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Join over 200 delegates from 100 regional and rural towns in Australia and New Zealand at the 3rd Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium

The conference “Impacts & Outcomes” will be held at the Mercure, Ballarat from 14th — 16th November 2011.

The conference will examine the mental health implications of Social Change, Financial Factors and Environmental Adversities.

These factors and others can severely impact on the mental health of individuals and upon community functioning, cohesion, and resource availability.

1. What lessons can be learned from our response to these changes?
2. How can mental health professionals prepare themselves, their clients and their communities, to deal more effectively with future negative occurrences in rural and remote areas?
3. How can the resources of government, mental health professionals, emergency services, and private practitioners, be better utilised for optimal benefit?

You can view or download the program on the conference website: http://anzmh.asn.au/rrmh11.

Registrations for DESA 2011 Symposium “Basic and Beyond”, being held at the Education Development Centre on the 3rd November 2011, are open!

Dowload the booking sheet from here: http://www.adcet.edu.au/ndco/sa/View.aspx?id=7927

Registrations close on 14/10/2011.

This is the premier professional development opportunity for Disability Employment Services in SA for 2011.

Program Highlights:

• “Can’t Walk. Can Fly” – Dale Elliot
• Post Placement and ongoing support, Lynette May, CEO of DEA
• Key Note Speaker, Tom Vartzokas, Inspirational DES participant’s story
• Employment Assistance Fund, Wayne Allen, Multiple Solutions
• Dealing with Difficult Participants, Ali Uren, Kiikstart
• Engaging with Employers, Suzanne Colbert, CE: Australian Network on Disability

More information.

A symposium for policy makers, service providers, researchers, consumers and interested individuals to share knowledge and experiences in promoting the inclusion of gender and disability in communities.

Presented by the Gender Consortium, School of International Studies, Flinders University.

When

Friday 15 October 2010, 9am – 4.30pm

Where

Flinders Campus in the City
182 Tarndanyangga/Victoria Square, Adelaide

Registration closes Friday 24 September 2010.

Full details are here.

See also the registration form.

The Disability Employment South Australia (DESA) 2010 Symposium Stay in Focus will be held on 17th March 2010.

This will provide an opportunity to hear motivational speakers on topics that affect the whole sector.

Speakers include:

• Lucy Macali – CEO National DEN Sector
• Karen Osborne – Manager, Disability Employment Services
• Ali Uren – Director Klikstart Pty Ltd
• Jenny Watts-Sampson
• Robyn Miller – Acting Education Coordinator PHaMs (Personal Helpers and Mentors)
• Rinaldo Minniti – BA Dip Soc Sci, Senior Clinical Physiologist, Warinilla Drug and Alcohol Service SA
• Nick Rushworth – Executive Officer, Brain Injury Australia

Location

Education Development Centre
Milner Road
Hindmarsh

Date and Time

17th May 2010

8.30am Registration, 9.00am Start

Bookings and Further Information

Beverly Furlong
Multiple Solutions
7a Sturt Road, Brighton SA 5048
PO Box 273, Brighton SA 5048

Phone: 08 8377 0911
Fax: 08 8377 0711
E-mail: bfurlong@ms.asn.au