PARENT & PROFESSIONALS EDUCATION

Do you require a group education session? Perhaps you are arranging an organisation planning day, or a secondary school or university lecture, new parents’ group sessions, staff in-service, conference or seminar session, an evening or Saturday group education?

Louise is sought after for speaking engagements Australia-wide, providing group presentations to parents and professional groups alike. These may take the form of a single 1.5-hour session; a half day workshop with written handouts and weblink resources or a full day workshop with a resource folder for each participant. 

Education is available on the following topics:

• Perinatal Mental Health and Self Care for new Mothers

• Infant Mental Health and Attachment Relationships… the most popular session for professionals!

• Infant Sleep & Settling… the most popular session for parents!

• Early Infant Nutrition -Breast or Formula Feeding/ Introduction of Solids/ Toddler Diet

• Toddler Behaviour: Positive Guidance

• Toddler Sleep

• Childhood Health and Developmental Expectations

• Preschooler challenges: circumnavigating relationships, sleep, diet and behaviours

• The Importance of Age Appropriate Routine & Play

Louise's previous speaking engagements include:

• A series of Practitioner and Parent Education Sessions at Sunshine, Victoria regarding toddler behaviour, infant sleep, preschooler challenges, child health and development and maternal emotional well-being, 2018 and 2019

• A Post Natal Depression and Transition to Parenting' seminar for healthcare professionals at the Australian Catholic University, Ballarat

• A series of Practitioner and Parent Education Sessions at Bannockburn, Victoria regarding toddler behaviour, infant sleep, preschooler challenges, child health and development and maternal emotional well-being, 2017 and 2018

• Education session for Northern Grampians M&CH Nurses regarding Infant Mental Health, 2017

• A presentation focussed on Perinatal Depression at the Baby and Children's Expo in Ballarat and Geelong

• Guest speaker at Western Victorian Paediatric Conference, Creswick regarding Approaches to infant sleep

• A series of Parent Education Sessions throughout the Golden Plains Shire regarding toddler behaviour, infant sleep, preschooler challenges, child health and development and maternal emotional well-being

• Lectures at Federation University, Ballarat regarding Perinatal and Infant Mental Health

• Staff education session at Karinya, Ballarat, focussed on Infant Mental Health and Attachment Relationships

• A presentation regarding Infant Sleep & Settling at Pilates HQ, Buninyong

• A series of lectures regarding perinatal and infant mental health to Undergraduate Midwives at Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy