Working to strengthen the mother-child bond
Introduction
This forum is aimed at counsellors, support workers, case managers and managers who work with mothers and/or children in family violence counselling and support programs.
Presenters include Professor Cathy Humphreys (Melbourne University) and Wendy Bunston (Royal Children’s Hospital), whose presentations will focus on best practice approaches relating to the Practice Guidelines for Women and children’s family violence counselling and support programs.
Forum details
Date: Wednesday 8 June, 2011
Time: 9.15 am Registrations
9.30 am Start – 1.30 pm Finish
Venue: VUT Flinders Street, Melbourne
Cost: $30 per participant (morning tea provided)
Contact: DVRCV on 9486 9866 or dvrcv@dvrcv.org.au
Forum resources
- Order Together: Strengthening the bond between mums and kids from the Turtle Program at Berry Street
Further reading for ‘Working to strengthen the mother-child bond’ Forum
- ‘Readiness to Change: Mother–Child Relationship and Domestic Violence Intervention’ (Cathy Humphreys, Ravi K. Thiara, and Agnes Skamballis)
- ‘Baby lead the way: Mental health group work for infants, children and mothers affected by family violence (Wendy Bunston)
- ‘Let’s Start at the Very Beginning: The Sound of Infants, Mental Health, Homelessness and YOU’ (Wendy Bunston)
- It is recommended participants have a working knowledge of ‘The Practice Guidelines: Women and Children’s Family Violence Counselling and Support Programs, Dept of Human Services Grealy, C., Humphreys, C., Milward, K., and Power, J.(2008) Urbis
Image credit
Photo on Flickr By with naivety succeeds (Creative Commons license)
