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[1.68Mb] 		Clinical Supervision Training Program
Clinical Supervision Training Program
Last Update:
19-04-2006
Contributor: DHS - AOD Treatment Service Providers' Conference
 Original Author/Source: Dr Kitty Vivekananda

[134.37Kb] 		Improved Services Initiative - Key Components
There are two key components to the National Comorbidity Project.
The first is the funding of AOD NGOs to build their capacity to better respond to peole experiencing both drug and alcohol and mental health issues. Peak bodies have been funded under the Cross Sectoral Support and Strategic Partnerships Project (CSSSP) to support and coordinate a statewide approach.
Key Components
Last Update:
17-08-2008
Contributor: VAADA Improved Services Coordinator
Original Author/Source: Gail Ward

[506.50Kb] 		"Drugs, crime & morality"
"Drugs, crime & morality"
Last Update:
01-03-2007
Contributor: VAADA CONFERENCE 07 - Health for all:
 Original Author/Source: Dr Richard Mathews

[118.00Kb] 		"Nuts and bolts of psychiatry" professional development for dual diagnosis workers
"Nuts and bolts of psychiatry" professional development for dual diagnosis workers
Last Update:
01-03-2007
Contributor: VAADA CONFERENCE 07 - Health for all:
 Original Author/Source: Dr Basil Bunting

[187.08Kb] 		"One size does not fit all....a woman's health perspective to program & service planning"
"One size does not fit all....a woman's health perspective to program & service planning"
Last Update:
28-02-2007
Contributor: VAADA CONFERENCE 07 - Health for all:
 Original Author/Source: Kathleen Walsh

[73.50Kb] 		"Release from prison: Public health challenges & opportunities
"Release from prison: Public health challenges & opportunities
Last Update:
01-03-2007
Contributor: VAADA CONFERENCE 07 - Health for all:
 Original Author/Source: Dr Stuart Ross

[2.75Mb] 		"Tears of hope" Supporting carers of alcohol related brain injury people in a rural setting
"Tears of hope" Supporting carers of alcohol related brain injury people in a rural setting
Last Update:
28-02-2007
Contributor: VAADA CONFERENCE 07 - Health for all:
 Original Author/Source: Mark Powell, Daryl Fitzgibbon and Sharon Amos

[843.94Kb] 		'Hospital-based D&A Consultation Liaison Services: What, why and how?'
Keynote presentation by Ass Prof Nicholas Lintzeris at 'From the Hospital to the Community'
Last Update:
01-08-2008
Contributor: Ass Prof Nicholas Lintzeris
Original Author/Source: Ass Prof Nicholas Lintzeris

[1.36Mb] 		'How do we manage smoking in hospitals?'
Presented at From the Hospital to the Community
Last Update:
31-07-2008
Contributor: VAADA/VAILA

[313.81Kb] 		2003 Annual VAADA Conference - ‘The long term fix: What is the future of the drug sector in Victoria?’.
VAADA’s 2003 annual conference title reflected a growing sense of uncertainty about the future of the drug sector in Victoria. With a myriad of recent reviews underway and the sector being consulted extensively in recent months, there has been much opportunity for contemplating the future.
Last Update:
05-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA (2003)

[745.50Kb] 		2003 Annual VAADA Conference. ‘The long term fix: What is the future of the drug sector in Victoria?’
VAADA’s 2003 Annual Conference, ‘The long term fix: what is the future of the drug sector in Victoria?’ was held on Monday the 1st and Tuesday the 2nd December 2003. 165 delegates attended over the two days. VAADA’s 2003 annual conference title reflected a growing sense of uncertainty about the future of the drug sector in Victoria. With a myriad of recent reviews underway and the sector being consulted extensively in recent months, there has been much opportunity for contemplating the future. Held at Rydges Riverwalk, Richmond, the conference aimed to focus beyond immediate concerns, and consider broader trends in government-non government relations, organisational strategy, and the way other sectors have dealt with similar pressures. These directions were canvassed in the opening presentation by an excellent line up of speakers. The conference aimed to generate discussion and debate on important issues that affect those delivering services to many clients and families in Victoria who benefit from them.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA (2003)

