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prevention - early recognition - assessment - treatment - compensation
Our education and training services for governments, health professional colleges, commercial organisations and third party insurers include:
- Tailored programs delivered by our experts for your accredited providers
- Development of education materials
- Expert commentary for audio visual resources and media
- Seminars and workshops for policy makers and compensation staff
Our education and training services have delivered:
- Internationally endorsed training resources for health practitioners and for people affected by trauma
- Skills development for psychologists and physiotherapists in Victoria on how to identify, assess and treat posttraumatic and comorbid mental health problems in people recovering from serious transport accidents
- Information sessions about the PTSD Guidelines for more than 1600 practitioners and people affected by trauma
- Skills development workshops for mental health practitioners on evidence-based trauma focussed treatment for traumatic stress syndromes
- Training for Australian Defence Force psychologists, social workers and medical practitioners
Contact ACPMH to discuss your education and training requirements.
For health professionals
ACPMH works with organisations, services and professional colleges to provide skills development and information sessions for health professionals. We do not have a regular training calendar for individual practitioners. For information about our education and training materials for health professionals and people affected by posttraumatic mental health problems, click here. Information about training for individual practitioners is available from the Australian Psychology Society.
Trauma-focussed training workshops
To register for a Trauma-focussed workshop, please click here (PDF).
The trauma-focussed training workshops are designed to provide participants with skills training on how to conduct trauma-focussed interventions. Workshops will be run in a number of different states. Participants will receive skills training on how to conduct trauma-focussed exposure and cognitive therapies, and will explore working with complex cases of PTSD.
Workshop dates for 2010.
Melbourne |
April 29-30 |
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Perth |
May 20-21 |
Brisbane |
August 19-20 |
Sydney |
October 14-15 |
If you have missed a workshop please contact us with an expression of interest for a future training opportunity.
Training for Mental Health Practitioners
In 2009 ACPMH conducted an exciting new training initiative for mental health practitioners who work with veterans. This training provides attendees with practical tools to deal with complex cases. For those currently in the program, click here for your training resources.
ADF: Traumatic Stress Syndrome Course
ACPMH conducts Traumatic Stress Syndrome course on behalf of the Australian Defence Force Health Services Branch. This course runs for two weeks and provides training in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder and a range of comorbid mental health difficulties. Participation is limited to Australian Defence Force personnel. For more information about the course, click here .