Hold Up, Let's Talk

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Hold Up, Let's Talk Podcast

Hold Up, Let’s Talk is a podcast series produced by the Mental Health Foundation Australia which is intended to be a general conversation podcast for all things in the mental health space, providing you few tips to navigate through your day. If you found our topic of discussion to have been triggering for you, and you’d like to discuss it, please give us a call on 1300 643 287. If you’re not comfortable talking on the phone, you can always send us an email at admin@mhfa.org.au. Alternatively, you can also call lifeline on 13 11 14.

Episodes

  1. 01/12/2021

    Social Anxiety and Stress

    Welcome to another episode of Hold up Let’s Talk, which will focus on Social Anxiety and Stress We can all get anxious for different reasons. Sometimes it’s from public speaking, other times from trying out a new hair style. It could also be the anxiety you feel before going on a date or even when you’re learning to drive. With social anxiety or in a social anxiety disorder, the feeling of being judged or dissected from everyday activities and interactions with people can cause varying levels of feelings of self-consciousness and anxiety, which can also lead to disruptions in life. Jahin Tanvir is a 21 year old policy adviser, keynote speaker, author, and multicultural youth advocate. With a penchant for being multifaceted, Jahin possesses a strong background in youth advocacy, health research, and education in leading youth-led organisations and not-for-profits. With a dedicated team of volunteers, he runs Echo Chamber Escape, a diversity-first publication that promotes inclusion for people from multicultural backgrounds and recognizes their efforts in championing diversity around Australia. In 2021, Jahin received the 2021 Young Canberra Citizen of the Year in Individual Community Service as well as recognition in the 7NEWs Young Achiever awards for NSW/ ACT in the category of community service. He is a published author with various articles published on mediums such as UNICEF, The Centre of Research Excellence in Adolescent Health, The Conversation, and Pedestrian TV as well as co-authoring his first anthology book “Life in the time of Corona” in 2020 at the age of 19, where he brings the view of multicultural young people and how different it is from mainstream Australia.

    28 min
  2. Special Needs and Schooling

    01/09/2021

    Special Needs and Schooling

    In Australia, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimates that 1 in 10 students aged 5 to 18 have a disability, with almost 1 in 18 a severe or profound disability. Most students who are considered to have a disability, around 89%, attend a mainstream school, with the remaining 11% of students attending a special school. Today to discuss our topic with us is Jim Goodin Jim gravitated towards teaching high needs children with social-emotional issues, specialising in intense exercise and Judo classes for them which he found to be very therapeutic for them as it had been for himself. Jim employed techniques loosely based on classroom remediation and intense physical challenges to instil individual confidence, coordination and group cooperation, while coordinator of the Clayton Technical School remedial annexe. Jim became departmental head of an integration department at Parkdale Secondary College for several years. Jim later became a principal class officer at a school for children with profound physical and intellectual disabilities for over 12 years. In 1987, Jim joined the Mental Health Foundation Australia. From 1987 onward, he have served and participated in many organisation and mental health roles including: Chairperson and is currently the Vice Chairperson of the Mental Health Foundation Australia, Vice President of the Australian National association for Mental Health (ANAMH), Director of the Tourette Syndrome Association Victoria, and many more. Link for article discussed in episode: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326948392_Eight_Myths_About_Special_Education

    50 min

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Hold Up, Let’s Talk is a podcast series produced by the Mental Health Foundation Australia which is intended to be a general conversation podcast for all things in the mental health space, providing you few tips to navigate through your day. If you found our topic of discussion to have been triggering for you, and you’d like to discuss it, please give us a call on 1300 643 287. If you’re not comfortable talking on the phone, you can always send us an email at admin@mhfa.org.au. Alternatively, you can also call lifeline on 13 11 14.

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