Conference 2007
 | Leading Mental Health and Wellbeing'Leading Mental Health and Wellbeing' was the theme of the MindMatters Conference in 2007. |
Day 1
Keynote address
Associate Professor Louise Rowling: 'The Whole School - the whole elephant or the dead elephant in the room?'
First workshop series: meet the people
- Leadership styles for mental health and wellbeing
- Youth empowerment and engagement
- Schools, parents and families
- Community partnerships 1
- Students experiencing high support needs in mental health
- Staff mental health and wellbeing
- Our allied health allies
Second workshop series: essential processes for mental health and wellbeing in the whole school
- The Level Two planning school core team cycle
- Data and evaluation and analysis for schools
- Protective factors and risk factors
- Managing transitions for young people
- Induction for teachers
- Structures and policies and practices for mental health and wellbeing
- Engaging with the community
- Taking a calculated risk for mental health and wellbeing - stories of schools that have been there
- Six case study schools from around Australia
Day 2
Keynote address
Wayne McCashen: 'The Strengths Approach'
Third workshop series: who could be our partners?
- KidsMatter
- headspace
- The Inspire Foundation - Reach Out!
- Curriculum Corporation - TLF learning objects
- Kids Helpline
- Lifeline
- Curriculum Corporation - Values Education
- Real Justice - Restorative Practice
Fourth workshops series: major issues for our schools
- Cyber bullying
- Self-harming behaviour
- Behaviour management
- Teacher health and wellbeing
- School violence
- Teaching and learning for engagement
- Early identification and intervention
- Suicide prevention
- The whole student approach
- Culture and mental health and wellbeing
- Launch of the Youth Empowerment and Engagement materials
- The last laugh - Laughter is the best intervention (Wendy Harmer)