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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">A number of you who work in the human services field will be interested in registering for this very timely professional development opportunity -<strong> Webinar series: </strong><em><b>Refugees & Asylum Seekers: Experiences,
issues and interventions</b></em><strong>.</strong> 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: <a href="http://email.psychology.org.au/wf/click?upn=8Dq1LOZYCWFSUaMDBuQEVZ8lGW5exin3ZMO5ITa7LVU-2BG-2FtIvfq8tLzqq7gfubipyT4-2FWopVY2zKCzYKMyKrQOM-2FSnRTl8aVfSBLr1QHTkw-3D_qhAE8G-2BxQ9rc58ERKtC04aDOYOSJPptZ99S0SlShVBvh7taEa6jvHZmNwU-2BsdoWzmqZuIZTZPMgORaQiuSZX2-2FdQFdwaDdIxLbRWumUMd-2BOLTxTlX119ROFXm5Wy0Axhlfdzfw9Cr2FQe4BolIM05i0ioVeAFPcJ1Lb6-2BSAEQdUWMObEJwr6prWkoSKE6bMYoIneDPYFvj7ipbTMQkavEQ-3D-3D" target="_blank">https://events.psychology.org.au/ei/getdemo.ei?id=1601&s=_3W00Q5TI4</a></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>Heather Gridley</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Honorary Fellow</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Victoria University</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">E: <a tabindex="0" href="mailto:heather.gridley@vu.edu.au" target="">
heather.gridley@vu.edu.au</a> </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Ph: +61 419113731</font></p>
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<div id="divRpF290377" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr;"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mary Harvey [maryjharvey@bigpond.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 4 February 2015 12:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mary Harvey<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Webinar Series 2015 - Register now for this excellent PD opportunity<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Dear Friends and Colleagues,</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font face="Verdana" size="2"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font face="Verdana" size="2">I wonder if you might consider
<i>either/or</i>/both both registering for this webinar series, <i><u>AND</u></i> 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.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font face="Verdana" size="2"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font face="Verdana" size="2">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.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="2">The importance of this event is highlighted by the statement below from Assoc Professor Amanda Gordon:</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#333399">"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. </font><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">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. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">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. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">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. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Take the opportunity to attend the webinar, then follow up with a Peer Supervision session based on the material, for maximum benefit. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">The
webinars provide opportunity for questions and potentially some discussion over the internet. Please join us, and enrich everyone’s learning experience."</span></font></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Verdana" size="2"> Amanda Gordon Hon FAPS, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Warm wishes</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Mary Harvey</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font size="2" face="Verdana">On behalf of the APS National Refugee Issues and Psychology Interest Group </font></span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Sent by APS - Refugee Issues and Psychology Interest Group - National Committee</font></p>
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