Loddon Childrens Health & Wellbeing Local

Parent Education Sessions – Term Four 2025
2025-10-08 09:30 - 2025-12-10 10:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | 19 Helm Street Kangaroo Flat, 19 Helm Street, Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, 3550, Australia
The Loddon Children’s Health & Wellbeing Local offers free weekly education sessions for parents and carers of children aged 0-11 that address child and family mental health and wellbeing. The sessions are run by a mental health or allied health clinician.
Sessions are open to any parents or carers of children aged 0-11.
Why join in?

Talk to Local staff about your child.
Ask any practical questions you have about parenting now.
Gain support for yourself as a parent.

Where: The Loddon Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local, 19 Helm St Kangaroo Flat. Enter via the green porch at the back of the site.
Dates and Topics: Wednesdays during Term Four, 2025.
All sessions begin at 9.30am.
Oct 8 – What is autism and how can I help?
Oct 15 – ADHD What is it and how can I help?
Oct 22 – Anxiety in kids
Nov 5 – Parent wellbeing
Nov 12 – Sensory issues
Nov 19 – Managing big feelings
Nov 26 – PDA questions and answers
Dec 3 – Setting limits and family rules
Dec 10 – Building social skills

If you have any questions, please contact Annette Clemments on 1800 433 977.
To book, email icfhwlocals@bchs.com.au – please state the name of the session you will attend, plus your name and your child’s name.

An example of what some topics cover:
ADHD What is it and how do I help?
The ADHD brain is different to other brains. Using video material this session will show you what ADHD is like for your child and provide lots of strategies to help you support their development. We can also answer questions you have about your child and their behaviour.

Managing Big Feelings
Big feelings include anger, sadness, worry, and distress of any kind are hard to navigate. This session introduces you to the feelings thermometer and will help you understand your own feelings better so that you can help your child with their big feelings.

ASD, What is it and how do I help?
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a condition that affect the social skills, communication and behaviour of a person. Each person on the spectrum has a different range of issues. This session will help you to understand the complexity of Autism and how you can pivot your parenting to support your child.

Sensory issues
Our senses are part of how we engage with the world. Some people are very sensitive and easily triggered by the world around them. We can also use our senses to help ourselves calm and settle. This session introduces you to understanding sensory triggers and using the senses to settle your feelings.

Anxiety and worry in Kids
Anxiety is very common in children. Understanding what anxiety is and what happens in the body when your child is anxious will help you to support your child to soothe and calm when they are anxious. This session provides strategies and involved practicing some of these strategies so you can try them at home.

Parent wellbeing
Parenting is a challenging job. It is often hard to take care of yourself and your family. This session explores the challenges of parenting and day to day ways to support yourself in this role. Having good mental health is really important meeting the demands of parenting.

Building Social Skills/Self Esteem
The social world and the rules about how it works are hard for some children to understand. This session will support you to have conversations with your child about healthy relationships, social contact and how to engage with other children. You will get a chance to try some of the ideas for building up social skills with your child.

School Holiday Program for January 2026
2026-01-12 11:00 - 2026-01-19 15:00 UTC
The Loddon Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local is offering school holiday sessions as part of our Parent Program. The sessions are interactive and fun on topics related to mental health.

Sessions are one hour long, and open to the age groups noted below. During the sessions, parents will work with their child on activities which will help you have conversations about your child’s wellbeing and offer some new ideas to help you both.

Each group is made up of 4-5 children; each child needs to be accompanied by their parent/carer during the session.

BENDIGO SESSIONS
Monday 12th Jan 11am-12 Handling Big Feelings 7–11-year-olds
What are big feelings? How can I help with them?

Monday 12th Jan 2pm-3pm Dealing with worry 7–11-year-olds
What is worry, and how can I get on top of it? Including transitions.

Wednesday 14th Jan 11-12am All about Anger 7–11-year-olds
Anger is something we all feel but learning ways to not get taken by it is very helpful.

Wednesday 14th Jan 1-3pm Dealing with worry 4–6-year-olds
Worry is common and it can run your life, learn about how to get on top of it. Including transitions.

Monday 19th Jan 11-12am Building Social Skills 7–11-year-olds
What are the skills that help you make and keep friends? How do you deal with people who are not kind?

Monday 19th Jan 2-3pm Magnificent me 7–11-year-olds
Learning to love and appreciate yourself builds self-esteem and the ability to be connected in life.

To book please call 1800 433 977 or email icfhwlocals@bchs.com.au. We need your name, phone number and email address please, your child’s name and date of birth.

Parent Support and Education Sessions - Term 1 2026
2026-02-04 09:30 - 2026-03-25 10:30 UTC
The Loddon Children’s Health & Wellbeing Local offers free weekly education sessions that address mental health and wellbeing. Sessions are each Wednesday and available to parents or carers of children aged 0-11. These are available in person. The session is run by a mental health or allied health clinician.

Why join in?

Talk to Local staff about your child.
Ask any practical questions you have about parenting now.
Gain support for yourself as a parent.

Information
Where: The Loddon Children’s Health & Wellbeing Local, 19 Helm Street, Kangaroo Flat, 3555. Note: Enter via the green porch at the back of the site.

Dates and Topics: Wednesdays at 9.30am
Feb 4 – Anxiety in kids
Feb 11 – ADHD What is it and how can I help?
Feb 18 – What is autism and how can I help?
Feb 25 – Parent wellbeing
March 4 – Sensory processing
March 11 – Managing big feelings
March 18 – Tech troubles
March 25 – Setting limits and family rules

If you have any questions, please contact Annette Clemments on 1800 433 977.

How to book: Book in here using this link. Alternatively, email icfhwlocals@bchs.com.au to book your place.

An example of what topics cover:
Anxiety and worry in Kids
Anxiety is very common in children. Understanding what anxiety is and what happens in the body when your child is anxious will help you to support your child to soothe and calm when they are anxious. This session provides strategies and involves practicing some of these strategies so you can try them at home.

ADHD What is it and how do I help?
The ADHD brain is different to other brains. Using video material this session will show you what ADHD is like for your child and provide lots of strategies to help you support their development. We can also answer questions you have about your child and their behaviour.

Autism, what is it and how do I help?
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a condition that affect the social skills, communication and behaviour of a person. Each person on the spectrum has a different range of issues. This session will help you to understand the complexity of Autism and how you can pivot your parenting to support your child.

Parent wellbeing
Parenting is a challenging job. It is often hard to take care of yourself and your family. This session explores the challenges of parenting and day to day ways to support yourself in this role. Having good mental health is really important meeting the demands of parenting.

Sensory processing
Our senses are part of how we engage with the world. Some people are very sensitive and easily triggered by the world around them. We can also use our senses to help ourselves calm and settle. This session introduces you to understanding sensory triggers and using the senses to settle your feelings.

Managing big feelings
Big feelings include anger, sadness, worry, and distress of any kind are hard to navigate. This session introduces you to the feelings thermometer and will help you understand your own feelings better so that you can help your child with their big feelings.

Tech troubles
What happens when your child is on technology a lot of the time? What affect is this having on their brain? Technology use is changing our brains as devices are addictive. This is causing problems for lots of families and children. There are no simple answers but lots of ideas about what you can try in your household to reduce tech use and offer other ways to engage in life.

Setting limits and family rules
Setting up rules and having consequences can be very hard. There are lots of reasons why we don’t do this. Children need to know the rules and have consequences to help them learn to cope with life. This session will help you to get started or add to your kit bag of rules and consequences. Having these helps households to enjoy life more.
