Click here to find out about the MHID Hub including forms.
Click here to find out about upcoming hub webinars or to access the recordings.
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Click here for a copy of our latest Journal Edition. Volume 14, Issue 1, 2024.
Download our latest CHW School-Link service brochure here:
A guide for parents and carers: Guidelines on Pathways to Care for children and adolescents with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour and/or mental health problems.
View the executive summary of the "Leading the Way in Mental Health and Intellectual Disability" needs analysis report here.
View the 2017 Obudsman Inquiry into behaviour management in schools. This report focuses on issues concerning students with complex needs and challenging behaviour. The report discusses the difficult challenges that schools face, but also draws attention to reasonable steps that can and should be taken to meet the learning and support needs of students, within a framework of best practice and evidence-based behaviour support.
Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 5:48PM 
Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 5:40PM 
We are excited to introduce a new webinar by Dr Kenneth Nunn, child psychiatrist from the Children's Hospital at Westmead. The webinar is an interview with Dr Nunn and focuses on anxiety in children and adolescents with an intellectual or developmental disability.
Monday, May 4, 2020 at 11:21AM From week 3, children will be transitioning back to schools, if you have any tips for transition for children with intellectual or developmental disability, share your ideas and resources with each other by using the comments below. We look forward to reading your responses.
Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 3:09PM 
Thank you to all our wonderful colleagues who are sharing information and resources on Covid-19.
Resources include social stories for children with and without ID/ASD, teen friendly info sheets and web pages, easy read information on staying safe, to tips for parents and adults on how to talk to children.
The word document is here and will be updated as we hear about new resources.
Please download the Covid-19 Information and Resources Word Document here.
Monday, February 10, 2020 at 5:24PM This FREE webinar series is brought to you by a partnership between the Networked Specialist
Facilitator -Strathfield, The Benevolent Society, and The Children's Hospital at Westmead School-Link. The webinars aim to assist teachers and other school professionals to support students with an intellectual disability and mental health needs in the classroom.
Reflective Practice in the Classroom: Fostering a calm and responsive approach to behaviours of concerns in the classroom setting presented by Samuel Gaynor from The Benevolent Society. (25 minutes)
Register and view recording here
Register for live interactive webinar on Wednesday 25 March 2020 at 3:30pm here