Find below some of the great PD opportunities available in January. Comment or
email the library if you have anything to add.
Write –
presentations and papers
The Australian and New Zealand Addiction
Conference
Abstract
submissions are now open for the Addiction 2016 conference. Oral presentations,
poster presentations and workshops are available as presentation options. Authors or organisations interested in submitting a paper or presenting
a workshop are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words
outlining the aims, contents and conclusions of their paper or presentation; or
about their intended role in a workshop.
Topics include:
-
Prevention & early intervention
- Treatment approaches
- Recovery
- Research and policy
- Working with vulnerable groups: Indigenous, youth, rural populations
- Mental Health Impacts: decision making and drug use
- Methamphetamine: Impact of ICE
- Drug Addictions: trends and misuse
- Custodial and forensic settings: programs and services
- Addiction professional: support and training
- Addictive disorders and attachment
- Behavioural addictions: gaming, gambling, sex, online
Submissions due: 5th February, 2016
http://addictionaustralia.org.au/
10th Annual Conference of the
International Society for the Study of Drug policy
Abstract
submissions are now open for the ISSDP conference. Presentation options include oral
presentations, panel sessions, and workshops.
Abstracts on all aspects of drug policy are welcome but there is
particular interest on items addressing the conference themes. The conference
themes this year include:
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Harm reduction: old, new and emerging forms of harm reduction;
- Drugs policy and its intersection with human rights and development;
- Indigenous peoples and illicit drug policy;
- Drug markets and policy responses in Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific;
- Drug user groups and drug policy: the role of consumers and other stakeholders;
- UNGASS 2016, and the international drug control system.
Submissions due: 15th January,
2016
http://www.issdp2016.com/
No2Bullying conference
Abstract
submissions are now open for the No2Bullying conference. Oral presentations,
poster presentations and workshops are available as presentation options. Authors or organisations interested in submitting a paper or presenting
a workshop are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words
outlining the aims, contents and conclusions of their paper or presentation; or
about their intended role in a workshop.
Conference streams include:
-
Schools
- Workplace
- Cyberbullying
- Higher Education
- Principle and Practice
- Prevention Strategies
- Lessons Learnt
- Open
Submissions due: 18th January,
2016
http://no2bullying.org.au/submit-abstract/
Read –
professional reading
Nambiar, D.,
Agius, P. A., Stoové, M., Hickman, M., & Dietze, P. (2015). Mortality in the Melbourne injecting drug
user cohort study (MIX). Harm Reduction Journal, 12(1), 55.
http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/12/1/55
Zinkiewicz, L.,
Smith, G., Burn, M., Litherland, S., Wells, S., Graham, K., and Miller, P. (2015)
Aggression-related alcohol expectancies
and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople. Drug and Alcohol
Review.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.12360/abstract?campaign=wolearlyview
Gomersall, J. S., Canuto, K., Aromataris,
E., Braunack-Mayer, A. and Brown, A. (2015), Systematic review to inform prevention and management of chronic
disease for Indigenous Australians: overview and priorities. Australian and
New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1753-6405.12476/abstract?campaign=wolearlyview
Attend –
informal learning sessions, journal club, seminar series
Journal club (available to Healthy Options
workers only)
This month’s
journal club will be presented by the NSW team.
They will be looking at the use of nonviolent communication as an
intervention, article to be confirmed.
When: Thursday, 28th January,
TBC
January Seminar series (available to
Healthy Options workers only)
In January we
will have Dr Amy Mullens, Clinical and Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer
from the University of Southern Queensland, presenting on getting the most out
of peer and clinical supervision
When: Friday, 22nd January,
12.30pm (AEST)
Computer skills
Microsoft
Office 2013 skills
Need to
brush up on your Office skills? The following online courses offer free to
access, self-paced modules.
