Events

Working with cognitively impaired clients can be a significant challenge, particularly when access to assessment services and resources are limited.

This workshop is designed for those that work in the AOD sector and are new to the role of Intake and Assessment.

Senior Lecturer Olatz Lopez Fernandez provides an overview of internet addiction and current gaming disorder: prevalence, treatment and prevention in the USA.

With an increased focus on providing a range of treatment approaches for AOD clients that include day rehabilitation programs for people facing difficulties with methamphetamines and other drugs, group skills have become a vital AOD worker requirement.

This one-day workshop is for alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers who are new to the sector, or those looking to update their knowledge in an ever-changing AOD work environment. It aims to cover current Victorian issues and trends in the AOD sector.

This webinar aims to synthesise and translate new research that has examined a broad range of AOD treatment providers’ views (e.g., case workers, social workers, psychologists, doctors) about the brain disease model of addiction) and its clinical impact.

As gambling related problems often occur for people engaged in alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment, clinicians are ideally placed to identify and respond accordingly to gambling problems experienced by their clients.

This interactive workshop will examine Aboriginal ways of being, communication and engagement styles and provides information, resources and strategies for working with Aboriginal people within a southern Australian context.

Mindfulness has a proven ability to reduce our experience of negative emotions and to increase our psychological wellbeing. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants should be confident to lead a session with clients and establish their own practice.

This cultural sensitivity workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the unique drivers, complexities and risk factors of problematic substance use for LGBTI communities.