Mindful Events

  • Positive Behaviour Support Workshop - OCTOBER
  • ADI-R – 3 Day Training - NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
  • Workshop 1 How To Teach Emotional Regulation To “Difficult Dysregulated Kids” An Innovative Visual Approach: Tracking Better & Workshop 2 Managing Sensory Behaviours in Children and Young People
  • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Second Edition- (ADOS-2) - FEBRUARY 2018
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment Fundamentals - March 2018

General Information

Mindful – Centre for Training and
Research in Developmental Health

Building C, 50 Flemington St,
Travancore Vic 3031

Phone: 03 9371 0200
Fax: 03 9371 0250
Email: mindful-info@unimelb.edu.au

 

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Autism Spectrum Disorders

The Victorian Department of Health has provided funding to Mindful to coordinate and deliver ASD training in assessment, diagnosis and early intervention for mental health services.

This training is open to all clinicians in the public and private sector. A registration fee will apply. Limited subsidised places are made available where possible for CAMHS/CYMHS employees.
 
The range of training provided includes a 2-day seminar on ASD assessment fundamentals, the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2), 3DI and treatment workshops for children and young adults with an ASD.

A copy of the 2017 Training Calendar is available here.
 
        

Our publication A Guide to Identification, Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Victorian Mental Health Services (Kerry Bull & Sandra Radovini, April 2013) is available for download here:
A-Guide-to-Identification,-Diagnosis-and-Treatment-of-Autism-Spectrum-Disorder-in-Victoria-2013


 

Date Presenter Topic
13 October 2017 Aspect Positive Behaviour Support Program Trainers Positive Behaviour Support Workshop - OCTOBER
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Practical Strategies for working with children and young people with ASD 

Positive Behaviour Support Workshop for Clinicians: Working with clients 5-25yrs

One Day Seminar: Friday 13th October 2017 

Who is the training for?

Psychologists, Speech Pathologists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Teachers, Early Intervention Workers, Family Support Workers, Headspace clinicians, Paediatric Fellows

**Advanced trainees in Child Psychiatry, CYMHS clinicians

 

Who provides the training?

 
 

Aspect Positive Behaviour Support Program Trainers.

Aspect Victoria runs the highly successful, and evidence-based three day Autism specific Positive Behaviour Support Workshop for parents across Victoria, increasing confidence and capacity in parents to manage challenging behaviours and to support their children and young adults.

This workshop has been adapted for clinicians working with families with a child or young person with ASD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What does the training include?

  • Learn about Positive Behaviour Support and how to be proactive by creating an autism friendly environment
  • Learn how to write an autism specific profile and behaviour support plan (please come with a specific client or case study  in mind)
  • Learn how to write a plan to respond confidently when challenging behavior occurs
  • Learn how to teach new skills to promote independence and quality of life

 

Date:   Friday 13th October 2017      Time: 8.30am - 4.30pm (8.30am Registration)

REGISTRATION: 

CYMHS clinicians $88 incl GST:

http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=295&cID=17

Non - CYMHS clinicians $176 incl GST:

http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=296&cID=17

 

Venue:                 

Mindful - Centre for Training & Research in Developmental Health

Building C, 50 Flemington St  (Not Flemington Rd)

Travancore  Vic. 3031          

 

Catering:        Morning tea and lunch provided.

 

Contact:         Frances Saunders fsaunders@unimelb.edu.au

 

** A limited number of subsided places are available for Victorian Mental Health Clinicians


Refund Policy

Registration is refundable up to and including 14 days before course commencement. A 10% administration fee will be deducted. Workshops are not refundable after this date. Should you have a query please contact Frances Saunders fsaunders@unimelb.edu.au

 
24 November 2017 Deeta Kimber Workshop 1 How To Teach Emotional Regulation To “Difficult Dysregulated Kids” An Innovative Visual Approach: Tracking Better & Workshop 2 Managing Sensory Behaviours in Children and Young People
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 Practical Workshops for Clinicians

 

Workshop 1: How To Teach Emotional Regulation To “Difficult Dysregulated Kids” An Innovative Visual Approach: Tracking Better

 

Workshop 2: Managing Sensory Behaviours in Children and Young People

Friday 24th November

 

Who provides the training?

Deeta Kimber is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who has been working in regional and remote Western Australia for the past 4 years. She also recently worked in a maximum security prison in Victoria and has previously worked in juvenile justice facility and has a special interest in the impact and treatment of developmental trauma. She is currently working for Kimberley Mental Health and Drug Services (KMHDS) for CAMHS in East and West Kimberley.

