1. Elizabeth Fudge, COPMI national initiative

2. AICAFMHA (Australian Infant Child Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association) Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Children of Parents with a Mental Illness - COPMI

3. Today Numbers Commonalities in Frameworks Internationally Some Common Approaches COPMI Resources

4. Stats Approximately 23% of Australian children and adolescents live in households where at least one parent has a mental illness. Mayberry et al 2005

5. 17% - General population of Australian children assessed as being ‘at risk’ of mental health problems (Sawyer et al 2000 and Maybery et al 2009) 40% - Community sample of children where a parent has a mental illness assessed as ‘at risk’ (Maybery et al 2009) 57% - Children of parents attending mental health services assessed as ‘at risk’ (Maybery et al 2009)

6. The good news Risk ≠ destiny and we can – promote mental health and – reduce risks (for children).... and – promote recovery (of parents)

7. Commonalities of Frameworks (EU, UK, Aus) Focus on the whole of family Support across life stages Tailored support for parents and children Parents and children’s rights Cooperation, multi-agency approaches Senior level commitment Promote well-being and reduce risk Addressing stigma

8. Other items of commonality Access to information, education and decision making (Aus, Nordic, USA) Embedded within other policy and planning contexts (UK, Aus)

9. Commonalities in Recommendations (for Mental Health and Children’s Services) Identification Family sensitive, strengths based, assessment Care planning (and review of plans) Creative ways of delivering services Multi-agency approaches Workforce development Generating and disseminating evidence about what works

10. Multi-component approach to prevention for children of parents with a mental illness Hosman & Van Doesum, Prevention Research Centre, Nijmegen University 2000

11. Approaches Special support groups Psycho-education groups Camps Booklets & workbooks Parent-child groups Websites Videos

12. Approaches Support groups Psycho-education groups Mother-baby interventions Booklets Parent-child groups Family coaches/ parent mentors Care plans

13. COPMI Booklets Also downloadable in 6 other community languages.

14. Approaches Awareness raising activities by organisations School-based activities Family support activities in the community Stigma reduction, anti- discrimination campaigns

15. Resources for schools

16. E-learning resource Group training programs Protocols Annual Census Website

17. ‘Keeping Families and Children In Mind: COPMI Mental Health Worker Education Resource’ Accessible by individual learners and by group facilitators Interactive Consumer and carer informed Scenarios to reflect upon Free, easy to use

18. Lived Experience

19. Approaches Policy and advocacy

20. Supporting Evaluation Webpage providing advice on evaluation measures that could be utilised to evaluate common goals of ‘copmi’ programs and services Collection and sharing of information about systems change strategies ‘GEMS’ (Gateway to Evidence that MatterS)

21. Evaluating Your Intervention

23. Recovery

24. ‘ When a worker asks me about my kids, or even just recognises that I'm a parent first, rather than a consumer of mental health services, that's the thing I appreciate. My family is the most important thing to me in my life. I just want to be treated like everyone else and given recognition that even when I'm unwell, I'm thinking and I'm acting in the best interests of my family. ’ Keeping Families and Children In Mind Module 2

25. ‘ In our work in Massachusetts we’ve found that by helping parents achieve their goals for their families, in fact they achieve their mental health goals as well. ’ Dr Joanne Nicholson, Professor of Psychiatry, the University of Massachusetts, on ‘Life Matters’ ABC Radio National segment Tuesday May 25 th 2010

26. New Ideas Taking Shape Family psycho- education (DVD & Lets Talk)

27. New Ideas Taking Shape Family psycho- education (DVD & Lets Talk) Skills development for primary mental health workers

28. New Ideas Taking Shape Information for fathers Family psycho- education (DVD & Lets Talk) Skills development for primary mental health workers

29. New Ideas Taking Shape Information for fathers Family psycho- education (DVD & Lets Talk) Communication & advocacy to promote systems change Skills development for primary mental health workers

30. New Ideas Taking Shape Information for fathers Family psycho- education (DVD & Lets Talk) Communication & advocacy to promote systems change Skills development for primary mental health workers Partnership with peri- natal, pre-school & school programs

31. New Ideas Taking Shape Information for fathers Strategic Planning Family psycho- education (DVD & Lets Talk) Communication & advocacy to promote systems change Skills development for primary mental health workers Partnership with peri- natal, pre-school & school programs

32. New Ideas Taking Shape Information for fathers Strategic Planning Family psycho- education (DVD & Lets Talk) Communication & advocacy to promote systems change Skills development for primary mental health workers Partnership with peri- natal, pre-school & school programs ? ? ?

33. Elizabeth Fudge fudgee@aicafmha.net.au www.copmi.net.au