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• Adult Mental Health Services COPMI - Quick Card
  This is a guide to support you to think about the needs of your client’s children and the strengths and vulnerabilities of their family.
• Community Checklist 
  This check list is for staff and managers in community mental health and addictions services to help them assess how family/whānau friendly their service is.
• Residential / Inpatient Checklist 
  This check list is for staff and managers in residential and inpatient mental health and addictions services to help them assess how family/whānau friendly their service is.
• Talking with your child about mental health or addiction issues  
  This information sheet provides advice and suggestions for parents for talking with their child/ren about the parents mental health or addiction issue.
• Living Well
  Living Well is a resource for family, whānau and friends of people using alcohol and other drugs. It provides suggestions, strategies and ideas about how families, whānau and friends can look after themselves during difficult times.
• Parenting Through Challenging Times (Matua Raki) 
  This booklet is part of the Supporting Parents, Healthy Children programme of work and aims to support parents or carers to talk to their children/tamariki in an age-appropriate way about challenges that might be occurring in the family and whānau; and build healthy strong relationships with their children/tamariki.

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• The best for me and my baby 
  Managing Mental Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood. Health professionals and parents working together. 
• Family Talk 
  Tips and information for families where a parent has a mental health problem or disorder.​
• We are family: Stories of family and whānau affected by someone else's use of alcohol or other drugs  (Matua Raki)
  A collection of 'courageous people's personal stories... These are stories of courage and hope, people sharing their journey with us and
  providing an antidote to the shame and stigma that keeps people isolated.'
• Living well. Life strategies for family, whānau, and friends of people using alcohol and other drugs  (Kina Families & Addictions Trust)
  How do you care for yourself when faced with the impact of a family, whānau member, or friend’s addiction? This resource has details of where you can get information and support.

All factsheets originally developed by Emerging Minds in Australia and adapted for New Zealand families and whānau. 
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• Factsheet 'Baby' - Connecting with your baby when you are experiencing a mental health issue 

This resource helps you to connect with your baby when you are experiencing mental health challenges so that they feel secure and nurtured.  It steps you through:

• Understanding your feelings and behaviours
• Understanding what your baby notices and experiences
• Communicating and connecting with your baby

• Fact Sheet 'Toddler' – Communicating with toddlers when you are experiencing a mental health issues

This resource will help you to connect with your toddler or young child when you are experiencing a mental health issue so they feel secure and nurtured. It steps you through:

• Understanding your feelings and behaviours
• Thinking about what your toddler or young child notices and experiences
• Communicating with your toddler

• Fact Sheet 'Children' – Talking with children about mental health issues

This resource helps you to prepare for conversations about your mental health with your child so that they have a better understanding of what is happening. It steps you through:

• Understanding your feelings and behaviours
• Understanding what your child notices and experiences
• Preparing to talk with your child.

• Fact Sheet 'Teenager' – Talking with teenagers about mental health issues

This resource helps you to prepare for conversations about your mental health with your teenager so that they have a better understanding of what is happening. It steps you through:

• Understanding your thoughts, feelings and behaviours
• Understanding what your teenager notices and experiences
• Preparing to talk to your teenager

• How can I help my child -  A guide
  This guide has been prepared for parents who experience mental health issues. It is intended to give you time to think about being a parent living with mental health issues and to help you find practical ways to strengthen the social and emotional wellbeing of your child and family or whānau.  Originally developed by Emerging Minds in Australia this guide has been adapted for New Zealand families and whānau. 
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• SPHC animation poster*: We created this SPHC poster based on the SPHC animation. Download a copy of the poster for your workspaces and waiting rooms.
• SPHC editable poster* for services: Info for parents and whānau
  This is a printable poster for your waiting rooms and clinic rooms or even to have on your websites
• SPHC editable pamphlet* for services: Info for parents & whānau
  This is intended to be a tool around having a conversation with parents for practitioners
  Edit text, add logos and your organisation's details on this pamphlet using Adobe. 

*Acknowledgement: These resources were adapted from a resource shared by West Coast DHB 

• Top 5 Take Home Tips from Parents 
• Top 5 Take Home Tips from Young People
• Think Parent Think Family Poster
  Developed originally by Kina Trust this poster is for use within in mental health and addiction services to promote the message that families/whānau are welcome and to encourage service users to talk about their children and their strengths and challenges as parents. 

• Think Parent - Think Family (Door Hanger
  Developed originally by Kina Trust this door hanger is for use in mental health and addiction services to indicate a family/whānau meeting is in progress and to promote the message that this is a family /whānau focused service. 
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• 2022 SPHC Poster competition: The winning posters from the 2022 SPHC Poster competition can be downloaded by clicking on the links below. The posters can be printed for your waiting rooms, clinic rooms or even to have on your website. 
  ► Winning poster #1
  ► Winning poster #2

There are two resources in this section to assist with implementation and developing a plan. These can be downloaded for you to adapt to your service’s needs.

The Education Plan is an example of a regional plan encompassing Single Session Family Consultation (SSFC), Let’s Talk Training as well as Foundation Child Development opportunities.

The plan can be used online and for in-person training opportunities. For support around implementation of in-person training in your workplace, please contact [email protected]

• SPHC Education Plan (example)

The Implementation Tool (a driver diagram) is an example for organisations and regions and may assist with your service’s implementation of the SPHC Guideline.
It has examples of how to create organisational cultural change for the entire workforce.

• Project Plan - Implementation Tool (example)

For support around this tool please contact [email protected]
 

For professionals who are interested in joining the national SPHC Champion database, please click here. 

• The well‐being of children of parents with a mental illness (2014)

A paper on the responsiveness of crisis mental health services in Wellington, New Zealand by Ari S. Pfeiffenberger, Amanda J. D'Souza, Mark A. Huthwaite & Sarah E. Romans.

Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Aotearoa - PADA
PADA provides education and training for health care providers who are supporting parents suffering from anxiety or depression due to pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting.  The PADA website has valuable information to help support Aotearoa's whānau -  resources, videos, screening tools, merchandise and support lines.

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Further resources can be found at www.copmi.net.au