Forum Presentations

Session 1

• Welcome Speech - Warren Grimshaw

Session 2

• Keynote Address; Marumali Program - Lorraine Peeters
• Keynote Address; NSW Mental Health Commission - Dr Robyn Shields
• Getting with the Program! Skilling up the Aboriginal workforce in the use of e-wellbeing apps and online technologies - Liz Lewis and James Bennett-Levy

Session 3

• The fall and rise of clinical supervision - Gina O'Neil, and Ann Baker
• NSW Ministry of Health Aboriginal Recruitment and Retention Resource - Charles Davison, Wendy Bryan-Clothier, Justin Noel
• AMIHS (Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service) how MH affects mums and bubs - Kristen Ella and Eda Devoti
• An insight to the role of an Aboriginal Alcohol Other Drug Worker - Nathan Deaves and Wade Longbottom
• Kempsey Healthy Eating Activities and Lifestyles for Indigenous Groups - Marilyn Dean and Jessica Morris
• Pathways to psychiatry for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People - Nigel Beetson
• Waminda's Dead, or Deadly Program - Willow Firth and Hayley Longbottom
• The Positives and Negatives of Psychological Resilience - Marsat Ketchell

Session 4

• MLHD MHDA Aboriginal Mental Health Business Plan - Laura Ross and Sean Owen
• Aboriginal Psychiatry Mentoring Program - Donna Stanley
• NEAMI National Aboriginal Linkages Program - Lee Willis
• Are they ready for the workforce - Faye McMillan and Stephanie Perrot
• NSW Aboriginal Mental Health Worker Training Program Evaluation - Tom Brideson and Christine Flynn
• Learning from each other and growing together - Cindi McCormick
• Update NSW Aboriginal Grief and Loss Training Project - Anthony Hillin
• Usin' it or Losin' it! - Colin Locke
• Key Learnings in retaining an Aboriginal workforce in Community Managed MH sector - Simone Montgomery

Session 5

• Traditional Circles in Practice - Vanessa Edwidge, Bahadur Bryson and Noleen Hoskins
• The Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Network of NSW - Kristie Harrison and Rodney Turner
• Supporting the Aboriginal workforce to address tobacco in their communities - Jasmine Sarin
• Working through incarceration with an holistic approach - Lloyd Gibbs
• Healing our way: Kinchela Boys Home Healing Centre - Manuel Ebsworth, Michael Welsh, Jason Pitt and Tiffany McComsey
• A model for the Aboriginal Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Workforce - Gay Foster and Tammy Sampson
• Research Pfft! A dirty word? Or an avenue to privilege and action Aboriginal voices - Chontel Gibson

Session 6

• Childhood Separation and Trauma: The Stolen Generation Effect on Kids' Brains and Adult Outcomes - Prof Tony Broe
• Valuing Each Other and Working Together - Toni Manton, Lawrence Dadd, Stacey McMullen and Cyriac Matthew
• Supporting the Workforce Family Quiz Show - Lucy Abbott and Terry Smith

Session 7

• Forum Overview Summary - Tom Brideson and Ann Baker
• NSW Aboriginal MHWB workforce programs and the Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Office - Peter Carter