Let’s Talk Culture- Striving for Balance: Cross-Culture Parenting & Mental Health in CaLD Communities

Ishar presents Let’s Talk Culture, an enriching event designed to enhance your cultural competency practices in the mental health and well-being space.

As service providers, it is crucial for us to recognise the diverse needs and experiences of the individuals we serve. This series of seminars aims to equip you with valuable information and insights on working with one of the most vulnerable cohorts in our community: CaLD women. By deepening our understanding of their unique challenges, we can better support their mental health and overall well-being.

The second seminar of the series, "Cross-Culture Parenting and Mental Health in CaLD Communities,” aims to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) communities in raising children within a cross-cultural context, while also addressing the crucial aspect of mental health. The seminar will delve into the intersection of cultural identity, parenting styles, and mental well-being, focusing on communities where diverse cultural backgrounds may influence parenting norms and practices.

As part of this seminar, we hope you will gain an understanding of:

• Facing Challenges: Explore unique obstacles for diverse parents in balancing parenting styles while protecting mental well-being.

• Culture & Parenting: Understand how culture shapes parenting, finding a balance between heritage and host norms, and its impact on CaLD parents' mental well-being.

• Positive Parenting Approaches: Share proven methods that enhance kids' and CaLD parents' mental health. Discuss adaptable strategies that honour diverse values.

• Generational Differences: Examine conflicts arising from cultural gaps among CaLD parents and children. Discuss communication techniques and conflict resolution to nurture parent-child relationships.

Keynote speaker 1: Khadija Al Kaddour Degree Qualified Parenting Consultant and Founder of Muslimah Motherhood

Khadija empowers Muslim mothers and women to transform their lives. Khadija has touched thousands of lives globally to break negative family behavior patterns and guide individuals from surviving to thriving. Through workshops and her expertise, she helps women rediscover their true selves, unlocking limitless potential, self-confidence, self-love, and self-worth. and build their parenting skills. As a devoted mother of five boys, a motivational speaker, and an experienced workshop facilitator, Khadija's impact resonates deeply within her community. Khadija has conducted hundreds of workshops face-to-face and online in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney since 2015 with multicultural Muslim women and children from year 5 to year ten. Her qualifications, including a Bachelor of Social Science in Family and Children Studies, NLP coaching; Back to the Fitrah mentorship, using the Inside Out Psychological Paradigm, complement her extensive experience in supporting Muslim mothers. Her methods lead to happier homes and stronger family bonds, shaping a brighter future for Australian Muslim children.

Keynote speaker 2: Mary Gurgone: Chair of the Association for Culturally Appropriate Services.

Mary Gurgone, Director of the Centre for Capability and Culture, has extensive experience in the Government, private sector, and community. She contributes to national, state, and local Boards, Committees, and Advisory Groups. She is a Multicultural Ambassador to the Mental Health Foundation of Australia as well as leading research around the isolation issues for migrants. She is the Chair of the Association for Culturally Appropriate Services (AfCAS) and served on the NAATI Board (2014-2020).

Mary has experienced the identity issues of a migrant being required to live to different norms than her friends and school. In due course, as a parent, she also brought up bilingual children who did part of their schooling in Italy. Mary will share some case studies of bilingual and bicultural families some of the mental health issues they have experienced and how they have overcome some of the challenges of accessing mental health care.

Lived Experience Speaker 1: Luul Ibraahim

Luul Ibrahim is an active community leader, the founder of Somali Support Perth, and has been advocating and building community capacity for the Somalis in WA. She works with both government and non-government policymakers in understanding the needs of a multicultural community, she Australian multicultural council representing Western Australia. The Director of Mental Health Foundation Australia.

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