In this presentation, Berinda Karp and Haydn Payne  will recap current trends in the Autistic space- pair this PDA presentation and other possible co morbid mental health conditions. They will provide some practical strategies to assist youth and their practitioners with some interactive activities.

This webinar will outline evidence based exercises and processes to use in settings where client time is limited. Identifies the essential and effective strategies that lead to sustainable positive change through using a brief and simple interviewing/ teaching framework.

Presented by Glen Turner, he has been utilizing the skills provided from the Accidental Counsellor training for a number of years. He modified the content and produced a template to guide students in identifying issues (boxes) in their lives and outlined steps needed to empower the individual to make change. This presentation is based around the notion of boxes that weigh us down and how listening and empowering individuals can help to promote self-care which may include simple solutions (talk to friends about issues), to more confronting solutions such as seeking further help from a medical professional or police, all of which I have facilitated on a number of occasions.

This session is an overview of the Online Accidental Counsellor Conference looking at highlights and sharing ideas and reflections from the previous sessions.

During this presentation, you will learn more about: - The cost of NOT listening for you, your organisation - The art and neuroscience of listening; and - Your listening barriers and how to tackle them If you would like to understand what gets in the way of your listening before taking this short course, we recommend that you take the Listening Quiz. The Listening Quiz​ will help you identify your Listening Villains and provide you with a personalised 3 Step Action Plan to improve your listening capability. https://listeningquiz.com/

In this workshop, Parwaneh will  be teaching some basic practices that can be used in the classroom or in any workspace. As a practitioner of meditation and yoga, she have used  these techniques in her classes and have witnessed firsthand their impact on her students. She will  share simple breathing, meditation, and yoga postures that can be used anytime and anywhere.

The presentation will consider the co-morbidities around mental health issues and how they can be influenced by and impacted further on for children and young people with additional learning needs. This will include considerations around what is happening in their lives both in school and outside of school and how these may also impact. As we are all aware, traumatic events can be a trigger for children and young people who are already vulnerable, and we will be looking through the lens of COVID-19 at this. Additionally, ideas and strategies to support our children and young people with additional learning needs will be discussed, shared and act as a take-away from this session.

This webinar will share the guiding principles essential for the development and implementation of a “Culture of Care” in schools and learning organizations. It will explore how the symbiotic relationship, between safeguarding, child protection, trauma, mental health and wellbeing keeps children safe. With consideration and discussion, we will explore the standards and steps necessary to support the movement from compliance to a strong “Culture” which protects children.

Having the experience of someone telling you things close to their heart or private secrets they have held on to can be a little overwhelming at times. It can create the experience of not quiet knowing what to do or say! In this webinar, Melissa Ferrari will guide you through recognising the benefits of just being present and listening to another so you feel confident in your ability to do it mindfully.