Microsoft
Word 2013 - http://www.gcflearnfree.org/word2013
Microsoft
Excel 2013 - http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2013
Microsoft
PowerPoint 2013 - http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2013
Internet
skills
Get a few
basics about Internet Explorer under your belt
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internetexplorer
Listen –
podcasts, webinars
24th International Harm
Reduction conference
Some of the key
presentations from this year’s conference are now available online to
view. There are presentations from
representatives around the world with discussions on international policy. Particularly recommend the moving
presentation by Annie Madden from the Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug
Users League (AIVL) on involving consumers in policy discussions.
http://drogriporter.hu/en/kualalumpursessions
Insight webinars
Catch up on
any of the Insight Webinars you may have missed during 2015 on the Dovetail
Vimeo site. This year’s topics included:
Resilience
based practice in AOD services
Trauma,
substance use and well-being in a young population
Barriers to
treatment for amphetamine use
Working with
families and significant others
And many
more…
https://vimeo.com/insightqld
Podcast: Distorted Love
From the ABC
“All in the Mind” radio program. Psychological abuse is part and parcel of the
unacceptable level of family violence—it’s particularly challenging to
recognise and often hidden behind closed doors. In this podcast a family
therapist casts light on the manipulative narcissistic techniques used by some
perpetrators to weave a 'web of distorted love'. And, there’s the story of a
woman who eventually emerged from a deceptive marriage.
Duration: 30mins
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/distorted-love/6966188
Podcast: Leadership in social work
The idea of
leadership is finding its way more often into the discussions of professional social
work, but what is meant by "leadership"? And, what does being a
"leader" mean? In this episode, Chad Allee describes what leadership
is, argues for the importance of leadership in social work, and points to the
need to cultivate more social work leaders
Duration: 22 minutes
http://www.insocialwork.org/episode.asp?ep=181
Podcast: Alternative identities – Vampires
DJ Williams
addresses some of the personal and professional issues social workers and other
professionals face when working with people who have alternative identities, in
this case people who identify as vampires. Social workers work with many people
defined by dominant discourses as deviant. When identities are so outside the
norm, judgements can prevent people disclosing important aspects of themselves
and the fear of being misunderstood can be a hindrance in working with them.
Duration: Approx. 30 mins
http://www.podsocs.com/podcast/alternative-identities-vampires/
Assessed
learning – short courses, certificates, diplomas, bachelors, post-grad
Master of Addictive Behaviours
The Master
of Addictive Behaviours is offered through Turning Point, Eastern Health
Clinical School. This course
provides students with a comprehensive overview of addiction science, policy
and practice. It is a multi-disciplinary, modular post-graduate degree that is
delivered online but which retains a strongly interactive and dynamic focus.
Covering key contemporary issues such as problem drinking and gambling, and
misuse of prescribed and illicit drugs, the course is delivered by a team of
national and international experts from Monash University, Turning Point and
other leading universities. This master's program is built on a strong
conceptual and theoretical foundation and covers key topics in epidemiology,
public health and policy, prevention and treatment and research methods.
The course is suitable for graduates in psychology, criminology, nursing,
medicine and social work, and for professionals engaged in criminal justice,
mental health, community health and public policy. It enables students to
enhance their career development, improve their academic skills and gain a
rewarding and satisfying educational experience.
All units in this course are delivered online. Contact with teaching staff is
available via forum discussions, announcements, email and telephone.
Final closing date applications: 5th
February
http://www.turningpoint.org.au/Education/Graduate-Programs/masteraddictivebehavious.aspx
Graduate Course in Alcohol and other Drugs
Studies
Turning
Point offers the Graduate Course in Alcohol and other Drugs Studies, leading to
either a Graduate Diploma or a Graduate Certificate. For further details on each of these courses
visit their respective websites.
Final closing date for applications: 5th February
Graduate
Certificate http://www.turningpoint.org.au/Education/Graduate-Programs/GradCert.aspx
Graduate
Diploma http://www.turningpoint.org.au/Education/Graduate-Programs/Graduate_Diploma.aspx
