MHSS Workshops – 28 OPD Points
2012 Trauma Conference
Type of Activity: Conference
Outline: “Out of the Blue: Survive and Thrive” with special guest speaker Bill O’Hanlon.
Start Date: 28/06/2012
End Date: 30/06/2012
Presenter / Provider: Federation of Psychotherapists & Counsellors of Queensland
Location: Brisbane International Virginia Palms. Corner of Sandgate and Zillmere Road, Boondall, QLD.
Brain Learning Breakthrough in Brisbane
For over a decade the northern hemisphere has had access to outstanding Conferences and seminars highlighting the latest in Brain development breakthroughs, new technology and learning advances, while the southern hemisphere was left in the dark, not anymore! For the first time ever in the Pacific Rim, the University of the Sunshine Coast is bringing you a Conference that gives you access to some of the world’s leading minds and researchers. Hear about the work of these influential players in a thought provoking and practical way that you can apply to your own situation.
Whether you are a neuroscientist wanting to keep ahead of the trends, a psychologist wanting to keep abreast of new practices or an educator dedicated to improving the education experience, this Conference is for you! Speakers include: Dr Gary Small, co-inventor of the first brain imaging technology to detect the physical evidence of Alzheimer’s disease in living people, Dr Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, cofounder of the Ultimate Block Party movement and Dr Louise Porter, renowned child psychologist, to name a few. This Conference is not to be missed.
Developed by Associate Professor Michael Nagel from the University of the Sunshine Coast, in collaboration with Professor Adele Diamond from the University of British Columbia, chair of the original Brain Development and Learning Conference in Vancouver, the 1st Biennial Australian Conference on the Brain and Learning is your chance to learn about the latest offerings in the area of the Brain and Learning.
Best Practice for working with adult survivors of child abuse
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Objective: Health Care Practitioners Workshop, ASCA one day Workshop for health professionals is grounded in the latest research into identification and responsiveness to complex trauma and a trauma informed approach to care and practice. It provides education about complex trauma and its long-term consequences, an overview of therapeutic models and guidelines for informed practice.
Outline: Our aim is to equip practitioners with knowledge and skills to better support adults who were abused, neglected or traumatised as children, towards recovery. 1 hour for lunch. Morning & afternoon breaks.
Duration: 7 hours
OPD Points: 14 Points
Start Date: 18/05/2012
End Date: 01/07/2012
Presenter / Provider: Varied (ASCA)
Location: Harbourview Hotel, Blue St, North Sydney, NSW 2060
Understanding Aspergers & ASD's
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Objective: Overview People with Aspergers & other ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) perceive this same world differently to others and thus may often be seen to be responding negatively to situations that other people may appear to be responding positively to. All people in the world (including you and me) exist on a scale from 1 (calm) to 5 (meltdown). Meltdowns look different for all people but if we are honest we would see that most of us have them in some form! Increasing anxiety is a result of a person being presented with experiences they don’t feel equipped to handle; thus a cause for many people’s meltdowns.
Outline: In this workshop you will gain insight and an understanding of the perceptions of a person with an ASD and support you to see the individual as a person and not a disorder. You will learn to understand what might predict a meltdown for the person with an ASD and without judgment learn how that might differ to another. You will be exposed to hands on techniques that are required to achieve a reduction in anxiety and thus a reduction in use of unwanted behaviour while increasing the use of desired behaviours for a person with an ASD.
Duration: 6 hours
OPD Points: 12 Points
Start Date: 06/06/2012
End Date: 06/06/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: NSW Leagues Club 165 Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
Start Date: 12/06/2012
End Date: 12/06/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: Education Development Centre, Milner Street, Hindmarsh, SA 5007
Start Date: 29/06/2012
End Date: 29/06/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: Maryborough RSL, 163 Lennox St, Maryborough, QLD 4650
Start Date: 20/07/2012
End Date: 20/07/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: Wollongong Gold Club, 151-161 Corrimal Street, Wollongong, NSW 2500
Start Date: 30/08/2012
End Date: 30/08/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: CEX Coffs, Vernon Street, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450
Start Date: 03/09/2012
End Date: 03/09/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: The Swanston Hotel Grand Mecure, 195 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC
Changing Behaviour - Behaviour Strategies to Increase Positive Behaviours
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Objective: Many people are using unwanted behaviours but really don’t want to be ... they simply do not know what new positive behaviours to use instead. Using desired behaviours is a skill; a skill that often needs to be taught and not expected that people know how to do automatically ... just like learning to read or driving a car; we all need the opportunity to learn new skills! People frequently use unwanted behaviours in response to challenges they are experiencing & currently do not know how to respond to this same experience by using desired behaviours. Whether it be a 3-year-old or a 60-year-old; we all have used unwanted behaviours at some time, and will again in the future unless we are taught to respond differently. If we want to see new positive behaviours, we must teach what we want to see!