What does the training include?

Dr Deeta Kimber has constructed a visual developmental mental health program that teaches individuals to track themselves in the 5 key domains of self-regulation when struggling. Deeta will present key aspects of this work as an introduction to her visually based workbooks “Tracking Better”  that teach goal setting and emotional regulation in Workshop 1 and Workshop 2 will focus on managing sensory issues particularly for ASD children and young people.

 

Workshop 1: How To Teach Emotional Regulation To “Difficult Dysregulated Kids” An Innovative Visual Approach: Tracking Better  9am- 12.30pm (Registration from 8.30am)

 

Workshop 1 ONLY  ($55 incl GST)

Registration: http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=381&cID=17

 

Workshop 2: Managing Sensory Behaviours in Children and Young People 1.30-5pm (Registration and lunch from 12.30pm)

 

Workshop 2 ONLY  ($55 incl GST)

Registration: http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=382&cID=17

 

BOTH Workshop 1 & 2 ($88 incl GST)

Registration: http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=383&cID=17

 

Venue:                 

Mindful - Centre for Training & Research in Developmental Health

Building C, 50 Flemington St  (Not Flemington Rd) Travancore Vic. 3031          

Catering:
Morning/Afternoon Tea  & Lunch provided.


Refund Policy:

Registration is refundable up to and including 14 days before course commencement. A 10% administration fee will be deducted. Workshops are not refundable after this date.

Please contact Frances Saunders fsaunders@unimelb.edu.au for further enquiries
30 November 2017
1 December 2017
2 December 2017 		Deborah Sweeney ADI-R – 3 Day Training - NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
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 ADI-R – 3 Day Training

Thursday 30th November – Saturday 2nd December 2017

ADI-R (Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised) 3 days

What is the ADI-R?

The ADI-R is a semi-structured diagnostic interview to assess behaviours related to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The ADI-R typically takes between 90 minutes to 3 hours. The course is designed to teach clinicians how to administer and code ADI-R with parents/ carers of children and young people with suspected ASD.

What does the course involve?

·         learn about the underlying principles of the ADI-R

·         learn how to code the caregiver’s responses during the interview

·         observe and discuss an administration of the ADI-R with parents/carers of  child or young person with  ASD.

·         trainees have the opportunity to conduct part of a ADI-R  interview  and receive feedback and coding advice

** Clinicians wanting to achieve research level reliability - Deborah offers the “Personal ADI-R Reliability Package”. This includes scoring an ADI-R DVD administration, submission of your own recording of ADI-R, feedback and certificate once reliability is achieved.  This is a separate cost from the course for those who wish to pursue reliability.

Who provides the training? Deborah Sweeney

Deborah has been using the ADI-R and ADOS in complex, multi-disciplinary assessments for over 12 years and regularly trains health professionals in the ADI-R and ADOS throughout the Asia Pacific region

DATES:                 Thursday 30th November to - Saturday 2nd December, 2017         TIME:   8.30 – 5.00pm

COST:                    $1,430 including GST

REGISTRATION:

http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=338&cID=17

VENUE:                Mindful, Building C, 50 Flemington St, Travancore Vic 3032

                                                                    (NOT Flemington Road)

PARKING:           No parking available on site. Further details of public transport and map on Mindful website

CATERING:         Morning tea and lunch provided.

For further information contact Frances Saunders fsaunders@unimelb.edu.au

Refund Policy

Registration is refundable up to and including 14 days before course commencement. A 10% administration fee will be deducted. Workshops are not refundable after this date. Should you have a query please contact Frances Saunders fsaunders@unimelb.edu.au

 
15 February 2018
16 February 2018 		Deborah Sweeney Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Second Edition- (ADOS-2) - FEBRUARY 2018
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 Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Second Edition- (ADOS-2)

Two-day introductory workshop Thursday 15th & Friday 16th February 2018

Places limited to 20 participants

What is the ADOS-2?

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Second Edition (ADOS-2) is a semi-structured, standardised assessment of communication, social interaction, and play.  It provides a series of standardised contexts in which the individual’s social, communication and repetitive, stereotyped behaviours can be observed.  It has been designed to assist in the diagnosis of autism and pervasive developmental disorders and is suggested as a complementary instrument to the Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R).  Standardised toys and activities are used to present opportunities for social and communicative interaction with the examiner.  During these activities, observation of the individual notes the absence of presence of behaviours of interest. A diagnostic algorithm consistent with DSM-V and ICD-10 clinical diagnoses is generated.

