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Transforming Childhood Trauma: Connecting with Empathy and Compassion
Speaking Tour with Dr Bruce Perry
Dr. Bruce D. Perry will explore the negative impact of chaos, threat,traumatic stress, abuse and neglect on children. Hear how these adverseexperiences alter the child's brain, and can result in enduring cognitive,behavioural, emotional, social, psychological and physical problems.Concepts of empathy and compassion will also be explored in relation tophysicalhealth, mental health and an ability to form and sustain loving and healthy relationships.
Cost: $280 per person
Early Bird:$240 per person, if registered by 30th July
Group Discount:a discount of 10% applies to group registrationsof 5 or more delegates
For further information please visit www.berrystreet.org.au
For additional queries contact the Training Events Team on 03 9429 9266
or trainingevents@berrystreet.org.au.
Australia's Health 2010
Australians are a pretty healthy bunch, but we could still do better, according to a report by The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The report, "Australia's Health, 2010, In Brief" brings together the latest available national statistics on health.
The report notes that Australians are getting healthier and there is rapid growth in health spending and services.
Highlights of the findings include:
- Australia's life expectancy at birth remains among the highest in the world
- survival rates for people diagnosed with life-threatening diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are improving.
- Australia's level of smoking has continued to fall, and is among the lowest in OECD countries at 1 in 6 adults smoking daily.
Despite the generally good outlook, there are some major areas of concern including obesity and the prevalence of diabetes.
Alarmingly,1 in 5 Australians aged 16-85 years has a mental disorder at some time in a 12-month period, including 1 in 4 of those aged 16-24 years.
Indigenous Australians have much higher death rates and higher rates of serious and fatal injuries than other Australians.
The report can be accessed at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Website
Community Services and Health Economic Outlook
Access Economics has released its 2010 Economic Outlook for Victoria's Community
Services and Health Industries Report. The Report is in place of the previously known Industry Drivers Reports.
Download a PDF of the Access Economics Report
Guide for Secretaries and Public Officers of Victorian Incorporated Associations
With support from the Office for the Community Sector, PilchConnect has developed a new 10-part Guide for Secretaries and Public Officers of Victorian Incorporated Associations.
The aim of the Guide is to assist people involved in running an incorporated association in Victoria and complying with the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 (Vic). The guide provides useful information and practical tools – such as sample documents, checklists, and flowcharts.
The Guide is an adaptation of The Secretary’s Handbook by Prof Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology.
For more information visit www.pilch.org.au/incguide
NCVER: Workforce planning for the community services and health industry
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has released a paper which provides valuable insights into how the Community Services and Helath Industry workforce obtains their required skills. Importantly for the VET sector, the report highlights the move to higher qualifications amongst the workforce. The challenge for the VET sector is to promote the value of its training for associate professional level community services and health occupations and not to allow Universities to take over this training.
Download the NCVER Community Services and Health Workforce Planning Report
Victoria's Early Childhood Development Workforce
The Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development has released Victoria’s Early Childhood Workforce Strategy on 27 November 2009. The Early Childhood Development Workforce Report can be found here.
Victoria’s Early Childhood Workforce Strategy forms part of the Government’s 2009 statement on early childhood development,
Growing, Learning and Thriving: Working to give Victoria’s children the best start in life.
The strategy describes a long-term vision for the early childhood workforce.
Improving Victoria’s Early Childhood Workforce sets out the short-term and long-term actions we will take to achieve our vision.