Outline: Module 1 Understanding Behaviour 1 10 Behaviour Assumptions 2 Anxiety and behavioural deterioration 3 Sequence and Functions of Behaviour 4 Identifying when intervention is required (Behaviour scale) Module 2 1 Types of Behavioural Interventions 2 Punishment vs. Reinforcement 3 Alternative Appropriate Behaviours i Behaviour rating scale ii I choose charts iii Get the facts before I respond iv Can I change or control this situation? Module 3 1 Creating Predictability and a sense of purpose > Visual Schedules > Task breakdown templates > Task Analysis 2 Token Economy Module 4 1 Expressive communication 2 Social skills 3 Relaxation strategies 4 Summary
Duration: 6 hours
OPD Points: 12 Points
Start Date: 08/06/2012
End Date: 08/06/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: The Swanston Hotel Grand Mecure, 195 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC
Start Date: 22/06/2012
End Date: 22/06/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: Cairns Pacific International, 43 Esplanade, Cairns, QLD
Start Date: 09/08/2012
End Date: 09/08/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: CEX Coffs, Vernon Street, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450
Start Date: 31/08/2012
End Date: 31/08/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: Broncos Leagues Club, 98 Fulcher Road, Red Hill, QLD, 4059
Changing Behaviour - Conducting a Functional Behavioural Assessment
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Objective: We all use behaviours we would prefer not to be using... if we want the behaviour to change we must first understand why this behaviour is being used! All behaviour happens for a reason ... no matter how unwanted or unacceptable the behaviour is, IT IS HAPPENING FOR A REASON. This reason must first be identified if we want positive behaviour change to occur. This course aims to support people to look at behaviour in isolation of the person and be objective by investigating & identifying the reason for certain behaviour. You will be taught a scientific yet user friendly behaviour investigation tool enabling you to Understand Behaviour used by self and other people.
Behaviour is often used to describe who a person is but if we learn to understand behaviour as a form of expression and often as a coping strategy we will be able to learn to understand that behaviour is not who a person is; rather what a person is doing. Understanding behaviour is not an excuse or allowance for unwanted behaviour rather an identification of WHY the behaviour is being used ... the REASON! Functional Behaviour Assessment is a process that aims to look beyond the behaviour itself, enabling supporters to identify all factors associated with the occurrence of an unwanted behaviour. The objective information gained from a Functional Behaviour Assessment is used to support positive behaviour change
Outline: Module 1 1 Introduction > 10 Behaviour Assumptions > Sequence of Behaviour Overview > Needs Based Interventions > Behaviour Scale 2 Steps of Functional Assessment 3 Step 1: Interview Module 2 Step 2 & 3: Report review & data collection via group case study 1 Identifying challenging situations predicting behaviour use Module 3 Case Study continued: 2 Identifying low intensity & escalated behaviours 3 Identifying consequences of behaviour resulting in reduction of behaviour Module 4 1 Step 4: Functions Hypothesis 2 Step 5: Intervention Development 3 Summary 4 Questions & Answer time
Duration: 6 hours
OPD Points: 12 Points
Start Date: 21/06/2012
End Date: 21/06/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: Cairns Pacific International, 43 Esplanade, Cairns, QLD
Start Date: 07/06/2012
End Date: 07/06/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: The Swanston Hotel Grand Mecure. 195 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC
Start Date: 08/08/2012
End Date: 08/08/2012
Presenter / Provider: Tan Curtis
Location: Broncos Leagues Club, 98 Fulcher Road, Red Hill, QLD, 4059
Mindfulness & Positive Psychology Integrated CBT, Positive Psychology Treating Depression
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Objective: At the completion of this two-day workshop, participants will: - Improve their knowledge of the essential cognitive and behavioural interventions in CBT and its modern variations, - Gain understanding of the role of mindfulness in counselling and psychotherapy, how mindfulness enhances CBT techniques, how to effectively teach mindfulness in counselling and therapy and how to integrate mindfulness within a CBT framework, - Develop an understanding of how to integrate Positive Psychology principles into a CBT framework. - Be able to apply Positive Psychology and Mindfulness for the treatment of depression and the increase of well-being for clients who feel, directionless, stuck and languishing, - Be able to integrate the following Positive Psychology Interventions into a program for depression: Forgiveness, Personal Strengths, Positive Emotions, Learned Optimism and Hope Therapy, Gratitude and Acceptance and Flow.
Duration: 13 hours
OPD Points: 26 Points
Start Date: 02/06/2012
End Date: 08/11/2012
Presenter / Provider: Miguel Barreiro (Integral Vision Australia)
Location: Nation-wide
ATTACHMENT THEORY - informing and enhancing the practice of psychotherapy
Seminar 1. Foundations and current relevance
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Objective: Attachment Theory is becoming a more mature, accepted scientific enterprise steadily impacting social, legal, and institutional policy-making for more than 60 years. The story of the theory’s clinical take-up has been more mixed but this appears to be changing. Hardly a month goes by without the release of a new, serious publication researching some dimension of attachment and psychotherapy. At the turn of the previous century, Freud dreamt of a future scientific psychology that might underpin psychotherapy but then suppressed that vision for reasons not fully obvious, but still deserving of debate.