[227.50Kb] 		2006 Conference - Framing drug use: what's the problem presented to be?
What is ‘the problem’ represented to be?
 An approach to policy
Last Update:
21-02-2006
Contributor: Carol Bacchi

[3.50Mb] 		2006 Conference: Changing the Emergency Department culture
Engagement, Education and Empowerment - Changing the ED culture
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Dr Matthew Frei & Ronnie Yates

[353.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: Partnerships across community health & AOD services
Social 1 workshop: Integrating AOD Programs
Last Update:
24-02-2006
Contributor: Rachael Saade & Jo Famularo-Doyle (EDAS)

[76.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: "Our client, not my client or yours."
The benefits of a multi-service approach to the management of clients with an AOD problem
Last Update:
22-02-2006
Contributor: Martin Jackson

[523.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: A parenting support toolkit for AOD workers
Workshop Social 2: Drugs, Pregnancy and Children
 A parenting support toolkit for AOD workers:
 * Victorian DHS identified the need
 * Funded this project as a response
 * Victorian Parenting Centre & Odyssey House Victoria partnership
 * Consultations with the AOD sector & parents
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Dr Stefan Gruenert & Kylie Burke

[2.74Mb] 		2006 Conference: Alcohol and drug supported accommodation program
Supported accommodation provides a supportive environment to assist client achieve lasting change while assisting them to integrate into community living
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Kate Harrington-O'Brien
 Original Author/Source: Richard Michell

[1020.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: Care & containment
Care and containment - acute care issues in police custody.
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Dr Foti Blaher

[110.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: Case Management & Alcohol Related Brain Injury
Workshop Social 1: Integrating AOD Programs
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Jasminka Kosanovic-Vuckovic (arbias)

[315.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Collaborating with the courts
Collaborating with the courts - what does the future hold?
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Jelena Popovic

[658.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: Community pharmacy - the silent member of the AOD team
Given the majority of pharmacotherapy clients are dispensed in community pharmacy, and the majority of pharmacists are not specialist AOD professionals, how can community pharmacy be better integrated with AOD to achieve better client outcomes?
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Muhleisen, Neilsen, Goodman & Clarke

[2.30Mb] 		2006 Conference: Complete integration
Complete integration: A Dual Diagnosis model that ensures that all clients receive treatment.
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Leigh Skewes & Rodney Soar

[812.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Consumer participation
"We all want to build a safe, high quality health care system. This means that people who manage and work in the system need to work together with consumers and the community to achieve lasting improvements and maintain and enhance public confidence in the system."
Last Update:
24-02-2006
Contributor: Karenza Louis-Smith

[14.25Mb] 		2006 Conference: Consumers, patients or partners?
Consumers, Patients, Clients or Partners - A brief exploration of relationships in drug treatments and counselling
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Damon Brogan

[30.82Mb] 		2006 Conference: Do you want to play?
Do You Want To Play ?
 A project to enhance social inclusion of marginalised children.
 By Glenferrie Primary School & The City of Boroondara Drug Issues Network
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Ros Winkler, Diana van de Geer & Pam Taylor

[194.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Dual Diagnosis & ABI
Multiple services - working together with co-morbidity.
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Peter McMahon, Jon Sedgley, Mark Powell, Andrew Robertson & Sharyn Amos

[226.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Dual Diagnosis Assessment and Comprehensive Care initiative
Workshop Health 4: Integrated Interventions
 Dual Diagnosis Assessment and Comprehensive Care Project (DDACC)
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Dr Kate Hall

[676.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: Ethics and AOD Services
Making values and ethics explicit - A code of ethics for the AOD field
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Craig Fry & Donna Bull

[72.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Familiarity Breeds respect
Familiarity Breeds respect: Psychiatry & AOD services working together
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Wendy Mence & Dr Sally Wilkins

[1.42Mb] 		2006 Conference: Form Partnerships with Indigenous Service Providers or Risk Becoming Part of the Problem!
Form Partnerships with Indigenous Service Providers or Risk Becoming Part of the Problem!
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Wal Saunders, Shane Nichols & John Bell

[390.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: GPs and Drug Treatment - Collaborative Management
“There is wide agreement that substance abuse, like other chronic conditions, requires effective management, in which GPs play a role ………….”
Last Update:
21-02-2006
Contributor: Dr Rodger Brough & Sharon Amos

