National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health - Culturally responsive understandings for

The experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families Terminology Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities are culturally and linguistically Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) is a diverse, and face significant barriers to receiving the commonly used term in Australia and is used by support they need. [...] of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in greater detail, please browse the Emerging Who is this resource for? Minds resource library: This resource is developed for practitioners who work • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and with culturally diverse children and families. [...] Cultural identities Cultural family practices The unique ways in which a child and their family Cultural family practices are the diverse ways in which celebrate and cherish their cultural heritage, including families nurture their relationships and uphold their the faith and other cultural characteristics that values, beliefs and community ties, drawing upon the enrich their lives, informs childr. [...] I still Engaging cultural brokers and interpreters can improve have things to learn, and the curiosity communication between families and practitioners, means it provides a very respectful way allowing for better relationship building with culturally to learn other people’s culture, other and linguistically diverse families and generating people’s taboos. [...] How the experiences and circumstances of culturally and linguistically diverse children and families influence child mental health.