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Today's Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Book Launch: STOMP out the ANTs! – (Automatic Negative Thoughts)


The book launch will be held in March next year.
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Education and Training


Treating the Victims of School Bullying New Item
Developing Social and Emotional Resilience
In this full day workshop Evelyn Field will share her experiences and provide participants with a basis for
understanding bullying and its causes and how to apply her six-step model.
Posted: 10-03-2010
Fatigue Information Session
A program for people with MS, their friends and family
These face to face sessions will explain the nature of MS Fatigue, why it occurs and what you can do to manage this invisible symptom.
Energy effectiveness techniques, diet, sleep, exercise & communication will all form part of the discussion. Call Andrea Salmon for details or to register.
Posted: 01-03-2010
Taking Control & Planning Ahead
A program for people with MS, their friends and family
The law in Victoria gives us all a number of ways to ensure we have maximum control over how decisions are made when we are not in a position to make those decisions ourselves.
Posted: 01-03-2010
Parenting Support Strategies: How Stillness Meditation Can Reduce Anxiety
A Lecture with Francine Cockerill & Kaye Hakopian From the Pauline McKinnon Stillness Meditation Centre, Kew
At this Lecture you will:
• Learn how Stillness Meditation can have a profound effect on managing anxiety
• Learn why Stillness is so effective in helping young people manage their anxiety
• Discover the wider benefits of Stillness Meditation
• Share an experience of Stillness
Posted: 24-02-2010
3 hour Staff Safety Workshops
This 3 hour workshops, to be held at the Virginia Park Conference Centre in East Bentleigh on Thursday the 25th March, will run from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon. The training is aimed at staff who work with clients where there may be a risk of aggression.
Posted: 24-02-2010

Events and Activities


Parenting Support Group New Item
A Group for Parents of Children with Anxiety Disorders
Aims:
• To create a safe environment for discussing issues and problems
• A place to share and reflect, and ask for advice
• A place to learn tools and techniques to better cope with the stresses of parenting an anxious child
Posted: 10-03-2010
Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs 2010 Conference
Under the title, Building on the Capital, the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs 2010 Conference will feature an exciting program including international and national speakers with a focus on new treatment, prevention and policy in the areas of drug and alcohol research.
Posted: 03-03-2010
Yarra Drug & Health Forum Oration
The Yarra Drug & Health Forum Oration,AGM and Worker of the Year Presentation will be on the 23rd March
‘A Decade Onward: Drugs, Alcohol and the Community since the Era of the Penington Report’ by Professor Robin Room, Professor of Social Alcohol Research, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne & Director, AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Turning Point.
Posted: 25-02-2010
New Me New World - Women's Forum
Supporting our Rural Women - A Focus for Yarram Women's Forum
Posted: 23-02-2010
overnance & Service Quality for Health and Community Services Conference.
The Victorian Healthcare Association is conducting a Conference in May 2010 focusing on Governance & Service Quality for Health and Community Services.
Posted: 19-02-2010

Publications and Research


ME/CFS Australia (Victoria): Diagnostic Guidelines for ME/CFS
The key document for medical practitioners in diagnosing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The 'ME/CFS Clinical Case Definition and Guidelines for Medical Practitioners' by Carruthers et al (2003) is the key document for diagnosing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Posted: 09-03-2010

Services and Programs


ME/CFS Australia (Victoria): Dandenong Support Group
A new support group for people with ME/CFS is starting up in Dandenong
If you have Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and are looking for some peer support, a new Support Group is being established in the Dandenong area.
Posted: 09-03-2010
MS Teen Day
For Teenagers at Secondary School who have a parent with Multiple Sclerosis
Bowling is back by popular demand!
Posted: 01-03-2010
Wesley Employment Services
Empowering people with an injury, medical condition or disability to get a job.
Empowering people with an injury, medical condition or disability to get a job.
Posted: 17-08-2009



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