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May 2013

1st AUSTRALIAN EATING DISORDER CONFERENCE FOR FAMILIES AND CARERS

Keynote speakers:
- Professor Daniel Le Grange from the University of Chicago
- Professor Jane Treasure from King's College London
- Professor Cynthia Bulik from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Date:
Friday 24 & Saturday 25 May 2013

Location:
Royal Brisbane Women's & Children's Hospital Education Centre, Herston, Brisbane

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Eating Disorders Conference

May 2013

Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference
EARTH: FIRE AND RAIN

Date:
Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 May 2013

Location:
Mercure Hotel Brisbane

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EARTH: FIRE AND RAIN

May and June 2013

THE POSITIVE SCHOOLS 2013 MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING CONFERENCE
Love to Learn ... a conference to engage, inspire and ignite your passion for education

Presentations will include:
- A Master Class for all primary and secondary school teachers
- Guerilla tactics for teachers
- How happiness needs to precede achievement
- How to keep the whole class focused
- Rewards, punishments and intrinsic motivation
- Ensuring students survive the pressures leading to year 12
- Embracing positivity in school communities
- The journey of helping refugees
- Whole school wellbeing

Dates & Locations:
Fremantle - Thursday 23 to Friday 24 May 2013
Brisbane - Thursday 30 to Friday 31 May 2013
Melbourne - Thursday 6 to Friday 7 June 2013

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Positive Schools 2013

June 2013 - Australian Childhood Foundation proudly presents

A Two Day Workshop with DR DAN HUGHES
The Neuroscience of Caregiving: A Brain Based Attachment Approach to Supporting Traumatised and Vulnerable Children, Young People and Families

Dan Hughes has been at the forefront of using attachment and neuroscience in resourcing adaptive and positive connections between traumatised children and their parents or caregivers. His approach is family centread and offers very practical strategies for a wide range of professionals who work with vulnerable children and their relationship contexts. In this two day workshop, Dan will describe in detail how practitioners can support children to be more strongly connected to their parents or caregivers. Specifically, through the use of video examples of his own work, he will explore the specific elements of interactions with parents or caregivers that resource children to resolve traumatic experiences. These include shame interruption, interactive repair, co-regulation of arousal and affect, and shared meaning making.

Dates & Locations:
Sydney - Monday 3 to Tuesday 4 June 2013
Brisbane - Wednesday 5 to Thursday 6 June 2013
Melbourne - Tuesday 11 to Wednesday 12 June 2013
Hobart - Thursday 13 to Friday 14 June 2012
Adelaide - Monday 17 to Tuesday 18 June 2013
Perth - Thursday 20 to Friday 21 June 2013

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Australian Childhood Foundation

July 2013

DR MICHAEL YAPKO presents

DEPRESSION IS CONTAGIOUS : The Social factors to consider in the onset, course and treatment of depression

This workshop identifies the ways in which our social lives directly shape our brain chemistry and powerfully affect the way we think and feel. Participants will be encouraged to go beyond medical and psychological considerations alone in treating depression and take into account social factors as well.

Date:
Monday 8 & Tuesday 9 July 2013

Location:
Convention and Exhibition Centre, Southbank, Brisbane, Queensland.

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Dr Michael Yapko

July 2013 - Australian Childhood Foundation proudly presents

TRAUMATIC BEGINNINGS: Understanding and transforming the infant expriences of relational trauma

Date:
Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 July 2013

Location:
Novotel Brisbane

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Australian Childhood Foundation

August 2013

The 14th International Mental Health Conference
OPENING DOORS

Date:
Monday 5 & Tuesday 6 August 2013

Location:
Outrigger Surfers Paradise

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OPENING DOORS

August 2013 - STARTTS proudly presents

HEALING THE BODY, HEALING THE MIND: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy in Treating Complex Trauma   with Dr Janina Fisher

Participants will learn how to assess and make sense of trauma-based symptoms and how to apply neurobiologically informed treatment techniques in clinical practice.

Date:
Thursday 15 & Friday 16 August 2013

Location:
Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney CBD

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Healing the Body, Healing the Mind

August 2013 - Australian Childhood Foundation proudly presents

MANAGING ACCESS (when working with clients in child protection - details to be announced)

Date:
Tuesday 20 & Wednesday 21 August 2013

Location:
Novotel Brisbane

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Australian Childhood Foundation

August 2013

12th ANNUAL GOLD COAST INFANT MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE
(details to be announced)

Date:
Thursday 22 August 2013

Location:
The Crown Plaza, Surfers Paradise, Queensland

August 2013 - Australiasia Pacific Play Therapy Assoc Inc proudly presents

2013 APPTA Conference: DIVERSITY IN PLAY THERAPY

The conference will focus on both the varieties of modalities used to treat children and adults and the broad professional base of play therapists themselves.

Date:
Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 August 2013

Location:
Sea World Resort, Main Beach, Southport, Queensland

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Play Therapy Conference

August 2013 - Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists proudly presents

AABCAP 7th Annual Conference: INNER PEACE OUTER ACTION

The conference will feature internationally and nationally acclaimed speakers who will share their wisdom and insights in keynote addresses, interactive workshops, panel discussions and Q & A.

Speakers will include:
- Venerable Robina Courtin
- Dr Stephanie Dowrick
- Dr Eng Kong Tan
- Renate Oglvie

Date:
Saturday 24 to Sunday 25 August 2013

Location:
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland

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AABCAP Conference

August 2013 - STARTTS proudly presents

HEALING TRAUMA ACROSS CULTURES: A Contextual and Development Approach to Treatment with Dr Boris Drozdek

In this seminar a contextual/developmental framework that can be used in intercultural trauma assessment, diagnosis and treatment with traumatised clients will be introduced. Knowledge from psychiatry, anthropology and social psychology will be combined in an indepth analysis of complex trauma reactions and PTSD.

Date:
Thursday 17 October 2013

Location:
Sydney Mechanics of School of Arts, Sydney CBD

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Healing Trauma Across Cultures

October 2013 - Australian Childhood Foundation proudly presents

TRANSFORMING PROBLEM SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS: Implementing a practice based approach to assessment and intervention with children and young people who engage in problem sexual behaviour

Date:
Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 October 2013

Location:
Novotel Brisbane

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Australian Childhood Foundation