Skill Development: Alcohol & Other Drug Use Problems – Readiness to Change
24 September 2025, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Presented by Mr Andrew Brunn
This is a 2 hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
$60 (inc. GST): Other professionals
$30 (inc. GST): Price for Victorian & Tasmania CYMHS/CAMHS/ICYMHS, Take Two, Orygen, Headspace and ACCHO availability.
Please read our Cancellation and Attendance policy before booking.
Who is the training for?
This training workshop is designed for psychologists, speech pathologists, social workers, occupational therapists, mental health nurses, teachers, headspace clinicians, paediatricians, child & adolescent psychiatrists & trainees.
Who provides the training?
Mr Andrew Brunn, is CEO at the Youth Support and Advocacy Service, or YSAS. YSAS is one of Australia’s largest youth-specific community service organisations. It has been operating since 1998 as Victoria’s flagship youth AOD service, and while this is still YSAS’s main focus, it has broadened to consider supporting the mental health difficulties of young people with alcohol and other substance use difficulties and their families. Andrew initially trained as a social worker and his clinical experience shows in his teaching.
What does the training include?
This seminar will explore the nature of adolescent substance use, identifying when it becomes problematic to an extent that warrants intervention. Participants will investigate how factoring a young person’s ‘readiness to change’ into intervention planning enhances engagement and increases the likelihood of better health and developmental outcomes. The focus will be on practical responses to substance use that reduce harm and build motivation for constructive behaviour change.
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