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Course Title	Date and Time	Venue	Provider	Price	Order
Kids, Alcohol & Sexual Health (KASH)	09 Feb 2010 9.30am - 4.30pm *Multiple Dates	All Saints Parish Centre, Cushendall Road, Ballymena	Coleraine Rural & Urban Network (CRUN)	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Free to anyone living/working in the NDACT area ie the local district council areas of: Antrim/Ballymena/Ballymoney/Carrickfergus/Coleraine/ Cookstown/Larne/Magherafelt/Moyle & Newtownabbey. If you are interested in taking part in any of these courses or for further information please contact geraldine@crun.org or tel: 028 7034 4934 for an Information & Registration Pack. More information available from: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=562 Additional Dates This course is also being run on 17 February 2010. Speakers N/A Target Audience This 1-day training programme is for practitioners who are working with young people. Practitioners who attend this training will gain a more in-depth and greater understanding of the issues of working with young people around sexual health issues and the impact of alcohol on wellbeing and decision making. This course encourages participants to challenge their own feelings and attitudes when working with young people around this emotive issue. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Areas covered include: commonly held myths and misconceptions around alcohol and sexual health issues ı Best practice models in sexual health and wellbeing education ı Working with specific groups of young people such as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender groups ı Identify key support agencies & resources
Working More Effectively With Young Users	10 Feb 2010 9.30am - 4.30pm *Multiple Dates	Antrim Forum, Antrim	Coleraine Rural & Urban Network (CRUN)	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Free to anyone living/working in the NDACT area ie the local district council areas of: Antrim/Ballymena/Ballymoney/Carrickfergus/Coleraine/ Cookstown/Larne/Magherafelt/Moyle & Newtownabbey. For booking information please contact Geraldine Wills Email: Geraldine@crun.org Tel: 028 70344934 More information available from: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=548 Additional Dates 10 & 11 February 2010 Speakers N/A Target Audience Those working at Tiers 1&2 having a remit for working with young misusers/those at risk of misusing substances. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives This 2-day course aims to develop skills and understanding among practitioners working at Tiers 1 & 2 who have a remit for working with young misusers, or those at risk of misusing substances. It is relevant to Youth & Community Workers, Probation Officers, Educators and anyone working in an advice, mentoring, befriending or counselling role. Topics covered: Why young people use ı What they are using ı Models and progression of drug use ı Statistical evidence of use in the Northern Ireland context ı Assessment ı Harm reduction and young people
Northern Drugs & Alcohol Co-Ordination Team (NDACT) 4th Annual Seminar	10 Feb 2010 9.15am - 3.30pm	The Linen Suite, New Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey Borough Council	Public Health Agency	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information For booking information please contact Elaine Orr : Tel: 028 25311111 More information available from: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=569 Speakers Speaker information available online: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=569 Target Audience NDACT partners, Promoting Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Steering Group partners, IfH/HAZ partners, Service providers, Primary & Secondary Care, HSC colleagues, Voluntary & Community Sector. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives To increase awareness of links/risks between drugs, alcohol, suicide and self harm with local groups, agencies and sectors. To locally increase awareness of community based support available and models of good practice, in relation to drugs, alcohol, suicide and self harm.
Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults	11 Feb 2010 9.30am - 1.00pm	All Saints Parish Centre, Ballymena	Northern Health & Social Care Trust	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Booking information available online at: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=573 Speakers William J McAuley MBE, Strategy and Policy Co-ordinator P.P.A.N.I Ann Marks, Detective Inspector PSNI, Criminal Justice Department Nick Robinson, Social Work Manager Women & Children’s Directorate Trust Representative for P.P.A.N.I process Target Audience Staff from all Directorates within the Trust, both Adult and Children’s Services. Staff from all agencies represented on the ACPC (Area Child Protection Committee). Representatives from Prison Service, General Practice and those other agencies who provide direct services to children and vulnerable adults. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Course Aim: This interactive workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the following new legislation and guidance, promote confidence in carrying out their responsibilities within it, and explore the impact on practice. Learning Objectives:  Provide an overview of the new Public Protection Arrangements for Northern Ireland as outlined in the Criminal Justice (NI) Order 2008 and its accompanying guidance  Consider the Sharing to Safeguard DHSSPS circular (revised HSCC 3/96) This provides guidance on how to respond to individuals assessed as posing a risk to children – both convicted and non-convicted  Raise awareness of new legislation in respect of sexual offences detailed in the Sex Offences (NI) Order 2008 and the implications for vulnerable adults and children
Motivational Interviewing	11 Feb 2010 9.30am - 4.30pm *Multiple Dates	Ecos Centre, Ballymena	Coleraine Rural & Urban Network (CRUN)	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Free to anyone living/working in the NDACT area ie the local district council areas of: Antrim/Ballymena/Ballymoney/Carrickfergus/Coleraine/ Cookstown/Larne/Magherafelt/Moyle & Newtownabbey. If you are interested in taking part in any of these courses or for further information please contact geraldine@crun.org or tel: 028 7034 4934 for an Information & Registration Pack. More information available from: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=560 Additional Dates 7th & 8th January 2010, Kilrea 28th & 29th January 2010, Maghera 11th & 12th February 2010, Ballymena Speakers Glenn Hinds is a member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). He trained as a trainer in motivational interviewing with Professor William Miller and Dr. Steve Rollnick, the architects of MI. he has also worked with Professor Mary Marden Valesquez, co-author of "Group Treatment for Substance Abuse. A Stages of Change Therapy Manual", offering group MI interventions with cocaine addicted adults in Houston Texas USA. In March 2006 Glenn was trained in the use of the Motivational Interviewing Training Integrity (MITI) tool and in January 2007 travelled to Albuquerque, New Mexico to complete the Motivational Interviewing Supervision Training (MIST) delivered by Professor Bill Miller and Dr. Terri Moyers. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based clinical method for helping people change. It combines the client-centered counselling style of Carl Rogers with directive psychological methods to help clients increase motivation for change, resolve ambivalence, strengthen commitment, and carry through with behaviour change. Originally developed for helping people with alcohol/drug problems, MI is now being applied more widely in health care, criminal justice, rehabilitation and mental health settings.
