Free Forum on Mental Health, Intellectual Disbaility and School Education (Sydney)

 

Dear CHW School-Link Subscribers,

 

We recently advertised a free forum on “Mental Health, Intellectual Disability and School Education” in Kogarah on 31^st May 2013 in our latest newsletter.  Spaces are still available. Registration is compulsory and the registration form and PDF program are available on our website’s front page: http://www.schoollink.chw.edu.au/

 

Registration enquiries to Tony Florio: Mob 0419 281344 | Fax 9113 2619 | tony.florio@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au

 

 

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.

 

Program

8.30        Registrations Open (Tea\coffee available)

9.00        Welcome to the Forum

Dr Murray Wright, Director of Mental Health SESLHD

9.10        Neurobiology of Challenging Behaviour

Dr Bruce Chenoweth

10.00     Pathways from School to Prison

Prof Eileen Baldry

10. 30    Morning Tea (Tea\coffee available)

Poster Display

10.45     Communication

                Leanna Fox, Speech Pathologist ADHC

11. 25    Sensory Processing

Kali Ogle, OT Sydney Childrens’ Hospital & Rene Fraser, OT ADHC

12.05     Stepping Stones, Triple P program evaluation

Jodie Caruana, Childrens’ Hospital Westmead

12:25     Lunch

Eating, Networking and a Poster Display

1.15        New Initiatives

• UNSW Developmental Evaluation A/Prof Julie Johnson

• MRID Metro-Regional Health Network Dr Robert Leitner

• DEC Hub and Spoke Education Model Lesley Bruce/ Linda Sheldon

Panel Discussion: What are we still trying to figure out?

• ACI Tracey Szanto

• ADHC Michelle Henwood

• Carers Anne Funke

• DAS A/Prof Allan Sturgess/ Deirdre Clifton/ Jurgen Wille/ Lif O’Connor

• MH Tony Florio

3.15        Networking (Tea\coffee available)

Poster Display

3.45 End of Forum