Exercises in Laughter Yoga

Engaging adolescents - Dealing with difficult teens

The Engaging Adolescents parenting education course teaches parents what goes into forming a great relationship with their teenagers and how to broach difficult topics with teenagers and importantly, emerge in one piece! Based on scripted mediation techniques, the PASTA for teenagers’ process provides parents with a method for holding tough conversations with adolescents, where parents can deal with short term issues (such as being interrupted) and long term issues teaching teenagers how to negotiate successfully).  PASTA stands for Prepare, Appointment, Say, Tame the Tiger and Agree. This program has been taught to over 2000 professionals in Australia and it has demonstrated a method that is easy to learn where parents might have otherwise just become angry with their teenagers. There is some preparation involved in holding this type of conversation (using a three-page worksheet), but the PASTA method is eloquent in its simplicity, and easy for professionals to teach to parents in groups. 

Recovery from complex trauma

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has put the issue of child abuse on the national agenda. The need for informed services is highlighted daily in stories and testimony. Many intractable health problems result from the chronic life stress and compensatory behaviours which underlie traumatic childhood experiences. Adverse childhood experiences are common, destructive and powerfully impact both mental and physical health `a half-century later’ (Felitti, 2002:45). Unresolved trauma not only has significant morbidity and mortality for those experiencing it, but also has profound impacts on their children, families and communities.

Recovery from complex trauma

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has put the issue of child abuse on the national agenda. The need for informed services is highlighted daily in stories and testimony. Many intractable health problems result from the chronic life stress and compensatory behaviours which underlie traumatic childhood experiences. Adverse childhood experiences are common, destructive and powerfully impact both mental and physical health `a half-century later’ (Felitti, 2002:45). Unresolved trauma not only has significant morbidity and mortality for those experiencing it, but also has profound impacts on their children, families and communities.

Engaging adolescents - Dealing with difficult teens

The Engaging Adolescents parenting education course teaches parents what goes into forming a great relationship with their teenagers and how to broach difficult topics with teenagers and importantly, emerge in one piece! Based on scripted mediation techniques, the PASTA for teenagers’ process provides parents with a method for holding tough conversations with adolescents, where parents can deal with short term issues (such as being interrupted) and long term issues teaching teenagers how to negotiate successfully). PASTA stands for Prepare, Appointment, Say, Tame the Tiger and Agree. This program has been taught to over 2000 professionals in Australia and it has demonstrated a method that is easy to learn where parents might have otherwise just become angry with their teenagers. There is some preparation involved in holding this type of conversation (using a three-page worksheet), but the PASTA method is eloquent in its simplicity, and easy for professionals to teach to parents in groups.

Managing suicidal risk and self-harming behaviours in adolescents

Mental health disorders account for the highest burden of disease among young people (almost 50%) in the 16-24 year age group (Young Australians: their health and wellbeing. AIHW 2011). There are nearly 300 suicides in this age group each year in Australia. Research also suggests that up to 12% of young people engage in deliberate self-harm. These behaviours present significant challenges for health professionals working with young people. The presenter provides a greater understanding of self-harming and suicidal behaviour in young people, as well as identifying effective responses in the assessment and management of these behaviours.

Building consultation skills with young people: sex, minors and kids who cut.

This presentation is an outline of some principles of adolescent health that are relevant to GPs. Summarising their main burdens of disease, and contextualising the role of General Practice in supporting

Quirky Kids – troubled adolescents with unrecognised Autistic spectrum disorders

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is common and often missed by health professionals. This presentation describes clinical symptoms and tips on not missing these children, as early intervention is very

Responding to the needs of consumers with complex trauma histories a consumer perspective Copy

This presentation, "Responding to the needs of consumers with complex trauma histories a consumer perspective" focuses on the needs of adult survivors of child abuse, highlighting the frequent

Defining the concept of spirituality among Filipino counselors and clients.

Sport and physical activity in the treatment of refugee trauma survivors of torture and trauma

Community acceptance of refugees in a new refugee resettlement location, Armidale, NSW

Theme and Variations: The way the Complex Traumatic past becomes the Complex Traumatic present

Long walk to health: Working with the survivors of refugee trauma with a history of early childhood abuse

Limits in Neurofeedback Rehabilitation: What we need to know