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QCOSS Event
Coping Resilience & Hope Building Coping Resilience & Hope Building Coping Resilienc
Organised By:Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice
Region:QLD
Price - Retail:$300.00
Price - Member:$300.00
Price - Concession:$300.00
Start Date:9 July 2010
End Date:11 July 2010
Time:9.00 AM
Contact:Chris Montgomery
Phone:0421974188
Mobile:0421974188
Location:Griffith University, Nathan Campus
Steet Address:Kessels Road
Suburb:Brisbane
State:QLD
Website:www.strengthsbasedpractice.com.au
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The Coping, Resilience and Hope Building Asia Pacific Regional Conference Brisbane July 9-11, 2010 will bring together practitioners, community activists and academics working in the trans-disciplinary area of human coping, resilience and hope building to present on the fascinating capacity of human resilience to most adverse life events. The Conference aims to advance evidence-based practices. Organised as a sequel to the C&R Conference Dubrovnik 2009, the Brisbane Conference will attract participants from the Asia Pacific region. Papers, presentations, narratives that focus on Strengths based practices around the world will be tabled at this conference the conference will be held in the beautiful City of Brisbane at the Griffith University, Nathan Campus. Brisbane flanked by the Sunshine Coast, about 2 hours to the north, and the Gold Coast, 1 hour to the south is city is a green and leafy city. At Brisbane there is plenty to do and see before and after the conference. Conference themes There are a variety of approaches to study coping and resilience and hope building. Viewed from Strengths perspective papers that address inherent strengths of individuals, families groups and organizations. Deploying peoples' personal strengths to aid their recovery and empowerment- will be received at this conference. Some illustrative topics are listed bellow: Cross-cultural patterns of coping with hardships; Coping patterns and resilience factors in migration and acculturation; Personal and developmental factors in coping and resilience - Interventions for children and youth to enhance resilience in adverse circumstances - Strengths based Interventions in the field of education, from early schooling to tertiary initiatives; child protection and safety - Resilience after loss and grief; Poverty, structural inequalities and human resilience: implications for policy making- Challenges of coping with disability and mental health issues; Gender issues in coping and resilience. - Strengths based refugee acceptance policy development; Humanitarian Policing; Resilience mechanisms in recovery from individual and collective trauma; Posttraumatic growth after extreme suffering - Challenges of reconciliation in multi-ethnic and post-conflict societies. Best practices in helping individuals in crisis; in empowering communities Asset based community development. Spirituality as a coping resource; Spirituality, healing systems, alternative therapies and meditation in enhancing resilience Remote rural communities, indigenous people and coping with life challenges; -Strengthening resilience through e-communities and use of information technology Resilience development and hope building in urban communities. Who will be at the conference? The range of topics at the conference program make it directly relevant to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, rehabilitation, counsellors and psychotherapists, GP’s, cultural anthropologists, NGO activists, community and humanitarian workers; spiritual leaders; emergency services, defense, police; justice and legal professionals, human rights advocates and policy makers; academics, Senior Managers in Business and Industry and educators. Dates to Remember: All Proposals by 25th January, 2010 Abstracts (Font verdana 11 point) for Papers, Workshops, Post Conference Workshops, Posters Limit for Abstracts 200 words and 50 words for biodata Blind Referring process ends 2nd week in February 2010 Presenters Notified 20th February 2010 Last date for Presenter Registration Fees: 5 March 2010 Write to "Chris Montgomery" chrismontgomery@optushome.com.au Cost of the conference: $300.00 before 25 of March 2010 Scaled increase applies after this date until the Conference dates. Developing Countries Flat rate $250.00 Mr Chris Montgomery, Secretary Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice (Inc.) & Manager CR&HB Conference 16 Ashgrove Street Coalfalls, Qld 4305 Australia M: +61 421 974 188 www.strengthsbasedpractice.com.au
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