February 21, 2022
Leading educators within the financial planning industry, Kaplan Professional, has recently developed a short course that specialises in trauma and other mental health-related issues. The 6-hour course delves into how to identify behaviour related to trauma, the neurological impact that can occur from traumatic events and how to support the individual, especially in client-facing roles [...]
August 4, 2020
Making mental health easier to understand
A promising step in the right direction for vulnerable people in this anxiety-inducing COVID-19 period. Making mental health easier to understand, Healthy Mind is an Easy Read tool that perfectly fits the needs of people with Intellectual Disability. Developed by users in collaboration with the Black Dog Institute and experts from the University of New […]
June 24, 2020
Mental Health Crisis
Mental health crisis poses adviser headache. In this month’s issue (June 2020) of Financial Standard publication, William Johns highlights the problems caused when insurers use ADLs (activities of daily living) definitions for mental illness or brain injury TPD claims. He says he is still seeing clients who are unable to work and desperate for help […]