Development,
Social change, Transition societies, Role of youth, Entrepreneurship development,
Governance and people strengthening practices, Volunteers development
Asset Based Community
Development Micro credits and finance
Ignorance of Ability Brings Disability
"This is a short film I did in 2005
and it was nominated for
India-International Film Festival on disability
......"
5.4 million
Australians volunteer with that figure representing
approximately 35% of the population. The estimated value
of volunteering is
$70 billion. The complete survey report is available on the
The
Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice (Inc) was
founded in 2006 to support approaches that promote
resilience as opposed to dealing with deficits. We are a
group of people from a range of professional backgrounds
such as social work, psychology, education and
management that believe, work with and
advocate strengths based practices. We recognise that
the strength based movement is gaining impetus
globally, with people from diverse backgrounds attracted
to this inward looking practice, whether it be teachers
utilising such strategies with their students, helping
professionals engaging with clients to fulfil their
potential, or employers and HRD Managers utilising
strength based performance appraisals with their
employers.
What are SBPs?
Strengths Based Practices (SBPs) concentrates on the
inherent strengths of individuals, families groups
and organisations deploying peoples' personal
strengths to aid their recovery and empowerment.
SBPs are empowering alternatives to traditional
methods with individuals, group or organizational
work. SBPs refrain from allowing crippling,
labelling and stigmatized language. Descriptions and
pathology owned by persons groups and organizations
that suggest acceptance of their condition as
hopeless or helpless to change are constructively
challenged through SBPs. Strengths based strategies
build and foster hope from within by focusing and
working with precedent successes. SBPs strategies
facilitate change by assisting to look at / what has
worked? what does not work? and what might work
presently making it important for facilitators and
those desiring change to be integral to this process
of change.
Giving budding writers in human services practice to
think about some reflective writing of their
observations.
The purpose of writing is
essentially, to reflect on your readings,
observations, and research that you might do
overtime. The process assists you to share your
understanding with a slightly wider audience. It
is a very creative process to bring along your
standpoint of view and let your thinking blossom
overtime. In this workshop you will learn about
academic rigour and about a measured ways to use
your creative flourish.
This is just a beginner's workshop.
Outcomes may be
Does Creativity and innovation
appeal to you? Do you want to learn
to portray reflective research,
depth in analysis? Would you be
happy to go beyond the statistical
generalizability?
Do you wish to take research beyond
a fact-finding task and to visualize
it as a sumptuous meal that creates
knowledge and affects your audiences
intellectually and emotionally?
That is a big question:
The answer is this Master Class in
Grounded Theory
Research is for you.
Desirable qualifications:
Masters or PhD, in Sociology,
Psychology, Political Science,
Geography, Economics, Political
sciences, History, Anthropology,
Public Health, Nursing, Occupational
Therapy, management and
Organisational Behaviour,
Journalism, Education, Social Work,
Physiotherapy, People’s literature,
Arts, and Humanities and media
studies including print, online &
digital media.
You will do an observation task assigned to you. You may
bring an idea for research or pick up ideas form the
group. Once you register there is some more
homework for you. For registration you will send to
your site coordinator Prof Madhushree Das, a personal
statement (150 -300 words) how familiar are you with
research/ qualitative research? Attach your cv or
resume. The second part is about a research idea that
you are thinking about or working already (150-300)
words. If you have written an article or even a blog
previously preferably send it as pdf to
dr.venkat.pulla@gmail.com
Things important to bring laptops video recorders if
you like voice recorders all materials and notes
artefacts, photos
Dr Venkat
Pulla is a TISS alumnus. He teaches and writes in social
work ethics, human rights cross cultural competencies in
Australia and teaches grounded theory globally through
master classes of 15- 30 hours. He Is the Foundation
Professor of Strengths Based Social Work Practice
Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice, Senior
Research Fellow, (Adjunct) ILWS, Charles Sturt
University, Inaugural Fellow, Australian College of
Researchers & Life Member, Australian Institute of
International Affairs
He Has
Published with Sage, Routledge, Macmillan, Palgrave, And
Wilfred Laureir Press- Canada; Primrose Hall- UK And
Australia; Fernwood, California And with Others In
Malaysia, India And Bangladesh. He Is Recipient of
Napswi Life Time Achievement Award 2015, And Karma Veer
Puraskar, -Global Indian Social Worker Award-2008 .He
has established the Brisbane Institute of Strengths
Based Practice, HTTP://WWW.STRENGTHSBASEDPRACTICE.COM.AU/;
He has
published grounded theory-based texts on Bhutanese
refugees. Very widely acclaimed and reviewed across the
world. 'The Lhotsampa people of Bhutan: resilience and
survival’ has been published by Palgrave Macmillan.
JANUARY 2016. HTTP://WWW.PALGRAVE.COM/US/BOOK/9781137557216
I taught social work and
human services in many Universities in Australia, the
latest being the Catholic University until May 2018. I
have been the founding Head of the Department of Social
Work, Northern Territory University which is renamed as
Charles Darwin University. CDU. The other Universities
where I taught are: the Charles Sturt University, Wagga
Wagga, (2 years) & a semester at the Sunshine Coast
universities.
I tutored indigenous students in Nursing, Human
Services, Sociology of health at QUT and at Griffith
Universities.
Cumulatively, I hold over nine and half years of
Australian academic experience including as Head of the
Department or School, for three years. > READ MORE
Dr Venkat Pulla NAPSWI Lifetime
Achievement Award: Lecture on
"A Personal transformational
opportunity through a social work career"
Team
2019 - 2021
President and Foundation Professor:
Venkat Pulla, MA, PhD Training and Research Faculty Dr Abraham Francis, James Cook University, Dr
Anne Riggs, Melbourne, PamelaTrotman, Norther Territory, Rebecca Binyon,
Brisbane, Prof. Sanjai Bhatt, DelhiUniversity, Assistant Professor, Acting Chair,
B.R Nikku, Thomson River University,Canada
Conferences and Training Europe and Asia
Pacific 2019-2021 Sub Committee:
