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Events and
Workshops
Our specialised workshops offer insightful and constructive training sessions designed to enhance your professional growth.
Motivational Interviewing:
An introduction for disability sector professionals
Thurs 10th July 2024 12:30PM - 3:30PM
 Online, Zoom
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an ethical, client-centred counselling style for eliciting behaviour change by supporting clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.
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MI is a useful tool for professionals working with people in a disability support and/or therapeutic context.
This workshop provides an overview of Motivational Interviewing, the core skills involved and how to adapt these ethically and respectfully for people with cognitive disability
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Series Workshops 1-4
Workshops Held In July
Tue 2nd July 2024 12:00PM – Tue 23rd July 4:00 PM
 Online, Zoom
Positive Behaviour Support interventions for people with disability are in great demand, however there is much uncertainty about how to effectively, ethically and legally deliver such interventions.
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This ticket will sign you up for all four Positive Behaviour Support Workshops (see links below for each individual workshop).
It includes a 5% discount.
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Positive Behaviour Support Series Workshop 1:
Fundamental Skills in Positive Behaviour Support , 2nd July, 2024, 12pm-4pm AEST
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Positive Behaviour Support Series Workshop 2:
Functional Behaviour Analysis, 9th July, 2024, 12pm-4pm AEST
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Positive Behaviour Support Series Workshop 3:
Positive Behaviour Support interventions, 16th July, 2024, 12pm-4pm AEST
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Positive Behaviour Support Series Workshop 4:
Writing a Positive Behaviour Support Plan, 23rd July, 2024, 12.30pm-4pm AEST
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Series Workshop 1:
Fundamental Skills in Positive Behaviour Support
Tue 2nd July 2024 12:00PM – 4:00 PM
 Online, Zoom
Positive Behaviour Support interventions for people with disability are in great demand, however there is much uncertainty about how to effectively, ethically and legally deliver such interventions.
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This workshop is for people that are either new to Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), new to the disability sector or are looking for a refresher in what Positive Behaviour Support entails.
Attendance at this workshop will allow people to have a gain a sound understanding of what a full PBS intervention involves, where their skills currently sit, and where they may need to focus attention for skills development.
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Series Workshop 2:
Functional Behaviour Analysis
Tue 9th July 2024 12:00PM – 4:00 PM
 Online, Zoom
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is the gold standard approach to supporting people with disability who exhibit behaviours of concern.
PBS practitioners need to be competent in conducting functional behaviour assessment and develop data-based PBS plans with a central focus on improved relationships and quality of life for individuals presenting with behaviours of concern.
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Series Workshop 3:
Positive Behaviour Support Interventions
Tue 16th July 2024 12:00PM – 4:00 PM
 Online, Zoom
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is the gold standard approach to supporting people with disability who exhibit behaviours of concern.
A successful and ethical PBS program matches goal setting and interventions to the functional behaviour assessment and analysis.
This workshop will include drawing on a functional analysis to plan a multicomponent and evidence-based intervention.
A combination of presentation, case-examples and practical activities will be used to support the development of a tool-kit of intervention skills that can be applied in the field.
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Series Workshop 4:
Writing a Positive Behaviour Support Plan
Tue 23rd July 2024 12:30PM – 4:00 PM
 Online, Zoom
Positive Behaviour Support plans need to be person centred, comprehensive and useful to stakeholders across a variety of contexts.
Often, a written plan is also needed to meet the obligations of a funding body. Therefore, it is important to have skills in translating your functional behaviour data and strategies into a written plan that focuses on improving the quality of life of the individual with disability.
This workshop will focus on writing PBS plans in a way that captures the referral question, functional analysis and intervention/s.
There will be information on writing plans that are accessible across different contexts. A combination of case study examples, various templates and practical activities around writing a PBS plan will be used to develop learning in this important area.
Positive Behaviour Support:
An introduction for support workers and therapists
TBC
Online, Zoom
This workshop is designed for support workers, therapists and therapy assistants who are working with people with disability who have behaviours of concern.
It covers the fundamental skills in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), how to make sense of a PBS plan, practical strategies for working with people with behaviours of concern and ways to respond during a crisis.
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Given the utility of PBS skills across entire teams, the workshop is considered useful for:
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Allied health professionals
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Psychologists
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Counsellors
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Support coordinators
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Case managers
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Disability service managers
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Support workers
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Therapy assistants
Working with people with disability:
A workshop for Psychologists and mental health professionals
TBC
 Online, Zoom
Psychological strategies have demonstrated efficacy for treating mood disorders, anxiety, symptoms of psychosis and improving quality of life in individuals across the lifespan.
The Medicare and National Disability Insurance Schemes have improved access to psychological therapies for people with disability at an unprecedented rate. There is good evidence that adapting psychological therapies for people with disability (e.g., ASD, Acquired Brain Injury, Developmental Disability) is effective at alleviating psychological symptoms and supporting people to build better lives.
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For psychological interventions to be successful and ethical, those delivering them need to have a good understanding of disability, how it impacts on therapeutic outcomes and adapting therapy interventions for people with disability.
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This webinar provides an overview of working with people with disability as a psychological therapist.
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