Kids, Alcohol & Sexual Health (KASH)	17 Feb 2010 9.30am - 4.30pm *Multiple Dates	CCDAAG, Carrickfergus	Coleraine Rural & Urban Network (CRUN)	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Free to anyone living/working in the NDACT area ie the local district council areas of: Antrim/Ballymena/Ballymoney/Carrickfergus/Coleraine/ Cookstown/Larne/Magherafelt/Moyle & Newtownabbey. If you are interested in taking part in any of these courses or for further information please contact geraldine@crun.org or tel: 028 7034 4934 for an Information & Registration Pack. More information available from: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=563 Additional Dates This course is also being run on 9 Feb 2010. Speakers N/A Target Audience This 1-day training programme is for practitioners who are working with young people. Practitioners who attend this training will gain a more in-depth and greater understanding of the issues of working with young people around sexual health issues and the impact of alcohol on wellbeing and decision making. This course encourages participants to challenge their own feelings and attitudes when working with young people around this emotive issue. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Areas covered include: commonly held myths and misconceptions around alcohol and sexual health issues ı Best practice models in sexual health and wellbeing education ı Working with specific groups of young people such as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender groups ı Identify key support agencies & resources.
Hidden Harm	18 Feb 2010 9.30am - 4.30pm *Multiple Dates	Parish Centre, Ballymena	Coleraine Rural & Urban Network (CRUN)	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information All courses are free to anyone who lives or works in the NDACT area, that is, the local District Council areas of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Cookstown, Larne, Magherafelt, Moyle and Newtownabbey. Registration form available from Geraldine Wills – 028 7034 4934 or Geraldine@crun.org Additional Dates 18th & 19th February - Ballymena 23rd & 24th February - Newtownabbey 11th & 12th March - Maghera 23rd & 24th March - Ballycastle Speakers Alan Fleming has been a STRADA trainer since December 2004. He was training for 15 months full time on the North Lanarkshire Getting Our priorities Right protocols before delivering the Social Work Children at the Centre course for a further 12 months all over Scotland. Since 2008 Alan has been expanding this training out to other agencies throughout the UK. He has over 20 years experience in the drug & alcohol field where he began his career as a residential worker then detached drugs worker in his hometown of Possilpark in Glasgow. Subsequently he became an alcohol group worker, and then moved to running a harm reduction and needle exchange service for 9 years. His final frontline post was as a dedicated drug & alcohol worker in a Social Work children & families team. Target Audience Preference given to Addiction Services, Social Workers and CAMHS staff etc, but the course is open to all. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Day 1 • To reflect critically on practice by identifying their own value base and how it impacts on their practice. • Recognise signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect and barriers to recognition. • To identify and critically analyse risk factors for children and young people affected by parental substance misuse, mental health and domestic abuse and take appropriate action to reduce risk. • To increase recognition that many adult service users have parenting or caring responsibilities that may be affecting their circumstances or action. • To increase knowledge of child development, parenting capacity, research and frameworks, which underpin and inform assessment, planning, decision-making and interventions. • To recognise that some adult behaviour’s pose a risk to children and be able to take appropriate protective action. Day 2 • To critically reflect on their own value base and how it impacts on practice. • To increase knowledge of current research and frameworks that underpins and informs assessment, planning, decision-making and interventions. • To critically analyse risk factors for children and young people, how risk within families is influenced by individual, societal and cultural factors and what support can ameliorate that risk. • To increase recognition that many adult service users have parenting or caring responsibilities that may be affecting their circumstances or action. • To recognise that some adult behaviour’s pose a risk to children and to be able to take appropriate protective action. • Understand integrated practice, roles responsibilities therein.
