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Trauma Informed Therapy Working with Children
Working with traumatized children and young people can be challenging. What: This workshop will provide you with the opportunity to: Gain an understanding of the impact of trauma on a child’s brain development, self- regulation and attachment Improve your knowledge of the needs of traumatised children and why they do what they do Learn about the therapeutic strategies for working with and caring for traumatised children Who: DR RACHEL BENNETT, Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice & SUSANN KEATING Registered Counselling Psychologist When: Tuesday…
Find out more »Family and Domestic Violence & Coercive Control
Understanding the attitudes, beliefs and abusive actions that keeps violence silent in families and communities What: This workshop will provide you with the opportunity to: gain an enriched understanding of the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours that inform perpetrator patterns of coercive control over a family and community learn about new ways of thinking about how women, children and some men manage and resist abuse in their lives develop further practice understanding, skills and interventions that will meaningfully assist when working with victims…
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Trauma Informed Therapy – Working With Adults
A workshop introducing Trauma Informed Therapy: working with adults. Supported by Enable WA and open to all human services practitioners. What: This workshop will provide you with the opportunity to: Gain an understanding of how different types of trauma can be managed Be exposed to emerging trauma therapies such as sensori-motor psychotherapy and the comprehensive resource model Learn about fast developing and very different modalities of treatment for the management of complex trauma Help you work more effectively with trauma Who: DR BILL…
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Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
A Workshop introducing Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) - The Impact of Early Interventions. What: This workshop will provide you with the opportunity to learn about: The impact of FASD on the child, and the family and across the lifespan The importance of early diagnosis, ongoing intervention in the prevention of secondary disabilities and increased adversity for the individual and family. Tools and strategies for working with children and adults with FASD which are adapted from international training on FASD and includes local…
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Trauma Informed Therapy: working with children
A workshop introducing Trauma Informed Therapy: working with children. Open to all human services practitioners. Working with traumatised children and young people can be challenging What: This workshop will provide you with the opportunity to: Gain an understanding of the impact of trauma on brain development, self regulation and attachment Improve your knowledge of the needs of traumatised children and why they do what they do Learn about the therapeutic strategies for working with and caring for traumatised children Who: Dr Rachel Bennett,…
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Healing Fear
A workshop introducing the theory and practice of Healing Fear. Open to all human services practitioners. This is an experiential workshop which shares important theory about the sources and effects of both physical and emotional fear and how it can be healed in ourselves and others. The type of listening and attention-giving that facilitates the healing of fear will be described and demonstrated and then experienced in small group processes. What: This workshop will provide you with the opportunity to: Learn about sources…
Find out more »Supervising Staff – Skills for Quality Practice
SPSW is again running its highly successful 2 day Workshop on Professional Supervision presented by Dr Barbara Meddin, a well known and respected social work practitioner, supervisor and trainer. Open to all human services practitioners. This Workshop is aimed at assisting supervisors and those who aspire to be supervisors to develop the skills and knowledge required to supervise workers. Day 1 Supervising Staff - Develop and Enhance your Skills This Day will include: An overview of Supervision -what…
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