A free online event for flood-affected regions.
Watch the replay and access the free resources...

This webinar was filmed in the wake of the 2022 flood disasters, which occurred along the east coast of Australia and we are resharing it in 2025 as once again sadly floods are having an impact. So many children and their parents continue to live with enormous uncertainty and loss – dislocation from their homes and schools, loss of familiar routines and comforts, and everywhere they go, they see reminders of destruction.

Parents and others in our community face a huge task of not only rebuilding their lives and neighbourhoods, but in supporting their children to feel safe.

In this free online event, which was filmed live in April 2022, three parenting educators come together to share their strategies for supporting our children and teens to manage the anxiety that is inevitable after surviving a terrifying ordeal.

Some of the aspects of this flood disaster our speakers will endeavour to explore are:

> understanding trauma and how it works
> how do children physically and emotionally respond to trauma?
> strategies & exercises to help rewire the trauma/anxiety pathway (ie when it rains)
> supporting your children when you also feel distressed
> how to support your kids when facing one challenge after another
> helping kids and teens cope with loss
> particular suggestions for adolescents
> rebuilding hope in uncertain times
> the role of music in supporting us at these times
> particular suggestions for autistic children and adults in the wake of disaster.

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This free event is specifically for parents and people who support families, in flood-affected regions on the east coast of Australia... please share it among your school and community networks.

Watch this on your device whenever suits you.

This event ran live in April 2022 — you can watch the video replay whenever you like.

An audio-only version is also available for those who prefer to listen to the content. Once you sign up you will receive access to the participant area where you'll find the replay and bonus resources.

Extra resources…

Everyone who registers will receive some bonus resources from Maggie, plus links to further information and resources that might be useful.

Special thanks…

A huge thank you to Maggie, Kaylene and Allison for donating their time to this event. Thanks also to Luke Rosen from Riverlane Media for travelling to Wollongong and filming this event at short notice. And thanks to Carmen Myler and Will Ambrose (from Team Maggie and RUKI-Resilient Uki) for the design, coordination, marketing and tech support of this event.

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Your hosts

Maggie Dent

Maggie Dent is one of Australia's favourite parenting authors and educators, with a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience. Maggie’s experience includes teaching, counselling, and working in the palliative care/funeral services and suicide prevention. She is the author of 10 major books, including the bestselling Mothering Our Boys, From Boys to Men and Girlhood. She hosted six seasons of the award-winning ABC podcast, Parental As Anything and in 2021 released a book of the same name. In 2024, Maggie released her final book for parents, Help Me Help My Teen. In 2025, Maggie appeared in the documentary film about reparenting ourselves after childhood trauma, Seen, and in the genre-bending ABC TV series about parenting teenagers, The Role of a Lifetime.

Dr Kaylene Henderson

Dr Kaylene Henderson is a medically trained child health specialist, trusted professional development provider for the early years sector and one of Australia’s leading parenting experts. She’s also a mother of three children. In her warm and relatable style, Kaylene shares practical, research-based advice with parents and professionals alike hoping that together, we can bring out the best in the children for whom we all care. More on Kaylene at: drkaylenehenderson.com

Allison Davies

Allison Davies creates online resources for parents, educators and support staff and works with schools to deliver professional development around the topics of childhood brain development and the use of music as a regulatory tool. A former Registered Music Therapist of 16 years, Alli left the Allied Health industry in 2021 in order to align her work more deeply with culturally responsive practices and to switch her focus from individual change to socio-cultural change. Alli is an AuDHDer (autism and ADHD) and she works within a neurodiversity framework that favours deep acceptance and regulation over assimilation and intervention, and shares her lived experience openly within her seminars, workshops and conferences as part of her ‘emotive storytelling mixed with science’ approach to education. More on Alli at: allisondavies.com.au/

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the webinar start?

This event ran live on Friday 29th April 2022 but you can watch the replay whenever you like.

How long do I have access to the webinar?

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After the floods: Helping children cope with trauma & loss

with Maggie Dent, Dr Kaylene Henderson & Allison Davies