Working with Children who are Dealing with Illness and Death in the Family Context	19 Feb 2010 09:30 - 16:00	Northern Ireland Hospice, Somerton Road, Belfast	Northern Ireland Hospice	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. For further information on the course or to book the course please contact the Education Administrator Tel: 028 90 781836 E-Mail: education@niospice.org Speakers Lorraine Graham Senior Practitioner Social Worker Northern Ireland Hospice Target Audience This course should be of interest to social workers, allied health professionals and nursing staff. The day will focus on bereavement theories, the child's understanding of death, working with children pre-bereavement and case studies. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Content - Working with families at the pre-bereavement stage - Opening difficult conversations with parents in relation to their children - Direct work with children, including an experiential workshop - Children's understanding of death - Bereavement theories - Information on resources - Caring for ourselves
BASICS Prehospital Emergency Care	22 Feb 2010 *Multiple Dates	Derrynoid Centre Draperstown	NI Ambulance Service Trust	£650.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Full details including booking forms are available from: http://www.basics-ni.org.uk Or email: basics.ni@btinternet.com Only a small number of places are available to doctors and will be offered on a first come basis. A letter will be sent out to confirm your place. Additional Dates 22/24th Feb 2010 (3 days) This course is also run in the rest of the UK on a regular basis. Details are available on the BASICS website at http://www.basics.org.uk Speakers For details visit www.basics-ni.org.uk and click on “Faculty” Target Audience General Practitioners, Pre-hospital emergency care providers Available Places: 24 Aims and Objectives BASICS is bringing their renowned three-day Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Course for the third time. During this residential course the emphasis will be on the practical management of all types of medical and trauma emergencies for those working outside the hospital environment. It is particularly suited to general practitioners and those who work in a rural or out-of-hours setting as well as doctors proving cover for sporting or other public events. A small number of places are available for local doctors who can attend at a cost that is significantly less than undertaking the same course in England. Full details and booking forms are available at: http://www.basics-ni.org.uk Attendees will be sent the course pack and are required to familiarise themselves with this before going on the course. The pack will include a sample MCQ paper, as candidates can undertake assessment on the final day of the course to gain the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Certificate awarded jointly by BASICS and the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
HIV/AIDS Training	23 Feb 2010 10.00am - 1.00pm *Multiple Dates	Tweed Room, Robinson Hospital	Northern Health & Social Care Trust	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact: Janice Armstrong Senior Health Promotion Officer (Sexual Health) Northern Health & Social Care Trust, Health Improvement Service, Spruce House, Cushendall Rd, Ballymena, BT43 6HL Or email: janice.armstrong@northerntrust.hscni.net Places are limited so will be offered on a first come basis. A letter will be sent out to confirm your place. Further information can be obtained from the following website: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=565 Additional Dates This course is also being run on: 19th January 2010, Holywell Hospital 3rd March 2010, Holywell Hospital Speakers N/A Target Audience Staff working in General Practice Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives This session will explore HIV and will cover the following:  Increasing understanding of HIV/AIDS, preventing transmission of the virus, and management of infection;  Dispelling any misinformation and myths surrounding the transmission of HIV;  Giving statistical information pertaining to HIV infection on both local and global levels;  The significant increase in heterosexual transmission of HIV;  Informing staff and others of key sexual health services which exist in their Board area and in Northern Ireland, as well as outlining the work of The HIV Support Centre and it's Rapid HIV Testing service.
