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Dubbo & Orange - Youth Health Forum - Caring for Young People Who Self-Harm

Date: 04-03-2020 08:45:00

When 8:50am Wednesday March 4th 2020
Where

Children's Hospital Westmead, with Video-Conferencing to:

- Lecure Theatre, School of Rural Health Dubbo, 11Moran Drive

- Function Room, Audley Building, School of Rural Health Orange, 1502 Forest Road

Youth Health Forums are stimulating, half-day forums that cover a wide range of adolescent health and wellbeing issues, appealing to health, education, community, welfare professionals and students. The Forum provides opportunity for attendees to meet, update knowledge and skills, exchange information and strengthen the youth health network, in order to provide the best possible support for young people in NSW.

At this Forum, we will focus on positive psychology and young people.

Cost:

Free of charge

This program is supported locally by the School of Rural Health

 

PLACES WILL BE LIMITED TO 35 ATTENDEES in Dubbo and 45 ATTENDEES in Orange - register early. 

Please ensure when you register that you specify which venue you will attend.

 

Program includes Presentations on:

  • Understanding Self Harm in Young People
  • The Developmental Context of Self Harm – Brain, Mind and Body
  • The Elver Program: An Outreach Multi-Disciplinary Trauma Treatment Program for Children and Young People in Out of Home Care (OOHC)
  • Project Air Strategy for Schools
  • Responding to self-harm: how workers, carers, and parents can help?   
  • Voice of Youth

 

RSVP:  Wednesday, 26 February 2020 (or when full capacity has been reached)
Please register by email to rural.info@sydney.edu.au OR

call Sharon Boog (Orange) on 5310 4109 / Helen Peacocke (Dubbo) on 5809 9400

 

Program Enquiries:
Ms Ken Yap 02 9424 5846

Email: ken.yap@health.nsw.gov.au

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