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Type: Webinar
27 Mar, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (AEDT)

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Setting the scene: Focused psychological strategies for children (5-12 years)

Webinar 27 Mar, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (AEDT)

This webinar, presented by RACGP Specific Interests and Emerging Minds, focuses on the fundamentals of focused psychological strategies (FPS) for children as well as its integration into the general practice context.

Panellists will discuss the practicalities of implementing FPS for GPs and explore the benefits for children and families of GP-delivered FPS. The webinar will explore how GP-delivered FPS can fill a clear gap in service delivery when children are on long waitlists for psychologists and paediatricians.
 

Learning outcomes

  1. Outline ways of integrating FPS into their own practice
  2. Describe the benefits of GP-delivered FPS for children and families
  3. Implement practical solutions to overcome challenges in delivering FPS
Educational Activities
1.5
hours

This event is part of Emerging Minds webinar series 2025. Events in this series are:

Host

Dr Tim Jones
Chair, RACGP Specific Interests Child and Young Person's Health

Dr Tim Jones is a GP with an interest in child and infant health. He is passionate about supporting parents and families in a holistic manner. His clinical areas of interest include infant feeding and settling support, primary care led childhood learning and behavioural assistance, and eating disorder management. Tim works at Glebe Hill Family Practice Hobart, as a senior medical educator with the RACGP and provides developmental and behavioural services for the Tasmanian Health Service.

Speakers

Dr Cathy Andronis
Chair, RACGP Specific Interests Psychological Medicine

Dr Cathy Andronis works as a GP and psychotherapist in inner Melbourne. She is the current chair of the RACGP Specific Interest faculty in Psychological Medicine, and a keen advocate for mental health in primary care. Cathy is a clinical member of the Australian Association of Family Therapy, a medical educator at Monash and Deakin Universities, and provider of clinical supervision, trainer in Focussed Psychological Strategies and a facilitator of case consultation groups with RACGP and ASPM.

Dr Michaela Baulderstone
FRACGP

Dr Baulderstone is a General Practitioner with special interests in mental health, developmental disability, child health and medical education. She has undertaken targeted training in child development and behaviour, and parenting counselling. She provides special clinics for child emotional and behavioral concerns, paediatric sleep and continence issues, and developmental disability. Dr Baulderstone also provides a psychological medicine service and is a FPS Provider (Interpersonal Therapy). She has worked with Emerging Minds developing RACGP accredited training modules in child mental health since 2018.

Amanda Warren
Engagement Officer - Primary Health Care, Emerging Minds

Amanda is a mum of two children aged 10 years and 12 years. Amanda and her family have been working with primary health, allied health and community paediatric services in a variety of contexts. Amanda also works at Emerging Minds and will be drawing on her personal and professional experiences to reflect on why GPs and other healthcare professionals play an important role in supporting child and family wellbeing.

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