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

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