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Getting
it Together for Australia’s Children
What Role for Parent and Child Centres?
Venue: Olympic Park, Melbourne
February 15 – 17, 2009
The
theme “Getting it Together for Australia’s Children:
What Role
for Parent and Child Centres?” will provide participants
with an
opportunity to explore recent developments in Australia,
Britain
and North America in relation to the “big idea”
submitted by the
Prime Minister to the 2020 Summit in 2008.
Further
information and Registration form
Healthcare
World Australia 2009
Swissotel Sydney, Australia
17-18 February 2009
http://www.terrapinn.com/2009/healthw/index.stm
Leading
national forum where health system decision-makers come
together to discuss policy, share best practice and develop
successful initiatives for improved health delivery and
outcomes.
3rd
International Cerebral Palsy Conference
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
18-21 February 2009
www.cp2009.com.au/index.php
The
aim of this conference is to facilitate collaboration between
internationally renowned researchers across all disciplines
to help find the answers to cerebral palsy. The conference
will have a theme of 'Across the Life-span'.
Play
Therapy Workshops
The Heart & Practice of Child Centred Play Therapy 1
A 3 Day Workshop Kilbride Centre, Albert Park, Melbourne
Victoria
5-7 March 2009
www.playtherapyaustralia.com/MelbMarch2009
WorkshopHeart&PracticeofChildCentered
PlayTherapy1Workshop.pdf
The
Heart & Practice of Child Centered Play Therapy 1 workshop
is an introduction to the world of Child Centered Play Therapy
and gives an overview of this heartful Play Therapy approach,
which is a humanistic, non directive form of counselling
& psychotherapy for children from 3 -10 years old. Child
Centered Play Therapy fosters the child’s innate potential
for inner growth and development. In Child Centered Play
Therapy, the Play Therapist enters the world of the child,
following the child’s lead, developing a safe place
and relationship of trust. The workshop provides the opportunity
for participants to learn about Child Centered Play Therapy
in a safe and supportive learning environment and to be
able to integrate some of the principles & practices
of Child Centered Play Therapy into their work with children
in a range of different settings. This workshop will include
didactic and experiential learning, role plays, Play Therapy
demonstrations, video and case material and personal reflection
activities.
5th
biennial Australian Association of Hospital Play Specialists
Conference
Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney Australia
11-13 March 2009
Conference
themes -
- Evidence-based
practice:
How to do it and what's new
- Practice
Developments in hospital play
- Empowering
children and families in the healthcare environment
This
is an opportunity to showcase your innovative practice,
share ideas and research with others and to strengthen networks
with other health professionals.
Contact:
Meg Wemyss, Meg.Wemyss@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Neurobiology
of childhood trauma and attachment
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour,
Sydney
17 March 2009
www.childhood.org.au/training/event.asp?story=13731
This
seminar is a unique opportunity to hear first hand from
one of the world’s leading authorities on early childhood
trauma, neurobiology and attachment theory. The seminar
will focus on understanding and interpreting up to date
neuroscience research about the impact of stress and trauma
on bodily-based processes, emotional regulation and early
experience-dependent brain maturation. It will also examine
how to apply this knowledge base about the brain systems
which underlie attachment to support positive developmental
outcomes for children and young people who have experienced
abuse and neglect.
Sydney
Children’s Hospital Randwick
2nd Annual Emergency & Paediatric Care Conference
“Hand in hand”
3rd & 4th April 2009
Lecture Theatre, Level 1
SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
High Street, RANDWICK NSW 2031
This
2009 Paediatric and Emergency Care conference will aim to
address the challenges associated with caring for children
in mixed Emergency Departments and General Paediatric wards
in a predominately adult facility.
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information and registration form
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