Hidden Harm	23 Feb 2010 9.30am - 4.30pm *Multiple Dates	Merville House, Newtownabbey	Coleraine Rural & Urban Network (CRUN)	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information All courses are free to anyone who lives or works in the NDACT area, that is, the local District Council areas of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Cookstown, Larne, Magherafelt, Moyle and Newtownabbey. Registration form available from Geraldine Wills – 028 7034 4934 or Geraldine@crun.org Additional Dates 18th & 19th February - Ballymena 23rd & 24th February - Newtownabbey 11th & 12th March - Maghera 23rd & 24th March - Ballycastle Speakers Alan Fleming has been a STRADA trainer since December 2004. He was training for 15 months full time on the North Lanarkshire Getting Our priorities Right protocols before delivering the Social Work Children at the Centre course for a further 12 months all over Scotland. Since 2008 Alan has been expanding this training out to other agencies throughout the UK. He has over 20 years experience in the drug & alcohol field where he began his career as a residential worker then detached drugs worker in his hometown of Possilpark in Glasgow. Subsequently he became an alcohol group worker, and then moved to running a harm reduction and needle exchange service for 9 years. His final frontline post was as a dedicated drug & alcohol worker in a Social Work children & families team. Target Audience Preference given to Addiction Services, Social Workers and CAMHS staff etc, but the course is open to all. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Day 1 • To reflect critically on practice by identifying their own value base and how it impacts on their practice. • Recognise signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect and barriers to recognition. • To identify and critically analyse risk factors for children and young people affected by parental substance misuse, mental health and domestic abuse and take appropriate action to reduce risk. • To increase recognition that many adult service users have parenting or caring responsibilities that may be affecting their circumstances or action. • To increase knowledge of child development, parenting capacity, research and frameworks, which underpin and inform assessment, planning, decision-making and interventions. • To recognise that some adult behaviour’s pose a risk to children and be able to take appropriate protective action. Day 2 • To critically reflect on their own value base and how it impacts on practice. • To increase knowledge of current research and frameworks that underpins and informs assessment, planning, decision-making and interventions. • To critically analyse risk factors for children and young people, how risk within families is influenced by individual, societal and cultural factors and what support can ameliorate that risk. • To increase recognition that many adult service users have parenting or caring responsibilities that may be affecting their circumstances or action. • To recognise that some adult behaviour’s pose a risk to children and to be able to take appropriate protective action. • Understand integrated practice, roles responsibilities therein.
Transitional Care from Children’s Services to Adult Services	24 Feb 2010 14:00 - 18:00	Corrs Corner Hotel	Northern Ireland Hospice	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. For further information or to book the course please contact The Education Administrator Tel: 028 90 781836 E-Mail: education@nihospice.org Speakers Hilary Maguire Clinical Services Manager Children's Community Target Audience General Practice Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives To develop an understanding of the issues surrounding transition for young people with palliative care needs, their families and professionals. Content - From a Northern Ireland perspective: including shortfalls, needs, problems, available services, young people's views, evidence of 'good practice' and poor practice - The way forward: ACT Care Pathway, standards, children with complex needs - UK Initiatives: Brief Overview
Talking Teenagers	24 Feb 2010 10.00am - 4.00pm *Multiple Dates	All Saints Parish Centre, Cushendall Road, Ballymena	Northern Health & Social Care Trust	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. For further information regarding the course or to book a place on the course please contact: Janice Armstrong - Tel: 028 25635575 or Email: janice.armstrong@northerntrust.hscni.net More information available from: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=553 Additional Dates This course is also being run on Wed 20 Jan 2010 Speakers N/A Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Areas covered include tips for talking & listening to teenagers, talking to them about sex, drugs, alcohol, smoking & mental health. A CD will be provided at the end of the course which contains info covered during the day/useful contacts/websites/resources relating to these issues.
Mental Health: Recognising psychiatric syndromes in palliative patients	03 Mar 2010 13:30 - 16:30	Northern Ireland Hospice, Somerton Road, Belfast	Northern Ireland Hospice	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. For further information on the course or to book the course please contact the Education Administrator Tel: 028 90 781836 E-Mail: education@nihospice.org Speakers Dr Neil Jackson Consultant in Palliative Medicine Northern Ireland Hospice & Royal Group of Hospitals Target Audience This afternoon should be of interest to Junior Doctors, Nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team who wish to develop an understanding of mental health problems in palliative care patients. The session will include mental state assessment and will also address phenomenology. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Overview of the classification of mental illness Mental State Assessment Phenomenology - The language of psychiatric symptoms and signs Common Mental Health problems including - Depression - Delirium - Dementia - Anxiety
HIV/AIDS Training	03 Mar 2010 10.00am - 1.00pm *Multiple Dates	Boardroom Holywell Hospital, Antrim	Northern Health & Social Care Trust	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact: Janice Armstrong Senior Health Promotion Officer (Sexual Health) Northern Health & Social Care Trust, Health Improvement Service, Spruce House, Cushendall Rd, Ballymena, BT43 6HL Or email: janice.armstrong@northerntrust.hscni.net Places are limited so will be offered on a first come basis. A letter will be sent out to confirm your place. Further information can be obtained from the following website: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=566 Additional Dates This course is also being run on: 19th January 2010, Holywell Hospital 23rd February 2010, Robinson Hospital Speakers N/A Target Audience Staff working in General Practice Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives This session will explore HIV and will cover the following:  Increasing understanding of HIV/AIDS, preventing transmission of the virus, and management of infection;  Dispelling any misinformation and myths surrounding the transmission of HIV;  Giving statistical information pertaining to HIV infection on both local and global levels;  The significant increase in heterosexual transmission of HIV;  Informing staff and others of key sexual health services which exist in their Board area and in Northern Ireland, as well as outlining the work of The HIV Support Centre and it's Rapid HIV Testing service.
