1st Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference Programme

2017,

29th - 31st March

1st Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference

Conference Programme

Thursday, 30th March
Thursday 11:00 - 12:40	A1-NE A1. Neuroscience Chaired By: TBC
11:00 Building an Evidence Based Practice: Use of Brain Imaging in Clinical Assessment and Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes » Mirjana Askovic (STARTTS) 11:20 Event-related Potential in Trauma-affected Refugees » Jessica Carlsson (Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry), Hanieh Meteran (Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry, Denmark), Bob Oranje (Mental Health Centre Glostrup), Birte Glenthøj (Mental Health Centre Glostrup), Erik Vindbjerg (Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry, Denmark) 11:40 The impact of torture of the fear processing in the brain » Belinda Liddell (UNSW Australia/Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program) 12:00 The use of neurofeedback as a clinical intervention for refugee children and adolescents » Trix Harvey (STARTTS)
Thursday 11:00 - 14:00	A2-CL A2. Clinical Children and Young People Chaired By: TBC
11:00 Supporting children's recovery from refugee trauma: Systemic and holistic work with children, families and schools » Esme Dark (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture and Trauma) 11:20 Giving yourself a "brain freeze"- reducing self-harming behaviour in refugee children and young people with complex trauma presentations » Sarah Kristensen (QPASTT), Katie Brooker (QPASTT) 11:40 Strengthening Cultural Relationships & Improving Emotional Regulation through Drumming » Mehak Khandeparkar (Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service (STTARS, Adelaide)), Nellie Anderson (Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service (STTARS, Adelaide)) 12:00 Sandplay Therapy with Young Refugees » Chiara Ridolfi (STARTTS (NSW Service for the Treatment And Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors)), Sanja Stefanovic (STARTTS (NSW Service for the Treatment And Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors))
Thursday 11:00 - 12:40	A3-CA A3. Clinical Assessment and Screening Chaired By: TBC
11:00 A screening tool for identifying mental disorders in asylum-seekers & new refugees: the STAR-MH » Debbie Hocking (Cabrini Institute) 11:20 Adversity and resilience amongst resettling Western Australian paediatric refugees » Gemma Hanes (Princess Margaret Hospital for Children) 11:40 Development and Validation of a Computerised Self-Report Assessment Platform at STARTTS » Jorge Aroche (STARTTS (NSW Service for the Treatment And Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors)), Mariano Coello (STARTTS), Shakeh Momartin (STARTTS (NSW Service for the Treatment And Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors)), Russell Downham (STARTTS (NSW Service for the Treatment And Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors)), Amina Iqbal (STARTTS), Helen Bibby (STARTTS) 12:00 The Use of TOVA Test in the Clinical Practice with Refugee Children » sejla murdoch (STARTTS)
Thursday 11:00 - 12:30	A4-AS A4. Asylum Seekers Chaired By: TBC Venue Wesley
11:00 Attachment-based group work for asylum seeker parents: the role of Torture and Trauma Services » Helen McDonald (Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma), Tanya Van Bael (Queensland Program of Assistance of Survivors of Torture and Trauma) 11:20 Making meaning through storytelling: Working with Asylum Seekers in South Australia » Teresa Puvimanasinghe (STTARS) 11:40 Uncharted waters: assisting asylum seekers in the era of sovereign borders » Ida Kaplan (Foundation House) 12:00 Complex Trauma, dissociation, delusion: Presentation of symptoms of an Asylum seeker and role of a psychologist in clarifying it with the legal system » Frozan Esmati (Refugees As Survivors New Zealand)
Thursday 11:00 - 13:00	A5-ED A5. Education and Employment Chaired By: TBC
11:00 Working therapeutically in an educational and employment setting – using a holistic inter-services approach » Letitia Casagrande (Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma), Maria Virginia Eroles (QPASTT) 11:20 Ucan2 – an integrated approach to supporting recovery from trauma and resettlement » Gillian Kerr (Foundation House) 11:40 Putting the HeART in Language Learning » Anne Ooms (TAFE Queensland), Annie Morris (TAFE Queensland)
Thursday 11:00 - 12:30	A6-CO A6. Community Interventions Chaired By: TBC
11:00 Performing for Healing Or Healing for Performance - Mapping the seemingly competing intersectionality of healing practices and community development involving the arts with performance outcomes in relation to the rigours of theatre performance » jiva parthipan (STARTTS) 11:20 Women's story-telling in The Third Space: A means for empowerment and a model for practice » Paula Abood (The Third Space), Amrit Versha (The Third Space), Geneve O'Connor (The Third Space) 11:40 Iraqi Youth Dance Project » Lina Ishu (STARTTS), jiva parthipan (STARTTS) 12:00 Meaningful Being: The experiences of young South Sudanese Australians » Susannah Tipping (Foundation House)
Thursday 11:00 - 13:00	A7-SE A7. Service Delivery Chaired By: TBC
