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QNADA Conference 2011
QNADA conference 2010The Inaugural QNADA Conference: Challenges and Innovation, February/March 2011 saw AOD professionals gather for a conference focused on the NGO AOD sector. Attracting a range of national speakers the conference covered insight into emerging themes around priorities within the AOD sector including; National Health Reform, the National Drug Strategy, workforce development and innovations in treatment. 

Comorbidity in the Community – a QNADA Seminar Series
From April to October 2011 QNADA coordinated a series of six seminars focusing on increasing the capacity of the health and community workforce to meet the needs of clients with both a mental illness and substance use problem. 

Through partnering with the Queensland Alliance, The Queensland Voice for Mental Health and other community peaks, QNADA provided an essential link to improve the flow of information in managing comorbidity.  As part of QNADAs commitment to all member services, the sessions were recorded and uploaded.  This strategy aimed to ensure individuals and organisations outside the south east corner are able to access the information presented.   What eventuated were linkages across Australia.

To access the recorded seminars click on the play button.

QNADA Newsletter March 2012

Already it’s late March and for many the hangover of New Year 2012 is long forgotten, however for our alcohol and other drug agencies and service providers, the battle with hangovers is being faced on a daily basis.

As with the health sector going through changes, QNADA is also experiencing change. Please feel free to read our latest news letter, which I have attached to keep you up to date with these changes.

 

We hope you find this monthly newsletter useful and we welcome your comments and feedback or items for inclusion in future editions. In future members will receive relevant information updates as they come to hand, including developments affecting the sector as a result of the recent election.

 

Seminar Series

Comorbidity and Homelessness

 Keynote speakers include: 


Paul Flatau, The University of Western Australia Centre for Social Impact.

Paul will discusses inter-generational homelessness.

 


April 14th 2011


 Comorbidity and Youth

Keynote speakers include:


Andrew Bruun – former director of Research and Education and current Executive Officer YSAS,

Sophie Morson, Psychologist, Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Queensland Health.



May 12th 2011

 Comorbidity and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Populations | Part 1

Keynote speakers include:

 
Margaret Hornagold - CEO Durrumbal Community Youth Services Inc.

Helen Orcher - Aboriginal Employment and Workforce Development Manager SWSAHS.



14th July 2011

  Comorbidity and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Populations | Part 2

Keynote speaker:


Murray Sutton – Mali Mali - Journey Through a Modified Therapeutic Community.



14th July 2011

 Comorbidity and Population from a Non-English Speaking Background

Keynote speakers include:

 
Sue Lee, Manager, Community Development Program at Women's Health and Family Services, Perth, WA.

Rita Prasad-Ildes, Manager, Queensland Health’s Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre. 


11th August 2011


 Comorbidity and Women | Part 1

Key note speakers include:

Rose Neild
Margaret Hamilton - Australian National Council of Drugs (ANCD)



8th September 2011 

 Comorbidity and Women | Part 2

Key note speakers include:


Margaret Hamilton  – Australian National Council of Drugs (ANCD) 

Deb Kilroy  – Sisters Inside

Maria Model  – Queensland Alliance

Bronwyn Buckley  – Womens Health Queensland Wide Inc

Aunty Joan Hendriks – Quandamooka Women Support Services



8th September 2011

 Comorbidity and Sexual Orientation

Key note speakers include:


Paul Martin  – Centre for Human Potential

Ange Matheson – AIDS Council of NSW ( ACON )



20th October 2011 

Challenges and Innovation: QNADA Conference 2011

 

Dr John Herron - Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD)

Associate Professor Keith Evans - Integrated Policy Solutions
- Quality Frameworks within the NGO AOD Sector 

 

Session 1 Innovation in Sector Infrastructure - The National Drug Strategy

Professor Margaret Hamilton, Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD)
- Implications for the NGO Government Sector

Professor Ann Roche, National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)
- Implication for the AOD Workforce

Session 2 - Innovations in Sector Infrastructure - Workforce Treatment.

Jeff Cheverton - The Queensland Alliance
- Collaborating with the Mental Health Sector

Lauren Jessberg - General Practice Queensland - Medical Locals
- Maximising their contribution to AOD Treatment 

Session 3 - Innovation, in Sector Infrastructure - Workforce Development

Associate Professor Lynne Magor-Blatch - Australian Therapeutic Communities Association
- Clinical Care Packages in Nationally Agreed Drug and Alcohol Health Services Planning Model.

Professor Ann Roche - NCETA
- Developing State and National Workforce strategies

Don McFeat - Associate Building Indigenous Capabilities Pty Ltd
- Workforce Development - Capability is the Key. 

Session 4 - Innovation in Practice - Comorbidity Treatment.

Mary Alcorn - Gold Coast Drug Council
- Integrating Comorbidity into Service Delivery

Gerard Byrne - Clinical Director, The Salvation Army
- Comorbidity - Staff Training, Screening, Case Planning.

Susan Gobbart - QuIHN
- Changing Habits, An Evaluation of a Dual Diagnosis - Focused, integrated multimodal, Psychosocial Education, and Skill Building Program. 

 

Session 5 IT interactive

 
Not Filmed 

Conference Dinner

Tony Trimingham, OAM - Family Drug Support
Guest Speaker - A Focus on Family 

 

Session 6 - Residential Treatment - The Evidence Base

Lynne Magor Blatch - Associate professor, Australian Therapeutic Communities Association
- The Evidence based planning Model.

Professor Jake Najman, Director Education and Training, Queensland Alcohol & Drug Research and Education Centre
- Trends in illicit Drug and other drugs. - Workforce implications. 

Session 7 - New Sector Priorities - Substance Specific

David Templeman - CEO, Alcohol and Drug Council Australia
- A Call for a Broad Based Campaign to address the high social and health care cost of alcohol misuse. 

Professor Jake Najman - Director Education and Training, Queensland Alcohol & Drug Research and Education Centre 
- Top 10 drug trends for 2020 

Session 8 Innovation in Treatment continued.

Professor Margaret Hamilton - ANCD
- Complex Case Management - It’s all about the Service.

Cheri Yavu Kama Harathunian - Central Queensland University (Bundaberg Campus)
Culturally Sensitive 'Best Practice' when engaging with Aboriginal and Islander people.

Gerard Byrne - Clinical Director, Salvation Army
- What’s Different about the Coerced

James Curtain, Alcohol and Drug Foundation Queensland, AOD Program
- Challenges in delivery of service in Regional Areas 

Closing Address

Margi O'Connell-Hood - QNADA CEO
- Conference Overview