Be You Bushfire Response Program: Preparing learning communities for the bushfire season

LEARNING OUTCOMES Attendees will be provided with knowledge and information of: - the benefits of preparing for bushfires and anniversaries - practical and psychological strategies which can support learning communities with preparing for bushfires - the ways in which children can be involved in preparing for bushfires.

PANELISTS - Ben Rogers: Manager, Community Trauma, Emerging Minds - Nicola Palfrey: Director, Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network, Australian National University - Briony Towers: Research Fellow, RMIT University - Leigh Johnson: Principal, Harkaway Primary School

ABOUT THE BUSHFIRE RESPONSE PROGRAM Following the devastating bushfires across Australia in 2019-20, the Be You Bushfire Response Program was funded to provide targeted mental health support to schools and early learning services.

The Program is led by Beyond Blue with delivery partners Early Childhood Australia, Emerging Minds and headspace.

Note the live webinar has limited spaces, please register early to avoid disappointment. For those unable to attend on the day, the webinar recording will be made available in early November.