Pre Conference Workshops
Wednesday 6 July
St David's Lecture Theatre Block

Limited places available on some
Full conference attendees you are entitled to attend  workshops ** at  a discounted
rate

FULL DAY
Mental Health  "Everybody's Business"	8.30am -    4.30pm
Bernadette Paus
This workshop will increase people knowledge and understanding of common mental health and developmental disorders and provide strategies for people to use when working with people experiencing these disorders. Download Flyer Audience welcome: Anyone who works in the community with people who experience mental health problems - Police, Ambulance, Fire,  Probation and corrections Services, red cross, search and rescue, rest homes, primary and NGO sector, support workers, WINZ , health professional colleagues from PHOs, non MH nurses and allied health colleagues.
Co-existing Disorder                                                                         **  Addictions and Mental Health                                                  10.00am -              4.30pm Claire Gilbert and Raine Berry Sponsor :
This workshop is intended to introduce nurses to a conceptual framework that enhances the process of comprehensive assessment and treatment planning for people with coexisting mental health and addiction problems (CEP). Download flyer Audience welcome: Any nurse with an interest in this topic
HALF DAY
How to Facilitate  Critical Consciousness                                       **	8.30am - 12.30pm
Professor Dawn Freshwater
Sponsor:
This workshop will focus on how to facilitate critical consciousness (within the individual) and the challenges to do this at a group and professional consciousness level, within specific cultural contexts. Audience welcome: Any nurse with an interest in this topic
Working with Family Systems                                                         **	1.15pm - 4.30pm
Professor Shirley Smolak
Sponsor:
This workshop will focus on family systems and highlight what can be learned from Genogram Analysis. Audience welcome: Any nurse with an interest in this topic