[1.38Mb] 		2006 Conference: Hepatitis C Partnerships
Health 1 workshop:
 Hepatitis C Partnerships - clients, community, challenges
Last Update:
24-02-2006
Contributor: Olivia Reid (Bendigo Community Health Services)

[781.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: Integrating antiviral & substance dependence treatment for injecting drug users
Hepatitis C Partnerships - Integrating antiviral & substance dependence treatment for injecting drug users
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Mark Stoové, Jenny Kelsall, Pheobe Spry-Bailey, Nick Walsh

[8.90Mb] 		2006 Conference: Koorie young people and drugs
Drugs and Young Indigenous People of Victoria
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Marc Williams

[111.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Looking through two eyes
Looking trhough two eyes - Substance use and forensic perspectives
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Maria Papadontas & Donna King

[275.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Management of AOD during pregnancy, birth, and the early development
National Clinical Guidelines for the management of drug use during pregnancy, birth and the early development years of the newborn
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Jill Molan

[100.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: Mental health screening and brief intervention in AOD
Implementation of screening and brief intervention for high prevalence mental health disorders in alcohol and other drug services: The PsyCheck Project
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Dr Nicole Lee

[9.27Mb] 		2006 Conference: Partnerships towards healing - Indigenous access program
Indigenious Communities & AOD
 Partnerships Towards Healing:Indigenous Access and Equity
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Naomi Prior, Helen Smith & Angie Nyland

[1.51Mb] 		2006 Conference: Patnerships that are primary health
Primary Health & Partnerships
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Christian Vega

[488.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among clients of an NSP and primary health centre
Workshop Health 2: Primary Health - Partnerships
 Prevalence of psychiatric disorders and associations with drug use among clients of a needle and syringe program and primary health centre
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: David Wain

[26.31Mb] 		2006 Conference: Responses to diagnosis
Responses to diagnosis: Reactions amongst IDUs on discovery of an HCV, HBV or HIV Positive diagnosis.
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Rebecca Winter, Stuart Armstrong, My Li Thach & Duyen Duong

[78.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: Rural dual diagnosis
Rural dual diagnosis clinicians and AOD ABI workers creating a rural state-wide worker network to improve outcomes for our consumers
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Rodney Soar & Mandy Philactides

[130.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Sector Directions – 2006 & Beyond
Sector Directions – 2006 & Beyond by Paul Smith, Director - Drugs Policy and Services Branch
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Paul Smith

[2.95Mb] 		2006 Conference: St Vincent's dual diagnosis project
Workshop : Health 3
 An outline of St Vincent's dual diagnosis project
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Kevan Myers, Anna Love & Jackie Shaw

[179.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: Strengthening partnerships between mandated agencies and treatment providers
Workshop Justice 1: Courts and substance use
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Sally Walker & Rob Francis (Drug Court)

[86.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: The VIVAIDS Pharmacotherapy Advocacy Mediation and Support-service (PAMS)
The VIVAIDS Pharmacotherapy Advocacy Mediation and Support-service (PAMS)
Last Update:
02-03-2006
Contributor: Sarah Lord

[1.26Mb] 		2006 Conference: Theraputic jurisprudence
2006 Conference: Theraputic jurisprudence - Drug courts and other sentencing options
 Springvale Monash Legal Service
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Taylor, Speck, Capone & Frawley

[97.00Kb] 		2006 Conference: VAADA Update
VAADA Priority Issues 2006
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Jenny Blakey

[239.50Kb] 		2006 Conference: Working with Families
Families: We can't live with them, and we can't live without them.
Last Update:
01-03-2006
Contributor: Alan Murnane & Angela Ireland

[20.69Kb] 		600 versus 1,000 new police? Are the major parties off drugs?
The peak body representing the Victorian alcohol and drug sector, the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) has called on the major parties to ‘get serious about crime and drugs’ in the lead up to the State election.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA November 2002

[2.61Mb] 		ABI: A case for early intervention
ABI: A case for early intervention
Last Update:
01-03-2007
Contributor: VAADA CONFERENCE 07 - Health for all:
 Original Author/Source: Dr Richard Cash