Working With Self Injury	03 Mar 2010 9.30am - 4.30pm *Multiple Dates	Causeway Area - Venue tbc	Coleraine Rural & Urban Network (CRUN)	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Free to anyone living/working in the NDACT area ie the local district council areas of: Antrim/Ballymena/Ballymoney/Carrickfergus/Coleraine/ Cookstown/Larne/Magherafelt/Moyle & Newtownabbey. For booking information please contact Geraldine Wills Email: Geraldine@crun.org Tel: 028 70344934 More information available from: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=567 Additional Dates 2 day course running on 3rd & 4th March 2010 Speakers Zetta Bear is a psychotherapist in private practice. She is trained psychodynamic and transpersonal counselling, therapy and groupwork. Her background is in voluntary sector accommodation, counselling and mental health services. Ronno Griffiths has worked in the areas of sexual abuse, substance misuse, HIV and associated fields since the mid-1970s. She managed a street-level drug service for ten years before running a drugs training unit in Cheshire, and has worked as a senior researcher in Public Health. Target Audience This course will be beneficial for anyone who encounters self-injury in the course of their work, and those who feel challenged or uncertain about good practice in this area. It aims to give participants a better understanding of self-injury and its relation to substance use and increase participants’ confidence and sensitivity in working with this issue. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Learning objectives include: Setting self-injury into the context of selfharm, socially acceptable behaviour and cultural norms ı Establishing the functions of self-injury ı Understanding the relationship between substance misuse and self-injury ı Exploring the relationship between self-injury and suicide ı Practical intervention techniques ı Professional issues relating to duty of care.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy	08 Mar 2010 9.30am - 4.30pm *Multiple Dates	Causeway Area - Venue TBC	Coleraine Rural & Urban Network (CRUN)	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Free to anyone living/working in the NDACT area ie the local district council areas of: Antrim/Ballymena/Ballymoney/Carrickfergus/Coleraine/ Cookstown/Larne/Magherafelt/Moyle & Newtownabbey. For booking information please contact Geraldine Wills Email: Geraldine@crun.org Tel: 028 70344934 More information available from: http://gpfpu.hpssweb.n-i.nhs.uk/home/training/GMS/course.asp?courseid=545 Additional Dates 15 January 2010 - CCDAAG, Carrickfergus Speakers Dr. Michael Duffy is an experienced cognitive therapist, specialising in PTSD, panic disorder and social phobia. In 2002, he was appointed Team Leader and Principal Cognitive Therapist at the Omagh based Centre for Trauma and Transformation (NICTT) where he is currently an Honorary Specialist Cognitive Therapist. In 2004, he was appointed as lecturer in CBT at Magee College, University of Ulster where he was Director of the Post-Graduate Cognitive Therapy programme. Dr Duffy is currently Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at Queen’s University where he is responsible for Post Graduate (M.Sc. & PG Dip) CBT programmes. He has presented papers at many international conferences and provided workshops internationally on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and on the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In 2004, he was invited to provide a workshop in New York for psychological therapists working with survivors of the 9/11 Twin Towers attack and in 2005, he was invited to present at a specialist PTSD workshop at the Institute of Psychiatry at Maudsley and Kings College London for professionals working with survivors of the London 7/11 bombings. Many of his PTSD clients also have addiction problems. Target Audience The workshop will be inter-active & focus on skills & techniques of immediate use to counsellors & therapists working with addiction problems Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Internationally Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a well established treatment model for a range of emotional and mental disorders. CBT models have also been used effectively to treat addiction problems. This workshop will consider addiction problems within a CBT framework and conceptualise cases using a CBT formulation. The presentation will provide a basic introduction of CBT theory but the workshop will be interactive and focus on skills and techniques that can be of immediate use to counsellors and therapists working with addiction problems.
