[Commpsych] FW: Webinar Series 2015 - Register now for this excellent PD opportunity

[Heather Gridley]

A number of you who work in the human services field will be interested in registering for this very timely professional development opportunity - Webinar series: Refugees & Asylum Seekers: Experiences, issues and interventions. The webinar series with the complete program is on the APS Events page and an outline of the program is attached to this email.To register for the event please follow the link:  https://events.psychology.org.au/ei/getdemo.ei?id=1601&s=_3W00Q5TI4<http://email.psychology.org.au/wf/click?upn=8Dq1LOZYCWFSUaMDBuQEVZ8lGW5exin3ZMO5ITa7LVU-2BG-2FtIvfq8tLzqq7gfubipyT4-2FWopVY2zKCzYKMyKrQOM-2FSnRTl8aVfSBLr1QHTkw-3D_qhAE8G-2BxQ9rc58ERKtC04aDOYOSJPptZ99S0SlShVBvh7taEa6jvHZmNwU-2BsdoWzmqZuIZTZPMgORaQiuSZX2-2FdQFdwaDdIxLbRWumUMd-2BOLTxTlX119ROFXm5Wy0Axhlfdzfw9Cr2FQe4BolIM05i0ioVeAFPcJ1Lb6-2BSAEQdUWMObEJwr6prWkoSKE6bMYoIneDPYFvj7ipbTMQkavEQ-3D-3D>


Heather Gridley

Honorary Fellow

College of Arts

Victoria University

Melbourne, Australia



E: heather.gridley at vu.edu.au<mailto:heather.gridley at vu.edu.au>

Ph: +61 419113731



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From: Mary Harvey [maryjharvey at bigpond.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 4 February 2015 12:14 AM
To: Mary Harvey
Subject: FW: Webinar Series 2015 - Register now for this excellent PD opportunity

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I wonder if you might consider either/or/both both registering for this webinar series, AND sending this email on to others who you suspect might be interested in this issue?  Asylum seeker/refugee issues are sadly (and ashamedly) a part of our daily news, and for many of us, a part of our work as psychologists/therapists/advocates is about supporting the human beings that are on - or sadly ‘off’ our shores (because of our Government policies) - who are the ‘victims’ of our national policies/laws.

We believe this Webinar Series will be both informative to those friends/colleagues who are new to the area of working with people seeking asylum or refugees, as well as being an update for those who are more experienced in working with this client group.

The importance of this event is highlighted by the statement below from Assoc Professor Amanda Gordon:



"The plight of people seeking asylum in the lucky country seems to be worse in 2015 than it was in the dreadful days prior to the Palmer and Comrie Reports, which sparked real changes in our understanding of the impact of immigration detention on the mental health and wellbeing of detainees. Now, we know so much – and yet the evidence is ignored in Government policy.  Psychologists and other mental health and health professionals are once again having to determine the ethics of working to support asylum seekers while they are in a system that is causing harm. We are having to work in systems in which Politics impacts our interventions, and where helplessness is learned, hopelessness reigns supreme. The APS Interest Group on Refugees and Psychology is responding to these conditions in the best way we can – by giving all those who have an interest in the area an opportunity to learn from the evidence, to grapple with the big issues and develop skills specific to working in the area. I urge you to avail yourselves of the forthcoming webinar series put together by the dedicated Interest Group team.  The speakers and presenters are first-rate, and they have a lot to offer. The webinars are priced to break even.  However, any profit derived from them will be used to support psychologists working in remote centres, by providing supervision from expert professionals. Take the opportunity to attend the webinar, then follow up with a Peer Supervision session based on the material,  for maximum benefit. The webinars provide opportunity for questions and potentially some discussion over the internet.  Please join us, and enrich everyone’s learning experience."

 Amanda Gordon Hon FAPS, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra


Warm wishes
Mary Harvey
On behalf of the APS National Refugee Issues and Psychology Interest Group


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