REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 4TH FEBRAURY 2024 10:00AM

This session is part of an ongoing monthly series to serve the Loddon region, hosted by the Family Violence Disability Practice Leader at Centre for Non Violence.

This 1.5 hour Professional Development will be looking at how we view the intersection of disability and a persons use of violence and the improvements that can be made in this space. Similarly, how the pathologising nature of disability can negatively impact a service systems understanding of a person and influence the experience of individuals within our service system. We will explore what could be done to reduce some of these barriers and importantly, how does a therapeutic approach fit into the conversation?

This session will be facilitated by Melissa Harrington - Art Therapist, Bridie Telford - Occupational Therapist/Behaviour Support Practitioner, Darren Moorhead - Mens Behaviour Change Program Worker.

What will you learn from this session

The role of non case management therapeutic approaches
The benefit of therapeutic approaches - AVITH, Child & Adult Victim Survivors, People using violence.
Difference between use of violence and behaviour of concern
Barriers to current practice
Vision for an accessible and inclusive practice for people using violence
Prevalence of disability in people using violence and what this tells us

There will be an opportunity for you to submit questions to be included in the Q&A session at the conclusion of the presentation. These questions will be kept anonymous and a written response to questions will be provided to attendees once the recording is sent out.

Please note, the session will be recorded and disseminated across the Loddon region. Attendees video's will not be visible in the recording and the Q&A session will not be recorded.

Future sessions to come;

Mental Health or Psychosocial Disability?
Sexual Assault, Sexuality & Disability