 

Who is the training for?

Mental Health Clinicians, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, Paediatricians, Speech Pathologists, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists

 

Who provides the training? Deborah Sweeney

Deborah has been using the ADI-R and ADOS in complex, multi-disciplinary assessments for over 12 years and regularly trains health professionals in the ADI-R and ADOS throughout the Asia Pacific region.         

 

What does the training include?

The two-day workshop provides an introduction to the ADOS-2 as an assessment tool, and is a first step in the process for establishing reliability.  It uses a mixture of large group lecture, demonstration, and scoring, as well as DVD demonstration of the ADOS-2. Training does not include the toddler module.

 

Prior to attending the workshop, you will be sent a pre-course information pack.  This will contain information about the venue, options for purchasing ADOS-2 materials, and some reading materials.  It will also include a DVD of two ADOS-2 administrations for you to watch prior to attending the course.  You will also be asked to do two practice administrations of the ADOS-2.  This can be done with any child, or as a role play exercise.  This task is to help familiarise yourself with the administration of the ADOS-2.  It is very useful preparation for the workshop.  Detailed information on this will be provided in the pre-course pack.  It is also required that you read the ADOS-2 manual prior to attending the workshop. Therefore to participate in this workshop, you will need to have access to an ADOS-2 kit. ADOS-2 distributors include:

·         Western Psychological Services (WPS)  www.wpspublish.com,

·         Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) www.acer.edu.au

·         Psychological Assessments Australia (PAA) www.psychassessments.com.au

·         Pearson Psychcorp http://www.pearsonpsychcorp.com.au

 

DATES:                Thursday 15th & Friday 16th  February 2018         TIME:   8.15 – 4.30pm (8.15 for registration)

 

REGISTRATION: Mindful website:   http://mindful.org.au/Events/Autism-Training.aspx

CYMHS/CAMHS Clinicians: $300 (plus GST)  Please register via link below:

http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=372&cID=17

 

Non CAMHS Participants:   $600 (plus GST) Please register via link below:

http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=371&cID=17

 

VENUE:                  Mindful, Building C, 50 Flemington St,   Travancore Vic 3032           (Not Flemington Rd)

PARKING:              No parking available on site.    Further details of public transport and map on mindful website

CATERING:             Morning tea and lunch provided.

** A limited number of subsided places are available to CYMHS/CAMHS employees

Refund Policy

Registration is refundable up to and including 14 days before course commencement. A 10% administration fee will be deducted. Workshops are not refundable after this date. Should you have a query please contact Frances Saunders fsaunders@unimelb.edu.au

 

  

 

 

20 March 2018
27 March 2018 		Specialist Autism Team, Royal Children’s Hospital Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment Fundamentals - March 2018
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Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment Fundamentals

Two Day Seminar: Tuesday 20th & 27th March 2018

Who is the training for?

**Advanced trainees in Child Psychiatry, CYMHS employed Psychiatry Registrars, CYMHS employed clinicians

Paediatric Fellows. Psychologists, Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Paediatricians. Registration fee: $230 plus GST.

Who provides the training?

Specialist Autism Team, Royal Children’s Hospital

Mindful - Centre for Training & Research in Developmental Health, The University of Melbourne

What does the training include?

·         Clinical assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

·         Differential diagnosis and co-morbidities

·         ASD assessment protocol

·         Providing feedback &  guidelines for report writing

·         Case assessments: Preschool and School aged/ Adolescent

DATES:                          Two Day Seminar:  Tuesday 20th & Tuesday 27th March 2018

TIME:                            8.45am - 4.30pm (Registration at 8.45am)

REGISTRATION:  

Non CYMHS clinicians Registration fee of $253 incl GST. Please register through this link:

http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=258&cID=17

**Child Psychiatry Trainees & Registrars and  CYMHS/CAMHS clinicians (Subsidised cost $99 incl GST ) http://ecommerce.mindful.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=68&cID=17

VENUE:                 

Mindful - Centre for Training & Research in Developmental Health

Building C, 50 Flemington St  (Not Flemington Rd)

Travancore Vic. 3032          

CATERING:             

Morning tea and lunch provided.

 

(Contact Frances Saunders fsaunders@unimelb.edu.au for any further information)

 

** A limited number of subsided places are available to CYMHS/CAMHS employees

Refund Policy

Registration is refundable up to and including 14 days before course commencement. A 10% administration fee will be deducted. Workshops are not refundable after this date. Should you have a query please contact Frances Saunders fsaunders@unimelb.edu.au