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Social Program

Networking Function

Date: Tuesday 7 August 2012
Time: 1700 – 1830
Venue: Grand Ballroom One Foyer, Burswood Convention Centre

Day one of the Conference will conclude with a Networking Reception, held at the Burswood Convention Centre. Drinks and lights snacks will be served whilst delegates reflect on the day's program, catch up with colleagues, renew past acquaintances and make new contacts in a relaxed atmosphere.

This function is an optional extra, and can be purchased by completing the relevant section on the registration form.

Cost: $25 per person

Program Outline

TUESDAY 7 AUGUST 2012
0815	Registration Opens
0900 - 0930	Official Opening
0930 - 1010	THE SOCIAL COST OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT His Excellency Malcolm McCusker AC CVO QC Governor of Western Australia
1010 - 1040	Morning Tea & Poster Displays
1040 - 1140	CRITICAL TASKS AND MECHANISMS OF CHANGE Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D. Director, MDQuit Tobacco Resource Center Director, Center for Community Collaboration Presidential Research Professor Department of Psychology University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
1140 - 1230	TAKING COMORBIDITY SERIOUSLY: THE INTEGRATION OF SERVICES FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT Winthrop Professor Paul Flatau Director, Centre for Social Impact Business School, The University of Western Australia
1230 - 1330	Lunch & Poster Displays
1330 - 1500	Concurrent Session A
	1A: Aboriginal	2A: Co-morbidity	3A: Courts & Corrections
	"It can Make or Break a Good Night": Research with Aboriginal Youth Around Alcohol Deno Gower Moorditj Keila and Southcare Dr Mandy Wilson National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University	Evaluation of Co-morbidity Key Worker Training Kathryn Kemp, Heather Jacobson & Jessica Miller Drug and Alcohol Office	Kronic: A Study of Perceptions and Prevalence amongst Western Australian Police Detainees, Pre and Post Legislation Anthony Scott Edith Cowan University
	Strong Spirit Strong Mind Metro Project: Working Together to Improve Drug and Alcohol Services for Aboriginal People in the Metropolitan Area Sasha Casey & Jessica Scott Drug and Alcohol Office	The People with Exceptionally Complex Needs Project (PECN): Improving Services Through Collaboration Amanda Perlinski & Margaret McGuinness Disability Services Commission	Amphetamine Using Police Detainees in Western Australia: What is the Impact on Crime? Natalie Gately Edith Cowan University
	Western Australian Quitline Aboriginal Liason Team Community Engagement Project Jen Keen Drug and Alcohol Office	Partnership Model for Effective Collaboration for Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Comorbidity Bram Dickens Perth Co-occurring Disorders Capacity Building Project - Lead Agency Palmerston Association	Perth Drug Court: View from the Bench Magistrate Vicki Stewart Department of the Attorney General
1500 - 1530	Afternoon Tea & Poster Displays
1530 - 1700	Concurrent Session B
	1B: Courts & Corrections	2B: Working Partnerships	3B: Working with at Risk Children and Families
	Uncouth Youth? A Profile of Young Offenders in Perth Children's Court, 1994 - 2009 Sharan Kraemer Edith Cowan University	Alcohol Management Plans: Working Together to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harm in a Community Gemma Watts Drug and Alcohol Office Jenny Payet WA Country Health Services South West: Population Health	Understanding the Experiences of Adult Siblings of Illicit Drug Users Amy McAlpine Edith Cowan University
	Just Youth Therapy; The Collaborative Relationship between Youth Court Diversion Programs and Drug and Alcohol Youth Services Residential Rehabilitation Peta Nordberg Mission Australia Deen Potter Perth Children's Court	Alcohol and Other Drug Use at School Leavers' Celebrations in Western Australia Tina Lam National Drug Research Institute	Mothers with an Alcohol-Related Diagnosis Recorded During Pregnancy or Within One Year of Pregnancy: A Population-Based Cohort Study 1985-2006 Dr Colleen O'Leary Centre for Population Health Research, Curtin University
	Pathways Treatment Program: Short Term Impact Evaluation Debbie Dawson Western Australian Department of Corrective Services	Inter-agency Collaboration for Action on Outdoor Alcohol Advertising Rebecca Johnson Cancer Council WA Julia Stafford McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth, Curtin University	One Size does not Fit All; An Evaluation of DAMEC's Drug and Alcohol Counselling Service for CALD Kelvin Chambers Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre
1700 - 1830	Afternoon Tea & Poster Displays

WEDNESDAY 8 AUGUST 2012
0815	Registration Opens
0900 - 0915	Opening Remarks
0915 - 1015	DEVELOPING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RECOVERY CAPITAL IN AND OUT OF TREATMENT Associate Professor David Best, BA, MSc, PhD Associate Professor of Addiction Studies Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre & Monash University Melbourne, Victoria
1015 - 1045	Morning Tea & Poster Displays
1045 - 1130	NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE COURTS' RESPONSE TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL RELATED LEGAL PROBLEMS: INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION Dr Michael S. King Magistrate, East Kimberley Magistrates Court of Western Australia
1130 - 1230	CO-DESIGNING SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE Brenton Caffin Founding CEO, The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI)
1230 - 1330	Lunch & Poster Displays
1330 - 1500	Concurrent Session C
	1C: Working with at Risk Children and Families	2C: Working Partnerships	3C: Other
	Reducing the Impact of Parental Substance Abuse on Families: The Benefits of a Collaborative and Multi-Component Treatment Approach Pauline Lodge & Vicki Roxburgh UnitingCare West	Building the Capacity of the non Government Sector: Where We've Been and Where We're Going Robert Stirling Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA) Angela Corry Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (WANADA)	Wider Availability of Naloxone to Prevent Opioid Overdose Fatalities - International Evidence and Australian Developments Professor Simon Lenton National Drug Research Institute
	Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm: The Views of Young People Trish Heath Commissioner for Children and Young People	Nourishing to Flourishing in Peer Support Magdel Hammond & Jenn Bennett Connect Supporting Recovery	The WHO ASSIST in an Acute Mental Health Setting Calum Ross Royal Perth Hospital
	Collaboration Through the Use of the Signs of Safety Framework - Case Study Clara Kirika Department for Child Protection	Changing Health Acting Together (CHAT) Mick Jackson Pierce School Drug Education and Road Aware (SDERA)	Why the Australian Government does not Want Drinkers to Drink at NHMRC Recommended Levels Professor Robert Donovan Curtin University
1500 - 1530	Afternoon Tea & Poster Displays
1530 - 1630	ABORIGINAL MENTAL HEALTH CULTURAL COMPETENCE - THE SUCCESS OF TARGETED INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG WORKFORCES NATIONALLY Dr Tracy Westerman Managing Director Indigenous Psychological Services, Port Headland, Western Australia
1630 - 1645	Closing Remarks
1645	Close of Conference