11:00 A Memoir of Making a Complex Care Clinic with refugee families in mind » Anita Datta (Liverpool-Fairfield CAMHS) 11:20 Toward an integrated service system for refugee and asylum seeker mental health » Tanya Sofra (HealthWest Partnership), Laura Ribarow (HealthWest Partnership) 11:40 Resettlement experiences and support needs of people living with disabilities from refugee backgrounds » Philippa Duell-Piening (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House)), Assunta Hunter (Victorian Refugee Health Network, Foundation House) 12:00 The impacts of adversity: Understanding the complex social and psychological reasons for asylum seekers and refugees attendance at primary health care services » Christine Phillips (Companion House and Australian National University)
Friday, 31st March
Friday 11:00 - 13:40	B1-PO B1. Post Traumatic Stress Chaired By: TBC
11:00 The effects of torture controllability on symptom severity of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and anger in refugees and asylum seekers: A path analysis » Lillian Le (The University of New South Wales AUSTRALIA) 11:20 Predictors of positive treatment outcomes for trauma-affected refugees - results from two randomised trials » Charlotte Sonne (Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry, Denmark) 11:40 Applications of EMDR and EEG in treatment of clients suffering from PTSD » Gordana Hol-Radicic (STARTTS) 12:00 Moral Injury Appraisals in Traumatised Refugees » Joel Colbourne-Hoffman (Refugee Trauma Recovery Program- UNSW Australia)
Friday 11:00 - 12:40	B2-EX B2. Expressive Therapies Chaired By: TBC
11:00 'Tekoon bede': Cross cultural applications of expressive therapies with families from Iran » Chanelle Burns (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House)), Toril Pursell (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House)) 11:20 Developing an On-Line Intervention Targeting Mental Health Stigma in Refugee Men » Yulisha Byrow (University of New South Wales) 11:40 Building a renewed sense of purpose and agency after trauma » Vivianna Rodriguez Carreon (University of Sydney) 12:00 Treehouse Theatre Projects: The Magic of Performance in Youth Trauma Recovery » Catherine Maguire-Donvito (NSW Department of Education)
Friday 11:00 - 12:30	B3-EC B3. Early Childhood Chaired By: TBC
11:00 Facilitating participation in quality early childhood programs for families from refugee backgrounds » Cherie Lamb (University of New England) 11:20 The Early Years – supporting families with young children » Kath Cooney (VFST) 11:40 Complexities, challenges and joys of early childhood work with refugee families » Rosemary Signorelli (STARTTS) 12:00 The use of the neuromodulation techniques in treatment of preschool age children from refugee like backgrounds » sejla murdoch (STARTTS)
Friday 11:00 - 12:30	B4-AS B4. Asylum Seekers Chaired By: TBC
11:00 A psychological and human rights audit of asylum policy – can harm be avoided? » Guy Coffey (Foundation House) 11:20 Keeping Hope Alive: Torture and Trauma Counselling on Nauru and Manus Island » Bernadette McGrath (Overseas Services to Survivors of Torture and Trauma) 11:40 The impact of visa insecurity on refugee mental health » Elizabeth Newnham (The University of Western Australia) 12:00 Deciphering despair: A study of self-harm among asylum seekers » Kyli Hedrick (University of Melbourne)
Friday 11:00 - 12:30	B5-SC B5. Schools and Young People Chaired By: TBC
11:00 VFST Schools Support Program 2007 - 2017 » Samantha McGuffie (Foundation House) 11:20 Collaboration in Canberra: FASSTT's Companion House and Dickson College's Refugee Bridging Program working together with students from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds » Deborah Nelson (Companion House Assisting Survivors of Torture and Trauma) 11:40 S.T.A.R.S. for settlement and learning » Jane Wallace (NSW Department of Education), Kim Cootes (Fairfield Public School), Gemma Jenkins (NSW Department of Education) 12:00 From Roots to Leaves - Tree of Life- Camp experience » Lina Ishu (STARTTS)
Friday 11:00 - 12:30	B6-CO B6. Community Interventions
11:00 Empowering refugee community leaders from emerging communities; ASeTTS Community Leadership Development Project » Tharanga De Silva (ASeTTS) 11:20 Sporting Linx - Linking Leadership Potential » mark davis (STARTTS) 11:40 Community-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Refugees Living in Australia » Wendy Lambourne (Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney), Raphael Manirakiza (Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney), Lydia Gitau (NSW STARTTS) 12:00 Sharing some of the good things from the past: Lessons from developing an African communities fun day with African community leaders in a rural town » Jeanette Ninnis (STARTTS)
Friday 11:00 - 12:30	B7-SE B7. Service Delivery Chaired By: TBC
11:00 From little things big things grow: Towards a framework for sector reform to support people from refugee backgrounds in their recovery » Sue Casey (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture) 11:20 "Damaged" & "Difficult": Deconstructing the Disempowering Discourses that Dominate Refugee Resettlement » Marieke Jasperse (University of Otago, Wellington) 11:40 Talking about health and experiences of using health services with people from refugee backgrounds » Lauren Tyrrell (Victorian Refugee Health Network, Foundation House) 12:00 Engaging and supporting general practice in refugee health » Samantha Furneaux (Victorian Refugee Health Network, Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House)), Philippa Duell-Piening (Victorian Refugee Health Network, Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House)), Sarah Christensen (IPC Health), Sue Jaraba (IPC Health), Maria Loupetis (EACH Social and Community Health), Ruth Varenica (IPC Health)