[1.66Mb] 		AOD Workforce Development A National Focus
A National AOD Workforce Development overview and future directions
Last Update:
14-03-2006
Contributor: DHS - AOD Treatment Service Providers' Conference
 Original Author/Source: Dr Ken Pidd, NCETA

[40.50Kb] 		Adult Parole Board
Presented by the Hon. Justice Kellam, Chairperson of the Adult Parole Board (2003).
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Hon. Justice Kellam (2003)

[434.00Kb] 		Adulterants testing in Australia. A grassroots initiative.
Presented by John Davidson.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: John Davidson

[101.30Kb] 		Alcohol & Drug-dependent Persons Act 1968
VAADA submission to the Alcohol & Drug-dependent Persons Act 1968
Last Update:
27-10-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[326.00Kb] 		Alcohol and Other Drug Supported Accommodation Programs in Victoria - A program in crisis?
Supported accommodation services in Victoria are in crisis, and fundamentally unable to operate in the manner outlined in Service Delivery Frameworks. As stated in ‘Victoria’s Alcohol and Drug Treatment Services: The Framework of Service Delivery’: ‘The services were intended for persons who have undergone an alcohol and drug withdrawal program or who require assistance in controlling their alcohol and drug use and need a period of one to twelve months supported accommodation to assist reintegration into community living’. This paper is based on the collective and informed views of numerous workers in the sector who have documented and shared their concerns at a forum hosted by VAADA.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Heather Carmichael & VAADA
 Original Author/Source: VAADA

[70.85Kb] 		Alcohol and drug services continue to fight funding cuts to community services.
Community organisations say new funding agreements they are being forced to sign will result in cuts to services. Over the next three years, the State Government is short-changing thirty million dollars out of services such as child welfare, homelessness, drug and alcohol services and disability organisations.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA November 2003

[218.50Kb] 		Alcohol and other Drug Workforce Development in Australia:
The assessment of needs and the identification of strategies to achieve sustainable change
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[544.50Kb] 		Alcohol and other Drug Workforce Development in Australia: The assessment of needs and the identification of strategies to achieve sustainable change
The key issue facing the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) workforce in South Australia is access to, and range of, training opportunities, and the resources and funding allocated to professional development generally of staff working within non-Government organisations (NGOs). Other issues of key importance identified in the consultations include: need for NGOs being resourced to conduct research; improved salary, terms and conditions; the establishment of networks and partnerships amongst AOD workers; supervision and support; and the provision of better resources for rural services (2003).
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[675.00Kb] 		Alcohol and other Drug Workforce Development in Australia: Victorian Workforce Development Consultation Report
The assessment of needs and the identification of strategies to achieve sustainable change.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA 2003

[887.50Kb] 		Alcohol and other drug use and treatment among Australians aged 45 years and over.
Presented by Priscilla Dowling and Chrysanthe Psychogios, AIHW at VAADA's 'Older but not forgotten?' 2005 annual conference.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Priscilla Dowling and Chrysanthe Psychogios (2005)

[275.00Kb] 		Alcohol and other drugs successes, challenges and opportunities.
Presented by Cheryl Wilson, Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia at VAADA's 2004 annual conference.
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Cheryl Wilson (2004)

[197.50Kb] 		Amphetamine addiction: Needs & new approaches
Amphetamine addiction: Needs & new approaches
Last Update:
28-02-2007
Contributor: VAADA CONFERENCE 07 - Health for all:
 Original Author/Source: Amy Pennay

[422.00Kb] 		An addiction prone society? The social fundementals of drug use and abuse
An addiction prone society? The social fundementals of drug use and abuse
Last Update:
28-02-2007
Contributor: VAADA 2007
Original Author/Source: Dr Richard Eckersley

[75.50Kb] 		An emergency department perspective on the hazards of party drugs.
Presented by Venita Munir, Staff Specialist, Emergency Department, St Vincent’s Hospital at VAADA's Party Drug symposium (2003).
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Venita Munir (2003)

[808.89Kb] 		Annual Report 2004/05
VAADA's Annual Report 2004/05
Last Update:
01-12-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[2.55Mb] 		Averting incremental health decline among older people with severe brain injury through the provision of long-term residential care and support
Averting incremental health decline among older people with severe brain injury through the provision of long-term residential care and support
Last Update:
06-03-2007
Contributor: VAADA CONFERENCE 07 - Health for all:
 Original Author/Source: Dr Alice Rota-Bartelink

