity diagrams provide a method to help make sense of information when there is a lot of mixed data, such as facts, ideas from brainstorms, user opinions and user design issues.

Single Session Family Consultation online courses are part of a blended approach to learning how this framework can be used in your mahi.

Learn about the Incredible Years® progression pathway

Find FASD, neurodiversity e-learning, resources and reports here

Dr Raewyn Gavin presents on Eating disorders in children and adolescents

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These guidelines have been developed to assist your service in implementing the key components of CAPA.

Perinatal mental health screening is a crucial component of maternal and infant healthcare. This booklet provides insights for anyone working with an individual or whānau who is in the prenatal/postnatal stage.

Information on Single Session Family Consultation (SSFC) trainer resources and trainers.

Find out about the Incredible Years® accreditation process

Resources and reports relating to Rainbow rangatahi

Part 1 of Introduction to Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Download materials and resources to support your CAPA implementation, including access to the CAPA online course.

Download your programme resources (such as checklists) and get an understanding of what's involved in joining the Incredible Years® workforce in Aotearoa.

Latarsha Green presents 'Assessment of an eating disorder'

Find support during your Incredible Years® journey

Raewyn Gavin presents on the medical aspects and complications of eating disorders

A series of videos on eating disorders and disorder eating for schools

Ursual McCulloch presents on 'Working with children with restricted diets'