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AICAFMHA E-News in Brief Issue #3.15

News in Brief - Issue #3.15 (16/08/2003)

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AICAFMHA News

Good to see people are continuing to complete and forward their membership applications. Forms are available from here and those paying by credit card can fax or phone their application through, as well as posting.
We are almost at 30% of our target earnings for memberships this year so still have a way to go. A progress meter is posted on the website homepage and updated regularly.
An ACER Press order form is also available for members wishing to utilise their 10% discount on ACER Press publications.

The COPMI Project update for this fortnight is now also online. It contains a reminder about the September 1st deadline for feedback on the Draft Principles and Actions for Services and People Working With Children of Parents With A Mental Illness document.

What?s On?

Conference Announcement / Call For Papers
Helping Families Change Conference: Home, Workplace And Community
19th-21st February 2004
Carlton Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand
Hosted By Triple P New Zealand
Deadline for submissions 14th November 2003
More info at www.triplep.net
View flier.

The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program Announces
The Power of Mother Goose
A Two-Day Teacher Training Workshop
in the skills and materials needed to offer a Parent-Child Mother Goose Program in your agency or community
When: Wednesday 1 October, from 9:30 to 4:30 and Thursday 2 October, from 9:30 to 3:30
Where: Villa Maria Society, 6 Studley Park Rd Kew
upstairs in Esmond House Function Rm, park at rear of Studley Park Rd
and
When: Monday 6 October, from 9:30 to 4:30 and Tuesday 7 October, from 9:30 to 3:30
Where: Community Learning Centre, Malcolm Court, Narre Warren.
Instructor: Glenna Janzen and Mary Fearon
Cost: $150 this includes a Teacher Training Manual and other materials
View registration brochure: 1 / 2 October, 6 / 7 October.

The National Association for Loss & Grief is holding a forum 'Loss & Grief - A Mental Health Issue' on Wednesday 27th August 2003 at the Hotel Y, 489 Elizabeth St, Melbourne. 9am to 4pm.
Cost is $27.50 for NALAG members $55.00 for non members (discount 10% applies to groups of 10 or more). Lunch included.
To register contact NALAG (Vic) 03 9351 0358 (freecall country Vic 1800 100 023)

Mental Health News

The official site for the world mental health day project, a global mental health education campaign of the world federation for mental health, is at http://www.wmhday.net/

The Australian Mental Health Consumer Network (the Network), a key national consumer body with approximately 1,500 members, has been contracted to advise the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists as to how it might ensure that community perspectives on mental health policy and program development are embedded in every aspect of College activity. The NSW Health Southern Area Health Services' Family and Carers Support Program are supporting the Network in this project.
The Network has prepared a Discussion Paper and a set of Consultation Questions that have been placed on the Network's website: www.amhcn.com.au.
Your input to this project is warmly invited.

The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (the Alliance) is seeking a consultant to undertake project management and the development of a Business Plan for implementation of a National Data Network for Children and Youth.
Expressions of interest are sought by 29th August 2003.
Background information:
Brief
Round Table Background papers
Round Table Proceedings.

A copy of Queensland Statewide Newsletter, supporting families where the parent or carer has a mental health problem can be found here.

Resources

Suspected child abuse: the potential for justice to miscarry
Edmund Hey
BMJ 2003;327 299-300
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7410/299?etoc

There's a new issue of the Bulletin, no.3 Winter 2003, on the Stronger Families Learning Exchange website. The Bulletin includes articles on building collaboration at a community level, community representation, on parents' experience of parenting ('Parents are invincible superheroes') and action research. As well, it provides information on progress of the Stronger Families Fund projects.
http://www.aifs.gov.au/sf/pubs/bull3/bulletin3.html

National Rural Health Alliance E-forum - 15 August 2003 online at
http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/nrhapublic/Index.Cfm?Category=EForum