Friday 13:30 - 16:30	C1-CL C1. Supporting Clinicians and Others Chaired By: TBC
13:30 The role of the clinical supervisor in managing vicarious trauma and fostering vicarious post traumatic growth » Stephanie Long (Queensland Program of Assistance of Survivors of Torture and Trauma) 13:50 Reflective Practice Approach to Supporting Professionals and Organisations who are working with people from Refugee Backgrounds » Conrad Aiken (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture) 14:10 Clinical Supervision: Managing Unbearable Projections » Rise Becker (STARTTS)
Friday 13:30 - 15:10	C2-TR C2. Trauma and the Body Chaired By: TBC
13:30 Physiotherapy to heal the pain of trauma stuck in the body » Veena O'Sullivan (STARTTS) 13:50 Yoga for Refugees Healing from Torture and Trauma: A Mixed Methods Evaluation » Danielle Begg (STARTTS & The Vasudhara Foundation) 14:10 "In Shape – A Lifestyle Modification Program" » Rocio Martinez (STARTTS), David Perez (STARTTS), Mariano Coello (STARTTS) 14:30 Reconnections- Chronic Pain Group » Matthew Seabrook (STTARS), Ghani Nasery (Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service (STTARS, Adelaide))
Friday 13:30 - 15:10	C3-CL C3. Clinical Treatment Approaches Chaired By: TBC
13:30 Responding to refugee trauma: Explorations in narrative practices with people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds » Chanelle Burns (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture), Emma Preece Boyd (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House)) 13:50 Results from three consecutive randomised trials on the treatment effect among trauma-affected refugees: -What have we learnt and where should we go from here? » Jessica Carlsson (Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry, Denmark), Charlotte Sonne (Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry, Denmark) 14:10 Cross Cultural Assessment and Treatment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD: Western Conceptualisations and Eastern Experiences » Neeraja Sanmuhanathan (STARTTS) 14:30 Breaking the Silence through MANTRA: Empowering MAN survivors of Torture and Rape » Pearl Fernandes (STARTTS), Yvette Aiello (STARTTS)
Friday 13:30 - 15:30	C4-FA C4. Families
13:30 Countering parent blame with Mothers from refugee backgrounds: The impact of parent-blaming discourses on parents and children settling in Australia » Emma Preece Boyd (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture) 13:50 Mainstreaming Mental Health into the Families in Cultural Transition Program » Susan Cunningham (STARTTS) 14:10 Refugee Families Taking Strides with Practical Case Management support and Sensitive Trauma Informed Approaches » Gail Westcott (Settlement Services International) 14:30 Reification, Silence and Contradiction in Tamil Refugee Families: How Parents and Children Approach Past Loss and Trauma » lux ratnamohan (Psychiatry Research & Teaching Unit, Liverpool Hospital)
Friday 13:30 - 15:00	C5-SYP C5. Schools and Young People Chaired By: TBC
13:30 Beginning School Well » Sue Pigott (NSW Department of Education) 13:50 Supporting high school students from refugee backgrounds transition to higher education: LEAP-Macquarie Mentoring (Refugee Mentoring) » Ruth Tregale (Macquarie University), Fredrick Gombe (Macquarie University), Subhash Koirala (Macquarie University) 14:10 Schools and Families in Partnership » Maureen O'Keefe (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture VFST)), Kath Cooney (The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture) 14:30 Resilience through a cultural activity on the road to wellbeing, Project Bantu a group approach » Edielson Miranda (STARTTS), George Pearson (STARTTS)
Friday 13:30 - 15:30	C6-CO C6. Community Interventions Chaired By: TBC
13:30 From Xenophobic Community to Learning Community: Creating Safety and Local Solutions for Torture Survivors in a Rural Minnesota Context » Andrea Northwood (The Center for Victims of Torture, USA) 13:50 How does Community, Friendship & Trust have a role to play in getting people the support they need? » Megs Lamb (Multicultural Communities Council of SA) 14:10 Refugee Communities Advocacy Network: Our lives, our voices, our decisions » Rebecca Eckard (Refugee Council of Australia), Shukufa Tahiri (Refugee Council of Australia) 14:30 Operationalising Asset Based Community Development Approach: A Case Study of the 2016 Liberian Annual Cultural and Independence Anniversary Celebration » Mohamed Dukuly (STARTTS)
Friday 13:30 - 15:10	C7-SE C7. Service Delivery Chaired By: TBC
13:30 Securing our sector: embedding outcomes evaluation centre wide » April Pearman (ASeTTS) 13:50 Obtaining informed consent in evaluating trauma and recovery and settlement services » Atem Atem (Australian National University) 14:10 Clinical Information Systems: the gadget that turns data into evidence based decisions » Carlena Tu (STARTTS) 14:30 The Treatment and Research Integrated Model, TRIM – how make the most of your clinical data in a refugee health setting » Charlotte Sonne (Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry, Denmark)

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