AICAFMHA:
promoting mental health for young Australians
Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association Ltd
ABN 87 093 479 022
COPMI Project Update - 26/7/2002
Resource List - There's more!
Once again many thanks to those of you who checked the Resource List provided on this site. You will note that yet more resources have been added to the list since then. Please check the list to see if the materials or tools you use in your work in this area are included and advise me as soon as possible of any errors or omissions.
Sydney Consultations
Details of the Sydney COPMI consultations have been confirmed; please see details below. All consumers, carers, young people or service providers wishing to hear more about the project and 'have their say' about what will be in the COPMI principles and guidelines document are invited.
Tuesday 20th August, 3.30 - 5.00 pm
The Pritchard Room, Level 1, Holiday Inn, Darling Harbour
Wednesday 21st August, 5.15 - 6.30 pm
(following the TheMHS conference day program)
Harbourside Meeting Room 6
Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour
Please RSVP for both sessions to: fudgee@wch.sa.gov.au
A flyer for the Tuesday session can be downloaded from this site. Please encourage others who may be interested to attend.
Adelaide Consultations
COMIC has invited the COPMI group to participate in consultations in Adelaide, following the planned release of the COPMI Discussion Document on or around September 1st 2002. So, if you live in or near Adelaide, keep the following dates free;
Tuesday 24th September 2.30 - 4.00
Noarlunga Health Village Auditorium, Alexander Kelly Drive, Noarlunga Centre
Wednesday 25th September 2.30 - 4.00
Level 3 Conference Room, Norwich Centre, 77 King William Road, North Adelaide.
COMIC will be circulating flyers about this event soon to their S.A. network.
Parent Assist: Evaluation Of First Year Of A Pilot Project To Provide Practical Assistance For Parents With A Mental Illness
Don Tustin, from the Noarlunga Health Services Division of Mental Health in South
Australia recently sent AICAFMHA a copy of an evaluation report he prepared on a small
pilot project called Parent Assist which provided moderate levels of practical assistance
to parents with a mental illness. The report describes and evaluates the first year of the
pilot project. Don has kindly made the report available to AICAFMHA e-news readers. Click here to read a copy of the report.
Don can be contacted by e-mail: Tustin.Don@saugov.sa.gov.au
Young People's Focus group in Melbourne
Christine Matthews from Melbourne is aiming to organise some focus groups for young people with mentally ill parents. If you are between 15 and 23 and have a parent with a mental illness, or you know of someone who fits this description, Christine would like to hear from you. See Christine's message here.
Elizabeth Fudge
Project Manager,
COPMI Initiative
Ph (08) 8161 6859
Fax (08) 81616983
fudgee@wch.sa.gov.au
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