Fortunately, much has changed since 1895. Our grasp of the scientific method has evolved, as have key disciplines of cognitive science, developmental psychology and neuroscience, not to mention crucial shifts in the ways we practice psychotherapy. However, our theories of the developing mind underpinning therapy have remained vague and less articulated. Attachment Theory represents an important piece in the theoretical puzzle that is the mind: encompassing affect, intentionality & agency, which have historically been troublesome notions for scientific study.
Outline: 1. Introductions and brief history of attachment theory; 2. Understanding individual attachment styles and their relevance within therapy; 3. Developmental Resilience: Attachment antecedents, continuity and change; 4. Why attachment theory matters: Translational benefits in an avoidant society.
Duration: 7 hours
OPD Points: 14 Points
Start Date: 29/07/2012
End Date: 29/07/2012
Presenter / Provider: Kevin Keith
Location: Aerial Function Centre, Level 7 UTS Building 10, 235 Jones Street, ULTIMO, NSW 2007
ATTACHMENT THEORY - informing and enhancing the practice of psychotherapy
Seminar 2. Clinical Assessment/ Measurement and Interventions across the Lifespan
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Outline: 1. Introductions and brief review of attachment basics; 2. Individual Attachment Differences: Autonomy, Avoidance, Preoccupation, Fearful Avoidant, and Unresolved/Disorganisation; 3. Attachment Assessment/Measurement Approaches within counselling/psychotherapy; 4. Lifespan Development and Attachment Mechanisms: What changes in therapy?
Duration: 7 hours
OPD Points: 14 Points
Start Date: 12/08/2012
End Date: 12/08/2012
Presenter / Provider: Kevin Keith
Location: Aerial Function Centre, Level 7 UTS Building 10, 235 Jones Street, ULTIMO, NSW 2007
ATTACHMENT THEORY - informing and enhancing the practice of psychotherapy
Seminar 3. Attachment Theory, Developmental Psychopathology and Trauma: Understanding and Responding to Complexity
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Outline: 1. Introductions and brief review of attachment basics; 2. The scientific foundations of Attachment Theory’s and its important contribution to lifespan developmental psychopathology; 3. Attachment injury, risk and its relationships with the various diagnostic categories; 4. The continuum of normality and the practice of psychotherapy: Problems of living versus disorders; 5. Healing the past in the present: An attachment-informed psychotherapy not attachment psychotherapy; 6. Bringing it all together: Therapeutic change short-term, medium or longer term?
Duration: 7 hours
OPD Points: 14 Points
Start Date: 04/11/2012
End Date: 04/11/2012
Presenter / Provider: Kevin Keith
Location: Aerial Function Centre, Level 7 UTS Building 10, 235 Jones Street, ULTIMO, NSW 2007
ATTACHMENT THEORY - informing and enhancing the practice of psychotherapy
Seminar 4. Attachment Theory and Psychodynamic Practices with Adults; Affective Reflection, Relational Configurations and Therapeutic Transparency
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Outline: 1. Introductions and brief review of attachment basics; 2. Attachment models and affect-regulation in various psychodynamic approaches: The evidence contribution; 3. Individual attachment differences and relational configurations: making more space for the uniqueness in therapeutic alliances; 4. Therapeutic challenges: Learning to expand our ways of being with clients; 5. Transparency, questions of power and client empowerment in our practices of therapy.
Duration: 7 hours
OPD Points: 14 Points
Start Date: 25/11/2012
End Date: 25/11/2012
Presenter / Provider: Kevin Keith
Location: Aerial Function Centre, Level 7 UTS Building 10, 235 Jones Street, ULTIMO, NSW 2007
COACHING AND DEVELOPING OUR CLIENTS
Coaching skills for counsellors and psychotherapists (Day 1 of a 3 day series)
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
Objective: On conclusion of this seminar participants will be able to: 1. clearly define coaching as distinct from counselling and psychotherapy; 2. become familiar with the GROW coaching model and ICF recognised skills and competencies; 3. Develop and practice coaching skills for practical self and client application.
Outline: 1. What is coaching? Learning styles; where coaching fits; behavioural change; levels of coaching. Solution-focus: coaching success factors; 2. Coaching Process. Introduction to the GROW model (phases). Giving coaching meaning. Skills of coaching ICF competencies; 3. Getting started. Goal setting an activity. Checking your client’s reality (use of powerful questioning); 4. Practice. Role play simulation. Close of workshop and distribution of journal.
Duration: 7 hours
OPD Points: 14 Points
Start Date: 22/07/2012
End Date: 22/07/2012
Presenter / Provider: Barbara Jones
Location: Aerial Function Centre, Level 7 UTS Building 10, 235 Jones Street, ULTIMO, NSW 2007
COACHING AND DEVELOPING OUR CLIENTS
Coaching skills for counsellors and psychotherapists (Day 2 of a 3 day series)
Type of Activity: Workshops & Seminars
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