| Fees | 1/2 Day | Full Day |
| Delegate: | $100.00 | $200.00 |
| Consumer/Carer | $50.00 | $100.00 |
| Youth (21 years or under) | $25.00 | $50.00 |
Presenters: Dr. Tytti Solantaus and Dr. William R. Beardslee
Dr. Solantaus has led an extraordinary effort in Finland to develop countrywide services for children of the mentally ill and in this process, has developed a number of interventions including one based on the Family Talk Intervention of Dr. Beardslee. She has trained numerous master trainers and hundreds of clinicians. Dr. Beardslee is the originator of the Family Talk Intervention (FTI) that is presently used in Finland, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Costa Rica.
The workshop will provide an overview of the intervention strategy, a brief description of the implementation strategy used by Dr. Solantaus, and some of the adaptations Dr. Beardslee has made of the intervention for work with low income, high risk families. They will present an overview of the main principles of the FTI and a session by session discussion of its use. The presentation will be interactive with those attending the workshop, providing ideas, engaging in role play, and offering commentary about their experiences. Portions of a teaching videotape and clinical illustrations from the work of both Dr. Solantaus and Dr. Beardslee will be presented. Participants will learn basic principles of the intervention and how they have been adapted and will also become acquainted with what is needed to actually conduct the intervention.
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Presenters: Neil Mercer, Debbie Ross, Faye Jackson, Kate Priess, Rob Lees, Ingrid Vet. The workshop will provide participants with information from a range of perspectives about planning to enhance outcomes for children of parents who experience mental illness.
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Presenters: Indigenous Hip Hop Project
Join the fantastic crew from the Indigenous Hip Hop Project (IHHP) for a morning of dance and fun. Indigenous Hip Hop Projects (IHHP) is a unique team of talented artists in all elements of hip hop, media, entertainment and performing arts, who have been working extensively in Aboriginal communities around Australia for the past four years. IHHP combines social and emotional wellbeing messages in this workshop that provide dance skills to participants. The IHPP is supported by beyondblue, the national depression initiative
Presenter: Dr. Neil Boris This 1/2-day workshop will begin with a review of the rationale for the use of high-intensity parenting interventions for children with substance-abusing parents. An introduction to theory and research on attachment will follow. Dr. Boris’ experiences with using a group parenting intervention called the Circle of Security (www.circleofsecurity.net) will follow. The treatment will be explored both by reviewing the protocol in detail and by presenting relevant case material using video examples.
Workshop Objectives: 1) Participants will understand how attachment theory and research should influence clinical assessment of high risk young children; 2) Participants will appreciate how the Circle of Security protocol provides clinicians with an approach that moves from education into intensive therapy.
This workshop is supported by the Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia.
Presenters: Billi Fasano, Kathleen Bagot and Lana Jankowiak (KidsMatter) and Cathy Venning (Mindmatters)
KidsMatter Primary and MindMatters (for schools with secondary enrolments) are national mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention initiatives specifically developed for Australian schools. KidsMatter and MindMatters emphasise a sense of shared community responsibility for children’s and young people’s wellbeing and promotes school partnerships with parents and a range of community services/agencies to improve children’s and young people’s mental health and family relationships.
KidsMatter and MindMatters have been working with other initiatives, such as the COPMI national initiative, to ensure that children’s and young people’s mental health is fully supported during this important developmental period. This workshop will provide information on the comprehensive framework and resources KidsMatter and MindMatters provide to schools to enable them to target students’ mental health using a whole-school approach that they can tailor to the needs of their school community. Participants will learn how KidsMatter and MindMatters can facilitate collaborative working relationships between the people who have a significant influence on children’s and young people’s lives – parents, families, care-givers, teachers, community groups, and health professionals –to make a positive difference for children’s and young people’s mental health.
Presenters: Associate Professor Darryl Maybery, Dr Andrea Reupert
The workshop introduces some of the key issues in evaluation and gathering best evidence about mental health programs. Topics overviewed include; what constitutes good evidence?, program logic, determining key program goals and outcomes, methodological issues and measuring and quantifying change. Also introduced are process evaluation and action research methodologies. Evaluation examples relevant to mental health programs for children, parent and families will be presented. Also showcased will be the evidence and evaluation section of the COPMI website – an important resource for evaluating COPMI and other related programs. This workshop provides a basic introduction to those wanting to evaluate programs.
Presenter: Dr Neil Boris
This workshop will provide a selective tour of advances in the science of early childhood development as they inform clinical practice. Videotaped assessments and interventions will be highlighted. First, the key principle of neural plasticity will be reviewed and evidence that experience molds the brain will be highlighted. Second, following a brief review of attachment theory, a step-by-step system for clinical assessment of early relationships will be presented. Following that, a review of studies on early trauma and keys to noting the behavioral phenotype in early childhood will be presented. Finally, an introduction to principles for intervention with young maltreated children will be presented.
Presenter: Professor Louise Newman
Trauma has a significant impact on infant and child development and raises issues for parenting. Parents who have experienced trauma early in their own lives are particularly vulnerable when they come to parent their own children. The trans-generational transmission of trauma and relationship problems is a challenge for family and child services and is not adequately addressed by many parenting support programs. Parents with backgrounds of early adversity and attachment disruption may present with anxiety and a range of psychological issues. These parents may benefit from specific interventions aimed at supporting them in identifying their own feelings about becoming a parent and understanding of their child’s needs. “Parenting with Feeling” is a parenting program which directly works with parents’ early trauma and builds reflective capacity.
This workshop will review the impact of early trauma on development and look at strategies for supporting vulnerable parents.