Update in Ophthalmology/ Update in Acute Admission Service CAH & Diabetic Cases	08 Mar 2010 7.00pm - 9.00pm	Thompson Lecture Theatre, A Floor, South Tyrone Hospital	South Tyrone Clinical Society	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact Adrian Church for booking information: Adrian.Church@thens.gp.n-i.nhs.uk Speakers Dr Knox, Consultant in Ophthalmology, South Tyrone Hospital & Craigavon - Update in Ophthalmology Dr K Ritchie, Consultant Endocrinology & Acute Medicine, Craigavon Area Hospital - Update in Acute Admission Service CAH & Diabetic Cases Available Places: N/A
Breathing Easier in Advanced Disease	10 Mar 2010 09:30 - 16:00	Northern Ireland Hospice, Somerton Road, Belfast	Northern Ireland Hospice	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. For further information or to book the course please contact the Education Administrator Tel: 028 90 781836 E-Mail: education@nihospice.org Speakers N/A Target Audience General Practice Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives To make practitioners aware of the skills necessary to practice an integrated non pharmacological approach to breathlessness in advanced disease. Content: - Prevalence and causes of breathlessness - The nature of breathlessness - Pharmacological and other methods of breathlessness management - Evidence-based non-pharmacological methods of breathlessness management - practical workshops
International Swine Flu Conference	10 Mar 2010 *Multiple Dates	London	Swine Flu Task Force	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information For more information on costs and booking, please visit http://new-fields.com/isfc_uk/ If you have any queries please contact Michelle Smith at +1 202 536 5000 or email Michelle at msmith@nfemail.com To register for this event fill in the registration form available online (http://new-fields.com/isfc_uk/) and fax it back to +1 202 280 1239 Additional Dates 10th & 11th March 2010 - Conference 12th March 2010 - Workshop Speakers N/A Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Top leaders and key decision-makers of major companies representing a broad range of industries will meet with distinguished scientists, public health officials, law enforcers, first responders, and other experts to discuss pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery at the International Swine Flu Conference. At the conference, attendees will be able to draw on first-hand best practices to create the solid business continuity plans that their companies and organizations need in order to prepare for, respond to, and survive a pandemic. In addition to insightful presentations and dynamic panel discussions, you can also choose from over 30 concurrent breakout sessions that includes: Breakout 1. Mass Fatality Management Planning Breakout 2. Psychological Issues Breakout 3. Business Continuity Planning Breakout 4. Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Continuity of Government Planning Breakout 5. Emergency Management Services Breakout 6. Law Enforcement Agencies Breakout 7. First Responders: Fire Department Breakout 8. First Responders: Public Works Breakout 9. 911 Call Center Services Breakout 10. Hospital and Emergency Medical Services Breakout 11. Workplace Planning Breakout 12. School/University Pandemic Planning Breakout 13. Airlines, Travel, Airport, Quarantine and Border Health Services Breakout 14. Infectious Medical Waste Breakout 15. Swine Flu: Agriculture Perspective & Interventions and many more
Introductory Course in Medical Homeopathy	13 Mar 2010 *Multiple Dates	The Comfort Hotel, Antrim	Royal London Homeopathic Hospital	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. For further information on this course, or to book a place on the course, please contact Mrs Amy Bowrin MBE Academic Unit The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital Tel: 02073918823/4 E-Mail: amy.bowrin@uclh.nhs.uk. Additional Dates 24 Apr 2010 Speakers Dr Sara Eames BSc, MB ChB, FFHom Specialist in Homeopathic Medicine & Director of Education Royal London Homeopathic Hospital President Faculty of Homeopathy Assisted by Dr Gary Smyth MB, ChB, MRCGP, LFHom GP with a special interest in Homeopathic Medicine, Belfast Target Audience General Practice Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives A professional multi-disciplinary course. Tired of ticking boxes? Rediscover the art of medicine. Give yourself the edge, enhance your consultation skills and bring greater satisfaction to patients with chronic conditions. We are pleased to announce this new and exciting course coming to Northern Ireland for the first time in 2009. Learn about the principles of homeopathic medicine and how to integrate homeopathy into your everyday practice.
Hidden Harm	23 Mar 2010 *Multiple Dates	Marine Hotel, Ballycastle	Coleraine Rural & Urban Network (CRUN)	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information All courses are free to anyone who lives or works in the NDACT area, that is, the local District Council areas of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Cookstown, Larne, Magherafelt, Moyle and Newtownabbey. Registration form available from Geraldine Wills – 028 7034 4934 or Geraldine@crun.org Additional Dates 18th & 19th February - Ballymena 23rd & 24th February - Newtownabbey 11th & 12th March - Maghera 23rd & 24th March - Ballycastle Speakers Alan Fleming has been a STRADA trainer since December 2004. He was training for 15 months full time on the North Lanarkshire Getting Our priorities Right protocols before delivering the Social Work Children at the Centre course for a further 12 months all over Scotland. Since 2008 Alan has been expanding this training out to other agencies throughout the UK. He has over 20 years experience in the drug & alcohol field where he began his career as a residential worker then detached drugs worker in his hometown of Possilpark in Glasgow. Subsequently he became an alcohol group worker, and then moved to running a harm reduction and needle exchange service for 9 years. His final frontline post was as a dedicated drug & alcohol worker in a Social Work children & families team. Target Audience Preference given to Addiction Services, Social Workers and CAMHS staff etc, but the course is open to all. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Day 1 • To reflect critically on practice by identifying their own value base and how it impacts on their practice. • Recognise signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect and barriers to recognition. • To identify and critically analyse risk factors for children and young people affected by parental substance misuse, mental health and domestic abuse and take appropriate action to reduce risk. • To increase recognition that many adult service users have parenting or caring responsibilities that may be affecting their circumstances or action. • To increase knowledge of child development, parenting capacity, research and frameworks, which underpin and inform assessment, planning, decision-making and interventions. • To recognise that some adult behaviour’s pose a risk to children and be able to take appropriate protective action. Day 2 • To critically reflect on their own value base and how it impacts on practice. • To increase knowledge of current research and frameworks that underpins and informs assessment, planning, decision-making and interventions. • To critically analyse risk factors for children and young people, how risk within families is influenced by individual, societal and cultural factors and what support can ameliorate that risk. • To increase recognition that many adult service users have parenting or caring responsibilities that may be affecting their circumstances or action. • To recognise that some adult behaviour’s pose a risk to children and to be able to take appropriate protective action. • Understand integrated practice, roles responsibilities therein.
Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy	24 Mar 2010 2.00pm - 5.00pm	Tullyglass House Hotel, Ballymena	Health & Social Care Board	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact Julie Wilson email: Julie.wilson@hscni.net Speakers Dr Deborah Mairs, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, NHSCT Mr Brian McCrum, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, NHSCT Debbie and Brian have both had extensive experience using ‘Beating the Blues’ and other forms of self help CBT packages in a secondary care setting in the NHSCT. Debbie has carried out a major evaluation of the BtB programme that includes data on outcomes. Target Audience GPs, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers and Practice Counsellors Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives By the end of the training participants will have generated an implementation plan for using CCBT in their practice that will include specific details about support, follow up and “troubleshooting”.
Palliative Care for Older People	16 Apr 2010 09:30 - 16:00	Northern Ireland Hospice, Somerton Road, Belfast	Northern Ireland Hospice	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. For further information or to book the course please contact the Education Administrator Tel: 028 90 781836 E-Mail: education@nihospice.org Speakers N/A Target Audience This day should be of interest to registered nurses who are involved in caring for the older person in a palliative care context, including those working in a nursing home setting. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Content - Current developments within palliative and end of life care: relevance to the older person - Assessment and management of pain in the older person - Nutritional needs of the older person - Diagnosing approaching death - Symptom management in the last days of life
Palliative Care - Emotional impact on Families & Self	20 Apr 2010 09:30 - 16:00 *Multiple Dates	Northern Ireland Hospice, Somerton Road, Belfast	Northern Ireland Hospice	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. For further information or to book the course please contact the Education Administrator Tel: 028 90 781836 E-Mail: education@nihospice.org Additional Dates 20 April 2010 & 21 April 2010 Speakers Peggy McCann Senior Social Worker Northern Ireland Hospice Lorraine Graham Senior Practitioner Social Worker Northern Ireland Hospice Rev Caroline McAfee, Senior Chaplin Northern Ireland Hospice Target Audience These study days should be of interest to social workers, professionals allied to health care and nursing staff, who are involved in the delivery of palliative care to patients and families. It aims to increase awareness and understanding of the impact that a life-limiting illness can have on patients, families and professional carers. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Content - Looking at our own experiences of loss/self awareness - Family assessment: issues of communication, difficult conversations - Spirituality - patient, family and self - Body Image and sexuality in palliative care - Grief work with children and young people
Introductory Course in Medical Homeopathy	24 Apr 2010	The Comfort Hotel, Antrim	Royal London Homeopathic Hospital	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. For further information on this course, or to book a place on the course, please contact Mrs Amy Bowrin MBE Academic Unit The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital Tel: 02073918823/4 E-Mail: amy.bowrin@uclh.nhs.uk Speakers Dr Sara Eames BSc, MB ChB, FFHom Specialist in Homeopathic Medicine & Director of Education Royal London Homeopathic Hospital President Faculty of Homeopathy Assisted by Dr Gary Smyth MB, ChB, MRCGP, LFHom GP with a special interest in Homeopathic Medicine, Belfast Target Audience General Practice Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives A professional multi-disciplinary course. Tired of ticking boxes? Rediscover the art of medicine. Give yourself the edge, enhance your consultation skills and bring greater satisfaction to patients with chronic conditions. We are pleased to announce this new and exciting course coming to Northern Ireland for the first time in 2009. Learn about the principles of homeopathic medicine and how to integrate homeopathy into your everyday practice.