[778.97Kb] 		Barriers and Incentives to Treatment for Illicit Drug Users
Monograph Series No 53
 There were two main purposes to this monograph:
 the first and investigation of barriers and incentives to treatment for substance use and the second was the development of recommendations regrding possible policy and program directions that arose from the research
Last Update:
17-08-2008
Contributor: Australian Government
 Original Author/Source: Department of Health and Ageing

[423.45Kb] 		Barriers and Incentives to Treatment for Illicit Drug Users with Mental Health Comorbidities and Complex Vulnerabilities
Monograph Series No 61
 This Monograph explores the challenges experienced by people with co-occurring mental health and illicit drug issues.
Last Update:
17-08-2008
Contributor: Australian Government
 Original Author/Source: Department of Health & Ageing

[600.00Kb] 		Beyond ‘e’
Exploring the impact of party drugs on current day youth and culture (2003).
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[40.00Kb] 		Beyond ‘e’ - Why a focus on party drugs?
Presented at VAADA's Party Drug symposium (2003).
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Carol Bennett (2003)

[100.00Kb] 		Binge drinking and young people.
Presented by Dr Yvonne Bonomo, St Vincent’s Health Dept, Drug & Alcohol Studies at VAADA's Party Drug symposium (2003).
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Dr Yvonne Bonomo (2003)

[658.50Kb] 		Budget Presentation 2003-04
Budget Presentation for Alcohol and drug sector (2003).
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Paul McDonald (2003)

[149.00Kb] 		Budget Presentation 2004-2005
Budget Presentation for Alcohol and drug sector (2004).
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Paul McDonald (2004)

[135.50Kb] 		Budget Presentation 2005-06
Budget Presentation for Alcohol and drug sector (2005).
Last Update:
08-08-2005
Contributor: Paul McDonald (2005)

[250.81Kb] 		COMPASS vs DDCAT
What is the difference between the capacity assessment tools? Who can use them? What are their advantages and disavantages? Where can AOD services access them
Last Update:
24-08-2008
Contributor: Improved Services Initiative Coordinator VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Department of Health and Ageing

[75.17Kb] 		Children’s Bill and White Paper
VAADA submission to the Children’s Bill and White Paper
Last Update:
27-10-2005
Contributor: VAADA

[104.56Kb] 		Clinical Supervision of Postgraduate Psychologist Trainees Undertaking Placements in Alcohol and Other Drug Services
Peak D&A NGO Support Agencies Roundtable, 29 January 2008
Last Update:
12-02-2008
Contributor: The Austraqlian Psycholgical Society
 Original Author/Source: Dr Helen Lindner, FAPS

[656.15Kb] 		Clinical Supervision: A Practical Guide for the Alcohol and Other Drug Fields
The practical guide states that it is for those "who want to be part of a clinical supervision program."
It is designed for the Alcohol and Other Drugs field for those working
 with people with AOD problems.
 It is a resource for
• workers
• health professionals wanting to specialise in drug and
 alcohol
• experienced practitioners supervising AOD workers
 • researchers wanting to study clinical supervision
• individuals in management roles (e.g., CEOs, managers)wanting to oversee the development and
 implementation of a supervision program in their workplace.
Last Update:
18-08-2008
Contributor: National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA),
 Original Author/Source: Alexander Ask & Anne M Roche - NCETA

[269.87Kb] 		Comorbid Capacity Assessment
What is the DDCAT? Who can use it? How is it different to the COMPASS tool?
 Find out more about organisational comorbidity capacity.
Last Update:
24-08-2008
Contributor: Improved Services Initiative Coordinator VAADA
 Original Author/Source: Gail Ward

[447.12Kb] 		Council of Australian Governments National Action Plan for Mental Health 2006 - 2011 Progress Report 2006 - 2007
Progress Report 2006 - 2007
 The COAG National Action Plan on Mental Health,endorsed in July 2006, represents a landmark in the development of mental health services in Australia.
This is the first in the series of annual reports stipulated by COAG as a requirement for monitoring implementation. It describes progress made in 2006-07 and presents information about allocations to date in each of the priority areas, along with details of additional funding commitments made by jurisdictions since the Action Plan was signed.