Professional Development workshops 2012

Spectrum workshops and seminars for 2012


To download the Spectrum Professional Development calendar for 2012, click here or click on the links below for more detailed information

If you would like to receive email reminders about these workshops in advance, please send your email address through the contact us page on this website stating your name, your email address and the area of your work

SPECTRUM SUPERVISION GROUP

Monday 13 February then fortnightly till December

FOUNDATION WORKSHOP: UNDERSTANDING AND TREATING PEOPLE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

***This workshop is full*** Note: Spectrum runs this same workshop through the 3 Mental Health Training and Develoment Clusters in August this year, see details at the bottom of this page.

Also consider attending the "Introduction to BPD" workshops held on 1st June and 17th August 2012.

Wednesday 14 March

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT) INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP

***This workshop is full***

Thursday 22 March

RANZCP CLINICAL EXAMS PREPARATION WORKSHOP ON BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER (FOR REGISTRARS AND ECE CANDIDATES) 

Friday 30 March

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT) SUPERVISION GROUP FOR INDIVIDUAL WORK

8 Sessions held monthly on Thursdays begining 26 April

LEARNING MORE ABOUT BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER- A WORKSHOP FOR FAMILIES

Wednesday 9 May

MANAGING BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER PATIENTS IN INPATIENT UNIT SETTINGS

***This workshop is full***

Tuesday 22 May

CLIENT-CENTRED SECONDARY CONSULTATION AND SYSTEMS OF CARE

Wednesday 30 May

INTRODUCTION TO BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: FOR MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS (THIS WORKSHOP MAY BE USEFUL AS AN INTRODUCTION BEFORE ATTENDING THE 4TH JUNE WORKSHOP)

Friday 1 June

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THERAPY TO BE THERAPEUTIC: FOR STAFF IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGS NOT IN A THERAPY ROLE

Monday 4 June

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT) ADVANCED WORKSHOP (CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A PRE REQUISITE FOR THIS WORKSHOP)

Thursday 14 June

TREATMENT PLANNING, DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOP AND CASE EXAMPLES

Tuesday 26 June

CLINICAL SEMINAR SERIES: WORKING WITH CLIENTS WITH A PERSONALITY DISORDER

Wednesday 18 July then fortnightly till 12 September (5 sessions)

RANZCP CLINICAL EXAMS PREPARATION WORKSHOP ON BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER (FOR REGISTRARS AND ECE CANDIDATES)

Friday 10 August

INTRODUCTION TO BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: FOR PDRS WORKERS (THIS WORKSHOP MAY BE USEFUL AS AN INTRODUCTION TO BPD BEFORE ATTENDING THE 20TH AUGUST WORKSHOP)

Friday 17 August

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THERAPY TO BE THERAPEUTIC: FOR PDRS WORKERS

Monday 20 August

WORKSHOP FOR PSYCHIATRISTS: WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T FOR BPD: FINDINGS FROM CLINICAL EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH

Friday 7 September

UNDERSTANDING AND TREATING SELF-HARM WITH PERSONALITY DISORDERED CLIENTS

Friday 26 October (Note date change from 14 September)

 

SPECTRUM IS PRESENTING WORKSHOPS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS AS FOLLOWS:

Mental health training cluster Foundation workshops

Introductory foundation workshops: understanding and treating people with borderline personality disorder. These workshops will be held in conjunction with mental health training clusters.

The dates are:

  • Wed 8 August - Southern Training Cluster.  For enquiries phone 9902 9696.
  • Wed 15 August - North East Training Cluster (NEVIL). For enquiries phone 9342 7565, for bookings see http://www.nevil.org.au/calendar.
  • Wed 22 August - Western Training Cluster. For enquiries phone 8387 2731

VICSERV workshops

A number of introductory workshops will be conducted in conjunction with Vicserv for staff from PDRS and non-Area Mental Health Services. For bookings, contact Vicserv ph 9519 7000 or book through the Vicserv website (www.vicserv.org.au)