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Clinical Workshop Series 2008
A summary of the Workshops can be found below below
Bullying in Schools
Friday 20 June, 9am – 4.30pm
Speaker: Professor Ken Rigby
This workshop will outline the nature of bullying: definition, kinds of bullying, consequences for mental and physical health; understanding student vulnerability; theoretical perspectives and explanations for bullying in schools. How schools can respond to bullying: policy development, risk management, bullying as part of the curricula, promoting better bystander behaviour. Methods of dealing with cases of bullying: traditional use of ‘rules and consequences;’ ‘Supporting the ‘victim’; Restorative Justice; Mediation; the ‘No Blame Approach,’ and the Method of Shared Concern. Criteria for selecting approaches to handling cases and questions arising.
Psychopharmacology for Psychologists
Friday 18 July 9am – 4.30pm
Speaker: Dr Mark Boschen BA (Hons), MClinPsych, PhD, MAPS. Lecturer in Clinic Psychology, Griffith University
Psychologists working in clinical and counselling settings routinely encounter clients who have been prescribed psychotropic medication. Skilled clinicians require a working knowledge of the range of psychopharmacological agents, and current prescribing practices. This workshop starts with the basics of neuronal transmission and uses this to explore the mechanisms of action of a range of psychiatric medications. The focus is on the antidepressants as the most commonly prescribed psychotropic agents, with additional coverage of anxiolytics and antipsychotics.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children
Friday, 15 August, 9am – 4.30pm
Speaker: Dr Lara Farrell BPsych (Hons), MClinPsych, PhD, Member APS Clinical College
This will be an interactive and skills-based workshop for professionals interested in evidence-based cognitive-behavioural treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and youth. A brief overview of the literature relative to child and youth OCD will be provided, including a detailed review of the clinical features, as well as factors associated with the aetiology and maintenance of this disorder in childhood. Through this workshop, participants will become familiar with the various psychometrically sound measures available for the effective assessment of childhood OCD. The workshop will also introduce participants to an evidence-based CBT program, which will be offered to the community through ongoing research at Griffith University.
Working with Caregiver-Child Attachment Relationships:Theory and Practice
Friday 19 September, 9am – 4.30pm
Speakers: Ms Rae Thomas BEd, Grad Dip Couns Psych and Associate Professor Melainie Zimmer-Gembeck BS, MA, PhD, MAPS
This workshop will provide professionals with a theoretical overview of caregiver-child attachment relationships and an opportunity to engage in group interaction and skill development. Theory and research related to caregiver-child attachment relationships will be provided including what is currently known about attachment and its relationship to child development, psychopathology and relationships in later life. A review of the effectiveness of published interventions with foundations in attachment theory and common components of these interventions will be provided along with age-specific attachment measures.
Assessment of Reading Disability
Friday 17 October, 9am – 4.30pm
Speaker: Dr Michelle Hood BSc, BA (Hons), PhD, MAPS, Lecturer in Psychology, Griffith University
This workshop will briefly explore the known characteristics of developmental dyslexia. Evidence for approaches to diagnosing reading disability that derive from a multiple-levels framework that incorporates biological and genetic, cognitive and perceptual, environmental, and psychosocial factors into the diagnostic battery will be presented. Specific issues and differences associated with diagnosing reading difficulties in different age groups will also be covered. The uses of various reading and other psychometric tests will also be covered.
Assessment and treatment with older populations: General Principles and Strategies
Friday 14 November, 9am – 4.30pm
Speaker: Associate Professor Nancy Pachana PhD, FAPS
This workshop will cover two broad areas, assessment and interventions for older populations. A review of empirically supported assessment tools and major intervention strategies, ways to tailor interventions to older populations, and special considerations for working with cognitively impaired and residential care populations will be featured.