The Princess Alice Hospice Certificate in Essential Palliative Care	26 Apr 2010 *Multiple Dates	Northern Ireland Hospice, Somerton Road, Belfast	Northern Ireland Hospice	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Please contact course provider for cost information. Entry Requirements: Applicants must be in possession of a relevant professional healthcare qualification and be working in a suitable practice setting. For further information or to book the course please contact the Education Administrator Tel: 028 90 781836 E-Mail: education@nihospice.org Additional Dates 26 April 2010 to 23 June 2010 - 8 week course Speakers N/A Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives This eight week distance learning programme only requires attendance at the introductory session and the final assessment day. It runs twice a year. This programme of study and associated assessments aims to: - Provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to develop clinical practice by integrating this with up to date and relevant theoretical palliative care knowledge. Particular attention will be paid to the holistic patient and family centred nature of palliative care, including grief and bereavement - Provide opportunities to participate in supervised, personal and professional reflection about the management of a patient with palliative care needs - Develop the ability to change clinical practice in the light of increased theoretical knowledge and personal reflection. Content The course is divided into five sections, each covering different aspects of essential palliative care: - Managing Patients with Pain - Palliative Care and the Gastrointestinal System - Breaking bad news and Ethical Issues - Emergencies in Palliative Care and Palliative Care in Non Malignant Disease - The Last 48 Hours of life: Practical Issues and Bereavement It is estimated that each section will require approximately 10 hours of work to complete, including watching the DVD programme, reading the course handbook and reviewing the questions at the end of each section.
Looking to move ahead with your educational work?	05 May 2010 *Multiple Dates	Milton House Hotel, Steventon, Oxfordshire	NAPCE	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Visit www.napce.net and download a booking form OR Book on line Additional Dates 5 May 2010 - Workshop 1 6 May 2010 - Workshop 2 Speakers Dr Honor Merriman Dr Richard Mann Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Workshop 1 - Developing Education Facilitator – Dr Honor Merriman A workshop for those already working in medical education, and those who are considering teaching and training in primary care. The workshop will facilitate the sharing of ideas on effective teaching methods against a background of published experience. There will be an opportunity in the safety of the workshop to try out different approaches to the planning and delivery of medical education. As well as an enjoyable day those who attend will be able to take away new ideas for teaching and training. Workshop 2 - Leading Education Facilitator – Dr Richard Mann The workshop will be looking at how aspects of leadership engage our work as educators. Based on the principles that leadership is personal, situated and practised these themes will be developed during the workshop seeking to help each other connect more deeply with our own motivation for our work as educators, gain fresh insights into the organisation and culture through which we deliver education, and finally enhance our everyday educational practice. The workshop will conclude by offering a platform for debate and action to help each participant move ahead with their work and to develop themes that will inform the work of NAPCE in representing us and the educators of the future.
UKAPD Conference 2010	26 May 2010 *Multiple Dates	Cumberland Lodge, Windsor	NAPCE	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information For more information visit www.napce.net Additional Dates 26 - 28 May 2010 Speakers N/A Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Scotland and Northern Ireland lead the 2010 Conference before handing over to Wales who will welcome us in 2011. The main Conference theme is: “Dealing with Difficulties – Creating Solutions” There will also be a separate “Springboard group” for new TPDs and possibly a Balint group. A common request from medical educators is for help dealing with difficulties, problems, or challenges. This can range from learners who are having difficulty or causing problems to the personal challenges of managing change or working with limited resources and imposed practice. - If this rings bells then this conference is for you. - If you are a new TPD this conference is for you. - If you are interested in Balint group work this conference is for you. Bring along the situations that are causing you difficulty and within small facilitated groups you will have an opportunity to explore solutions. Consider how difficulties and problems can be prevented or identified early. Although the course will be about finding solutions to your difficult situations the main aim is that you leave with a “Toolbox of methods for creating and providing solutions so that you leave with ideas for dealing with future difficulties.”
UKCEA 2010 Annual Conference	15 Sep 2010 *Multiple Dates	Fairmont Hotel, St Andrews, Scotland	NAPCE	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information For further details: visit: www.ukceaconference10.org.uk or email: ukcea2010@nes.scot.nhs.uk Additional Dates 15 - 17 September 2010 Speakers N/A Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives UKCEA is the umbrella organisation (UK Conference of Education Advisors) to cover all GP educators from local trainers through district teams to Deaneries. September 2010 sees this gathering in Scotland in the Historic town of St Andrews, on the East Coast of Scotland. The venue is within easy reach of both Edinburgh and Dundee Airports and is on the National rail network.
2010 - The Educators Autumn Conference	02 Nov 2010 *Multiple Dates	To be confirmed	NAPCE	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Further information and bookings will be available from www.napce.net Additional Dates 2 & 3 November 2010 Speakers N/A Available Places: N/A
14th Osteoporosis Conference	28 Nov 2010 *Multiple Dates	Arena and Convention Centre (ACC), Liverpool	National Osteoporosis Society	£0.00	Not available online, see booking info.
Booking Information Further information about the event and booking information is available online: http://www.nos.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=300&srcid=300 Additional Dates 28 Nov 2010 - 1 Dec 2010 Speakers N/A Target Audience The conference is open to all health professionals and scientists with an interest in osteoporosis. Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives It will present an unrivalled opportunity for attendees to increase their knowledge, learn from internationally renowned experts about recent advances, interact and network with a large multidisciplinary audience, exchange ideas and experiences and discover how to tackle complex clinical challenges.

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