“COVID & KIDS” Q&A With Australia’s Leading Experts
MoPA™ After Dark is an exciting series of adults-only seminars, classes, functions and events; curated to help parents and educators be the best leaders and mentors we can be. After Dark will see us host world-leading academics and practitioners from a number of fields relating to Early Learning and Social and Emotional Wellbeing.
Watch or listen to the entire seminar here:
Watch the amazing panel discuss the impact that COVID-19 is having on children and families. During the 90-min Q&A the experts explored many of the MoPA Community’s burning questions on how to promote resilience in our kids, ourselves, and our relationships.
Learn about how kids and families are coping during the coronavirus pandemic from the leader of CPAS, a huge Australian study investigating the week-by-week psychological impacts of the pandemic. Our panel of clinical psychologists specialise in child development, and will provide tools, strategies, and resources to promote wellbeing in our children during these uncertain times.
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Meet The Panel
Prof. Peter Enticott
Professor of Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience. Associate Head of School, School of Psychology.
Peter is a cognitive neuroscientist, registered psychologist, and Head of the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit in the School of Psychology at Deakin, Melbourne.
Peter’s work investigates social and emotional brain development in children. He also conducts neuroscience research into developmental disorders, such as autism.
Dr. Elizabeth Westrupp
Senior Lecturer & Clinical Psychologist
Elizabeth is a clinical psychologist, specialising in child and adolescent mental health. Her research focuses on understanding the way in which families and parenting practices shape children’s long term development, and trialing parenting support programs in the community.
Dr Westrupp is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University and co-leads Intervention and Translation Sciences in the Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development.
Assoc. Prof. Jade Sheen
Clinical Psychologist & Family Therapist
Jade is a Clinical Psychologist who has focused exclusively on the treatment of children and adolescents experiencing anxiety, eating difficulties and behavioural concerns, as well as families.
Jade completed her Doctorate in 2004, Masters of Clinical Family Therapy in 2010, and is registered and endorsed in both Clinical and Health Psychology, with the Psychology Board of Australia.
Dr. Hannah Bereznicki
Lecturer, Cognitive Neuroscience
This event was curated by Dr Hannah Bereznicki, Lecturer in Psychology at Deakin University. Hannah’s research in the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit focuses on the neuroscience of early development, alongside optimising robust, plasticity-inducing non-invasive brain stimulation protocols to improve patient outcomes.
Hannah is committed to the translation of psychological research and theory to community groups, and eagerly brings this session of MoPA: After Dark to parents, carers, and educators.
About “SEED”: Deakin University
Deakin Psychology’s Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED) conducts world-leading research on social development, and its origins in early emotional life. SEED aims to promote emotional health, from pregnancy through to adulthood and into the next generation.
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Trick or treat? Well... Every educator knows the best trick in their book is to wrap learning and development opportunities in PLAY.
That’s why we’re making HAUNTED HOUSES, reading a few spooky tales, and throwing thriller-esk dance parties every day at MoPA this week.
Storytelling, literacy, rhythm, and all manner of motor skills - all wrapped up in a handful of super-not-so-spooky FUN! x
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Last week we promised BIG news...
THIS JUST IN: YOU CAN NOW OWN SHARES IN MoPA 🎉 🤯
FIRST STEP: Register your interest via the EOI link in our bio!
We’ve grown MoPA to 4 Museums and $30M cumulative revenue in 6 years, thanks to support from colleagues, family and friends, Australia Council for the Arts and YOU, our gorgeous guests. And so when considering how to best fund a new exhibit program, and the NATIONAL growth opportunity ahead for MoPA, it only felt right that the first people we would offer the opportunity to would be YOU: the hundreds and thousands of families who adore and regularly attend their local children’s museums (and those that desperately want a local children’s museum!).
An incredible location has now been secured for the next MoPA in Adelaide, where 3,000+ families have already registered for early-bird parties, excursions and play (before any marketing investment). We’ve even started planning yet another interstate museum!
Registering your interest to become a shareholder (via the EOI link) puts YOU first in line when our Offer opens, before it opens to the general public. There’s no commitment and nothing to pay to register your EOI. We’ve even set aside investor rewards and memberships, which we’ll share when the Offer opens.
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BIGGEST NEWS EVER!!
You’ve probably spotted MoPA’s founders, Billie and Tom, running around the museums. But next week you’ll see LOTS of them online too, sharing the biggest news in MoPA’s history.
Biggest news EVER? Yep.
Here’s a lil’ hint from Billie and Tom...
Inspired by all the incredible children’s museums overseas, we came home from a trip six years ago convinced that Australia deserved something just as special.
And, so, with more optimism than sense, we took the plunge: we designed and built our first museum. It’s been a roller coaster since then. In six years this uber talented team of now 120+ people has achieved some huge milestones:
🏛️ 4 (FOUR!) world-class Children’s Museums
🎟️ 1 million visits across the network so far!
🎉 200,000+ party guests at 6,000+ events
⭐ 3,000+ beautiful guest reviews
Building four museums has been exciting. But on top of that, we’ve ALSO built the systems required to support a national network of 20+ children’s museums.
Next week, we’ll invite you to be part of what comes next for MoPA. We can’t say too much more just yet. But keep your 👀 out for a very. big. announcement...
❤️ Billie & Tom
Starting… NOW!! All lil’ ones enjoying our Sweet Studio Craft will be invited to make their very own CAKES!! 🍰 🧁 ❤️ This activation is on NOW at all our Museums. x
DYK: It’s Foster Carers Week this week!! This year we’re celebrating with the theme ‘Open Doors. Open Hearts. Open Opportunities’. This theme recognises foster carers who generously open their homes and hearts to help children and young people feel safe and connected, while creating opportunities for the future.
At MoPA we are so so so sooooo proud of our connection with @mackillopfamilyservices and other foster services such as @meli.community. Thank you, to each and every foster carer, for all that you do!
All foster kiddos and their families enjoy free access to MoPA: it’s the very LEAST we can do to support some of the children and families in our community who need it the most.
DOUBLE MEMBER DISCOUNTS!!!
It’s “Member September”, so YOU get 20% off any birthday party booked by Sep 30 - and your party can be any date in the next 12 months! You also receive 20% off at all our Museum Shops!!
Plan ahead and save BIG - minimum party saving is $118! Book with your Member ID at checkout or call 1800006672
THE “SWEET STUDIO” IS ON, BABY!! Pop in to MoPA to craft up your own delectable (but 100% non-edible) sweets at MoPA’s SWEEEEEET studios. Every museum, every day, ON NOW!! x
