Connect & Learn
Connect & Learn webinar series address a wide range of practice-relevant topics presented by local expert clinicians. The webinars aim to enhance the capabilities of Victorian AOD and MH workers in responding to substance use and addiction issues among their clients and consumers.
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- This presentation will explore the genesis of the U-Turn Program and provide an overview of the therapeutic frameworks and philosophies that underpin the U-Turn facilitation style and program delivery.
- This presentation will provide an overview on the experience of families affected by another’s alcohol or other drug use, including a brief history of how families have been conceptualised within the addiction field, their involvement in their loved one’s treatment, and the impacts on the family themselves.
- This presentation provides a brief update of the BPD and the principles of working effectively with people with a diagnosis of BPD and when and how to make referrals to Spectrum.
- The presentation will focus on clinical engagement supporting adolescents quit vapes, including assessment and management of nicotine dependence using the 5As brief intervention framework.
- Since the introduction of MARAM in 2018, the AOD sector has expanded their responsibilities to identify, assess, and respond to family violence risk within operations and service delivery.
- A recent collaboration between SHARC, Turning Point, and Monash University examined the impact of group-based education and support for affected family members of people experiencing addiction.
- Tobacco smoking remains one of the largest preventable causes of death and disease in Australia.
- Using ethnographic research to understand the ways people find of ‘living with’ harmful methamphetamine use
- Through an exploration of polyvagal theory, the webinar will provide participants with the opportunity to understand the nervous system and how to educate clients about their nervous system and how to regulate when triggered or distressed.
- Through an exploration of alcohol use in pregnancy, this webinar will provide participants with the opportunity to have an understanding of the extent of the problem.