Nillumbik Parenting Series

The Nillumbik Parenting Series program aims to provide strategies and tools to help families to strengthen skills in providing positive support to children and young people, and responding effectively during the most challenging times.

The Nillumbik Parenting Series offers a range of online information sessions provided by a variety of experts. The program includes webinars covering babies and toddlers, early years, youth and general parenting tips.

The Nillumbik Parenting Series is brought you in partnership with healthAbility and ParentZone with support of other local services and agencies.

The Nillumbik Parenting Hub: Supporting Young People with Climate and Natural Disaster Anxiety 

A discussion on supporting young people with Climate and Natural Disaster Anxiety.

In this video we hear from:

April Harrison

April is passionate about supporting the education and recovery of those who have lived experience with trauma and uses her personal experience of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires as a way to help others.

Katitza Marinkovic
Katitza is a Psychologist and a Research Fellow in Participatory Methods Child & Wellbeing Unit in Melbourne, School of Population and Global Health, whose work focuses on empowering children and young adults to articulate their strength in advocating for climate action. Katitza has also co-developed with young people through the ‘Your Climate Superpowers’ website.

David Younger
David is a Melbourne-based Clinical Psychologist as well as a Natural Disaster and Emergency Recovery Consultant. In David's work as a Natural Disaster and Emergency Recovery Consultant, he partners with communities, agencies, local and state governments across Australia.