Current networks

Our current networks aim to improve the care for children and youth.

In Australia and globally, there are a range of available networks focused on topics across the lifespan. These relate to health, education, social welfare, and other emerging fields.

By taking part in an ECHO network you can gain new skills and keep up to date with best practices.

Taking part in a network is always free. All you need is an internet connection and Zoom.

Read more about how to get the most out of an ECHO network.

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I think the greatest benefit of Echo is the multi-agency approach, the multi-disciplinary approach.

So there's a really broad skill set and a really broad knowledge base and it's across the the country. So it's not just tied or attached to a geographical area.

I come from a disability background, so I get to learn about what's happening in the education sector, the health sector, the child safety sector... so it's great to get that grounding in all those different areas, therefore can provide a more holistic service to my participants. And it just feels really nice to be able to talk to a family about an educational program that they can tap into that can make a difference to their son or daughter.

That's the sort of thing that this program gifts us as practitioners. All these resources that we never knew existed are out there. All we need to do is explore and probably ask a few questions, and the generosity of the other participants is so good that we've provided so many great suggestions.

So to be able to learn all of this from a single online platform once a fortnight, this is brilliant. Because of its broadness, there's a lot of stuff that I just didn't know about, that i'm learning through this process.

So in my quest to continually improve my services, this is one of the best platforms I've ever encountered in over 30 years of working in the sector.

Available networks

Adolescent Health and Wellbeing

To support effective ways of working with adolescents and young adults to help build their capacity, and build connections between professions and sectors to enable coordinated and collaborative care.

Tuesdays 10-11am AEST, monthly during school terms

2026 dates TBC

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Australian ECHO Community Collaborative

This ECHO Network aims to support the growth and sustainability of ECHO Networks and Hubs across Australia. The AECC Network will focus on providing opportunities to share experiences, challenges, and learnings in the form of cases with peers from both newly established and long-standing ECHO Hubs.

Thursdays 12-1pm AEST, monthly

2026 dates TBC

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Audiology - Paediatric Diagnostics

To provide a supportive environment for clinicians working in infant and paediatric diagnostics to connect, learn, consolidate and build on skills and confidence. This ECHO discusses early and accurate diagnosis and management of hearing loss.

Wednesdays monthly

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Brain Building in the Early Years

The Brain Building in the Early Years ECHO series will bring together allied health and education practitioners to deepen their understanding of brain development and explore how to apply brain-building principles in everyday interactions with children.

Tuesdays 3:15-4:15pm AEST, session every 4 weeks

28 October 2025 – 10 November 2026

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Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Complex Pain

To enable the delivery of developmentally sensitive, personalised care for every child, adolescent and young adult with chronic pain.

Tuesdays 12:30-1:30pm AEST, session every 4 weeks

10 March - 1 December 2026

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Children recovering from Traumatic Injury

To provide a supportive environment for clinicians working with children and youth with traumatic scarring (resulting from injury) to help build their capability, and the connection between professions and sectors to support collaborative care.

Mondays 2:00-3:00pm AEST, session every 4 weeks

13 April - 3 August 2026

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Complex Adolescent and Young Adult Care ECHO

Provide advice and support to specialist medical professionals across Queensland to enable developmentally appropriate care for adolescents and young adults with complex presentations in an inpatient, outpatient or Emergency Department setting.

Tuesdays 3:00 - 4:00pm AEST, session every 4 weeks

21 April - 3 November 2026

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Connecting First Nations Care

To network across regions, and to discuss how models of care, services and projects can be aligned with the focus areas of the First Nations First Strategy 2032: eliminate racism, re-shape the system, transform care, and strengthen the workforce.

Mondays 12-1:30pm AEST, session every 4 weeks

2 February - 12 October 2026

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Health Intelligence

To bring together end-users and data, application and technology specialists to share knowledge, ideas and expertise, in order to increase the value of health information for CHQ by improving awareness, proficiency, usage and success of health intelligence objectives.

Thursdays 12-1pm AEST, session every 4 weeks

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Infant Mental Health

To connect professionals across disciplines who support infants, young children and their families, including those with lived experience, to share knowledge and practice in infant mental health.

To strengthen infant-centred practice by creating a reflective community where practitioners experience feeling safe and seen, mirrorring the relationships we aim to foster between caregivers and infants.

Wednesdays monthly 2:30-3:30 pm AEST

4 February - 4 November 2026

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Medical Care for Trans Patients

To support GPs, Sexual Health Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and other medical professionals who have queries regarding their work with gender diverse patients.

Wednesdays 1-2 pm AEST, session every 4 weeks

11 February - 21 October 2026

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Mind Body Symptoms: FSS Explained

To build knowledge of Functional Somatic Symptoms assessment, intervention and recovery, and to coordinate care at the interface of health and education systems.

Thursdays 11:30-12:30 pm AEST, session every 4 weeks

26 February - 5 November 2026

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Navigating Disability in Childhood

Designed to build a cross-sector community of practice for teams supporting children and young people living with a disability, so that we can work better together.

2026 dates TBC

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Paediatric Eating Disorders 'Travelling' ECHO

To support and upskill medical professionals in eating disorder management and invites both inpatient and community-based professionals that have a special interest in supporting children and young people with eating disorders to attend.

If your local region would like the Paediatric Eating Disorders ‘travelling’ ECHO to travel to your region, please contact ECHO.CHQ@health.qld.gov.au

Paediatric Palliative Care

Connecting Australian cross-sector providers, to build a supportive community of practice, enhancing holistic palliative care to children living with life limiting conditions.

3rd Wednesday of the month, 3:00-4:00pm AEST

18 February - 18 November 2026

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Problematic Paediatric Asthma

Designed to foster the sharing of knowledge and case discussions for paediatric patients with Difficult to Treat Asthma.

Last Thursday of the month, 12:00-1:00pm AEST

26 February - 26 November 2026

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Protecting Children at Risk of Harm

To build the knowledge and skills of an interagency group working with children and youth at risk of entering the child protection system. Case study and topic discussions will focus on sharing practical skills that strengthen child-focused, coordinated, culturally responsive and trauma informed care.

Wednesdays 12:30-1:30pm AEST, monthly

18 February - 11 November 2026

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SHARE -  Supporting Health, Adjustment, Recovery and Empowerment for children and adolescents with brain or spinal cord injuries

Promoting best practice in supporting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children, adolescents and families affected by brain or spinal cord injuries; and creating connections between professionals and sectors to enable collaborative care.

Tuesdays 1:30pm-2:30pm AEST, monthly

17 February 2026 - 22 June 2027

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Supporting Multicultural Children and Youth

To improve health outcomes and education engagement for children and youth from migrant and refugee backgrounds and people seeking asylum, by discussing culturally responsive practices and strategies for empowering families.

Thursdays 3:15pm-4:15pm AEST, session every 4 weeks

26 February - 5 November 2026

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Supporting Perinatal Mental Health

To support early identification of mental health conditions by strengthening standardised, universal screening and assessment skills for women and partners in the perinatal period, along with practice support to manage and refer appropriately. The ECHO will promote confidence and skills through a collaborative learning approach for those supporting women experiencing perinatal mental health challenges.

4th Wednesday of the month, 12:30-1:30pm AEST

27 August 2025 - 25 November 2026

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International networks

There are ECHO hubs all around the world and joining their networks is free.

You can find network programs in the University of New Mexico ECHO Partner Portal. You can also use their interactive dashboard to find ECHO hubs around the world.

Last updated: June 2026

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