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An
International Conference on ‘Coping and Resilience’
Dubrovnik
2009
involving a
number of practitioners, academics and researchers is
planned to be held
3rd - 6th of October, 2009
in the City of Dubrovnik, Croatia, Europe.
There is only one place on
earth called Dubrovnik and all the
excitement of this city will be captured in
an exciting conference program and after
conference extensions that will make your
week to ten days in Europe completely
memorable.
OCTOBER 2009
MO
5 12 19 26
TU
6 13 20 27
WE 7 14 21 28
TH 1 8 15 22 29
FR
2 9 16 23 30
SA 3 10 17 24
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SU 4 11 18 25 |
Conference Announcement
The Brisbane Institute of
Strengths based Practice and the Society for
Psychological Assistance, Zagreb
http://www.dpp.hr/eng/onama.php
With likely collaboration
from a number of
International Societies for
Trauma and Stress Studies, mental health
community development and peace building,
clinicians and policy academics, therapists
and activist organisations
Announces an open call for
presentation.
Date claimer October - 2 Week
2009
Where else but Dubrovnik!
Venue:
Almost everything and every
space in the unique Dubrovnik!
See
http://www.tzdubrovnik.hr/english/index.php
http://www.croatia.hr/English/Multimedija/Video.aspx
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Who should
attend?
A wide range of clinical, scientific,
community development, peace building, legal
and policy issues addressed in the
conference program and pre and post
conferences makes it directly relevant to
psychologists, psychiatrists, GP’s, Medical
Specialists, Counsellors and
Psychotherapists, Social Workers,
Rehabilitation Consultants, Community and
Health Professionals, Emergency Service /
Defence / Police / Volunteer personnel,
Justice and Legal professionals, Policy
Makers, Academics and Educators.
Our intentions
are pretty clear. This conference aims to be
the most stimulating forum of a broad range
of people interested in the central themes
of coping and resilience; of hope building
from every walk of life from communities
around the world: A blend of practitioners,
researchers, consumers, service developers
and decision makers- who will not want to
miss this platform to listen to each other.
We prefer to call this event Dubrovnik2009,
that’s sets it all in the
Mediterranean
as it once was and is now!
http://www.croatia.hr/English/Multimedija/Video.aspx
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Who are we?
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Brisbane Institute of Strengths
based Practice
The Brisbane Institute of
Strengths based Practice (Inc)
propagates, supports and
encourages strengths based
human resource development and
management consulting,
strengths based counselling,
group and community training
activities and projects in the
Asia pacific region and
elsewhere, through studies,
visits, conferences and
workshops and major training
events. Its purpose is to
promote individual and community
development through the practice
and promotion of various skills
including:
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Asset-based community development
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Appreciative Enquiry
·
Strengths-based strategies
·
Strengths-focussed therapies
The Institute incorporated in
2006, in Brisbane, capital of
Queensland State in Australia is
a not-for profit organisation of
made up of a wide variety of
professional people with many
years experience working in
varied endeavours and human
service organisations. The range
of experience to be found within
the Institute’s members
currently includes social work
and community development,
academic expertise in the social
sciences, accountancy,
disability support, graphic art,
management, Indigenous cultural
education, business analysis and
project management. This range
of expertise is extended through
the various networks of each of
the Institute’s members. It is an
organisation of good will and
all members donate their time
and skills to the institute and
its projects in addition to the
paid work in which they are
otherwise engaged.
www.strengthsbasedpractice.com.au
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The
Society for Psychological
Assistance
The Mission
of the Society for Psychological
Assistance is to help alleviate
the suffering of traumatic
stress survivors and to provide
psychological and psychosocial
assistance to individuals,
families, groups and communities
in distress.
Goals
of the Society are:
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To provide direct psychosocial
assistance to survivors of
traumatic stress, with special
focus on underserved
populations;
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To provide psychological
support, counseling and therapy
services to individuals and
families in distress, grief and
crisis;
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To train professional and
non-professional mental health
care-providers, and to serve as
a field training center for
university graduate students;
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To develop clinical and
community-based needs assessment
techniques, protocols and
instruments;
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To develop program monitoring
methods and impact evaluation
indicators;
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To provide professional support
and consultation to
organizations and individuals;
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To publish books, manuals,
research articles for
professionals and brochures and
leaflets for the community at
large;
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To help increase community
awareness and understanding of
stress, trauma and recovery.
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We are on a humble hunt for the most
respected, talented committed and
enthusiastic people to lend their hands,
support, conviction, planning and organising
skills and to serve on a number of
committees such as:
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Sponsorship
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Scholarships
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Pre and Post Conference Programs
Be kind to us and be proud to volunteer as
an individual, group, organisation and make
this event bigger and of course very
meaningful and rewarding to you.
Expressions of Interests may be sent to the
following International organising Committee
Members:
International Organising Committee:
Dr Venkat Pulla President of the Brisbane
Institute of Strengths Based Practice
Chair of the International Organising
Committee, with
Dr.venkat.pulla@gmail.com
Professor Dean Ajduković, President of the
Society for Psychological Assistance, Zagreb
As the Co Chair of the
International Organising Committee
dajdukov@ffzg.hr
Professor Dinka Čorkalo Biruški,
Department of Psychology, University of
Zagreb
dinka.corkalo@ffzg.hr
Mr Peter Binyon, Vice President of the
Brisbane Institute of
Strengths Based Practice
peter.binyon@gmail.com
Mr Dragan Juspovic,
Society for Psychological Assistance, Zagreb
Mr Dragan Bombek,
Brisbane Institute of
Strengths Based Practice
libeordb@aol.com
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 Dean
Ajdukovic, Ph.D. is Professor of
Psychology at the Department of Psychology,
University of Zagreb, Croatia and Head of
the Postgraduate Psychology Program. He was
a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the University
of California, Berkeley, and served as a
consultant for the World Health
Organisation, UNICEF and a number of other
international organisations. He is a
founding member of the Society for
Psychological Assistance. He has extensively
trained professional and para-professional
mental health providers and lectured in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, France, The Netherlands,
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Albania and the U.S.
Professor Ajdukovic has published over 80
papers and is often invited to present at
international conferences. He has edited and
co-edited four books on psychological
assistance and trauma healing and has
successfully directed comprehensive
community-based psychosocial assistance
programs that have attracted international
interest and funding. He serves on the Board
of the International Society for Health and
Human Rights and of the European Society for
Health and Human Rights and of the European
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
 Venkat
Pulla, PhD is President of Brisbane
Institute of Strengths based Practice.
Venkat is an accredited Senior Practitioner
of Social Work well recognised in Australia
and overseas as a highly committed trainer
of human values and strengths based social
work practice frameworks. Venkat is Vice
President of the Australian Association of
Social Workers and is a member of the
accreditation panel for schools of social
work in Australia.
Venkat spent some 14 years in teaching
social work and a couple of years in
training public sector management through
DFID Projects in Metros India. In India he
received a Fellowship of the Ashoka
International Foundation in Washington and
received other supports to become an
international travelling activist/ lecturer
for two years covering countries such as
Germany, Netherlands, UK, Thailand,
Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India and the USA,
presenting on the inextricable relationships
between He moved to Australia in 1992 and
became the foundation Head of Social Work at
the Northern Territory University, Darwin.
Since 1996 Venkat worked extensively with
refugees and migrants being the Acting
Coordinator of Brisbane Migrant Resource
Centre. Later, he moved to public sector to
work in Child Protection amongst other
areas. He holds a Senior Social Work
position in the Disability Services of the
State of Queensland.
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