Connect & Learn
Turning Point hosts a series of webinars presented by experienced clinicians working in the addiction sector.
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- 7 March 2022Long-acting injectable buprenorphine (‘depot buprenorphine’) represents an important new treatment option for the management of opioid dependence.
- 2 February 2022Presented by Associate Professor Victoria Manning and Dan Raffell on the 14th of December 2021
- 3 December 2021One in three older Australians live with chronic pain and it is estimated to be Australia’s third most costly health problem.
- 15 November 2021This session will provide an overview of the prevalence of substance use and substance use disorder (SUD) in the Melbourne
- 15 November 2021There has been an increasing burden of self harm presentations and hospitalisations in Australia.
- 20 September 2018About 1 in 2 people in addiction treatment settings have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet integrated treatment is not routinely available.
- 7 July 2021Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, commonly known as ACT is a third wave cognitive behavioural therapy created by Steven C Hayes. The core message is accepting what is out of your personal control and commitment to taking action that moves you towards a life worth living.
- 7 July 2021Presented by Carmen Harris & Stephen Herd.
Connect & Learn is a series of case-based webinars funded by the DH, designed to support AOD clinicians throughout regional and metropolitan Victoria. Webinars are presented by experienced clinicians currently working in the AOD sector and facilitated by Turning Point. - 9 June 2021This presentation explores Sensory Modulation - a therapeutic intervention that has relevance to the AOD sector, as people with AOD dependence sometimes experience an inability to regulate sensation which can impair behavioural responses.
- 19 April 2021In this webinar, Jen Thompson provides viewers the opportunity to consider the prevalence and impact of trauma in the lives of the people they work with, the principles of trauma informed care and how they can be implemented in individual work as well as consider implications for organisational policy and procedures, culture, and sector integration.