New Look Journal

The first 2014 edition of the CHW School-Link newsletter, in a journal format and with a new name, is now available here.

The Journal of Mental Health for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disability: An Educational Resource aims to improve the mental health of children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disability through enabling academic debate, research and commentary on the field. 

This journal is a modification of the previous newsletter; a vehicle of expertise about mental health information of children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disability.

The journal remains a collaborative effort with a multi-agency editorial group from the CHW School-Link, Statewide Behaviour Intervention team of the Department of Aging Disability and Home Care, NSW Family and Community Services, and NSW Department of Education and Communities.

Changes:    

• Information on upcoming conferences and training workshops will now be posted and updated on the website here
• We will be sending you a monthly reminder to check out what’s new on our website with the link to access the latest issue of the journal.
• We are in the process of setting up an archive of past articles on the website to make it easier for readers to search for specific topics, titles, authors or themes.

What’s in Issue One for 2014

Features

• Diagnosis, Psychotropic Medication and Outcome in an audit of 150 Child and Adolescent Patients by David Dossetor
• Trajectory: Changing the Direction – A view across a range of papers by Terry Sarten
• Simon: A Very Special Olympian by Jodie Caruana
• PBS: The Aspect Practice by Tom Tutton
• Communication Passports in the UK & New Zealand by Terry Sarten

Regular articles

• The Medicine Cabinet: Adverse Reactions by Judy Longworth   
• A Day in the Life……of a Music Therapist by Miriam Crombie & Roxanne McLeod
• The Interview - Paul Hutchins

Reviews

• Conference Review: The Good Childhood Conference, Melbourne by Sarah Chaplin
• Paper review: Managing Madness: Mental Health and Complexity in Public Policy. Evidence Based by Terry Sarten
• Book Review: Social Work Practice and Intellectual Disability by Terry Sarten
• Conference Report: The Second Annual ACI Intellectual Disability Health Network Forum by David Dossetor

MH+ID Schools Conference

Professional Development Day for Schools.

6th August 2014 at Revesby Workers Club

The aims of the day are to equip staff with greater knowledge and skills in:

• Identifying and responding to mental health issues in their school

• Awareness of mental health promotion and well being programs for the SSP setting

• Support and networking with other SSPs and support units, and other services.

 Register via MYPL

Program available here

Psychosocial Disability Support Under NDIS

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has asked the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) to propose a framework for funding and delivering services to people with psychosocial disability related to mental illness through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Read the report here.

December 2013 CHW School-Link Newsletter

The December 2013 edition of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead’s School-Link newsletter on mental health and intellectual disability in children and adolescents is now available by clicking here.

Highlights include:

Draft Guidelines on the Pathways to Care for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Challenging Behaviour and/or Mental Health Problems. David Dossetor  Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS)

Report on the Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes Conference Dr Peter Wurth

Using the Positive Behaviour for Learning Framework. Leanne Neville

Collaboration: not the Emperors New Clothes. Terry Sarten

Neuropsychological Profile of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Dr Phil Ray

Neuroscience of caregiving: a seminar with Dr Daniel Hughes. Anders Hansson

Personalised Learning and Support for Students with Additional Needs: Every Student Every School. Katrina Worrall

The Medicine Cabinet. Clonidine Judy Longworth

Seasons Greetings

Seasons Greetings from Jodie and Hebah who are currently on maternity leave.

We wish you a merry xmas and safe and happy new year.

We look forward to returning back to work in early 2014.

Jodie and Hebah