August 2013 CHW School-Link Newsletter

Click here for a copy of Volume 4 Issue 2 of the CHW School-Link Newsletter.

Highlights include:

Health Economics for Mental Health and Intellectual Disability by Associate Professor David Dossetor

Getting Students Ready for School  by Michelle Hayter-Falconer and Nicole Ison

An Interview with Professor Les White by Hebah Saleh 

The Medicine Cabinet: Quetiapine – a weak antipsychotic that is a great anxiolytic and excellent for acute agitation by Judith Longworth and Kenneth Nunn.

The National Roundtable on the Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disability: A  Summary by Associate Professor David Dossetor

Conference Reviews, Reviews, Upcoming Training 

Transition for Carers Forum

WHO: This forum is for parents & carers of young people aged 14 – 18 years who have a chronic health condition & who, because of a disability, will have difficulty managing their own care as adults. Registration essential. 

WHEN: 18th October 2013, 9.15am - 2.30pm

WHERE: The Kids Research Building The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Cnr Hawkesbury Rd and Hainsworth St, Westmead

Download the flyer here

Download the registration form here

Metro North BIS Symposium: Mental Health & Intellectual Disability

‘Untangling the knots and working together for better personal outcomes’

Tuesday 27th August 2013, 9.30am-4.30pm
Rosehill Gardens, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill

Cost: $50; free for parents and unpaid carers. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided.

Keynote speaker: Julian Trollor: Accessible mental health services for people with intellectual disability

Guest Speakers:

• Gerhard Raftl: Mental Health from a trauma and attachment perspective
• Jack Dikian: Prozac on the couch: Depression and anxiety in the era of wonder drugs
• Dr Bruce Chenoweth: Mental Health and Intellectual Disability in children
• Dr Michael Fairley: Mental Health and Intellectual Disability in Adults

Plus Quick-fire Presentations.

Brought to you by the BISevents Team, a collaborative effort of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Autism Spectrum Australia, Sunnyfield, Interaction Disability Services and Wesley Mission.

Download the flyer here.

Download the registration forms here:

• ADHC staff registration form and
• others registration form

Mother and Daughter Promote Inclusion for Autism

This is an inspirational You Tube video that an Australian mother and daughter put together to raise awareness for children with Autism. We hope you enjoy their message and share it! P.s You might need a tissue!

Free Forum on Intellectual Disability, Mental Health and School Education

St George Hospital Research & Education Centre South St, Kogarah - 31st May 2013 9.00am to 3.45pm.

For professionals working in Education, Disability Services, Mental Health and Health.

The aim of the forum is to promote better services for children and young people at school with an Intellectual Disability who also have a Mental Illness. For a copy of the latest program click here . Registration is free (lunch included) and you can download the registration form here. 

Registration full as of 29/5/13.