CWTE: How to communicate with pre-schoolers

Honesty is the key to communicating with toddlers and children. This episode covers useful strategies for talking to toddlers truthfully about their illness, asking and answering questions, acknowledging their feelings and listening.

Associate Professor Brigid Jordan is a social worker and infant mental health clinician, educator and researcher. Her research focus is the impact of early life stress on the health and mental health of infants. She has had a key role in developing the clinical field of infant mental health in Australia, and has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the World Association for Infant Mental Health.

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