Categories


Tags

ParentingEthnicYouthCounsellingCrisisDisabilityLegalFamilySexual ViolenceMaoriChildrenCoordinationEducationWomenElderMen


Archive

2023

January
February
March
   Weekly Media Roundup
   World-leading family harm prevention campaign supports young NZers
   Domestic violence disclosure schemes study: Interviews with applicants
   Job Vacancy at Kindred Family Services: General Counsellor and Child Therapist
   FASD Learning and Networking Group for Social and Support Workers (LANSAS)
   New report on access to services for male survivors of sexual violence
   Child Matters: Auckland Region Child Protection Training
   SWRB Workforce Survey Report 2022
   Child and Youth Wellbeing update: March 2023
   Weekly Media Roundup
   MSD: Family Violence and Sexual Violence Update
   Deadline extended for social work pay equity data collection
   He Waka Eke Noa | Māori Cultural Frameworks for Violence Prevention & Intervention Roadshow
   Regulations published to support tenancy laws for victim/survivors
   ACLC: 2023 Know Your Rights Education Series
   ‘Folau He Vahanoa’ legal education programme – Auckland
   MPHS: Free Whānau Fun Day!
   Oranga Tamariki Evidence Centre Seminar: February 2023
   Traumatic Brain Injury Conference: Across the spectrum of interpersonal violence – Whanganui
   Weekly Media Roundup
   MSD: Family Violence and Sexual Violence Update
   Brainwave Online Conference - Last Chance To Book
   Family violence is making Kiwis sick, research shows
   E Tū Whānau Pānui: Funding and support for communities affected by cyclone and floods
   An ongoing duty to care: Responding to survivors of family violence homicide

Symposium on ‘Alcohol, Marijuana and the Adolescent Brain

July 24, 2014 at 9:23 AM

A unique one-day symposium on ‘Alcohol, Marijuana and the Adolescent Brain’ is occurring in mid-August in Auckland and Wellington. The symposium will deliver the latest research findings and then workshops in the afternoon will explore New Zealand experiences in working with youth and alcohol and drug issues from a range of aspects.

The key note speakers are:

  • Dr Lindsay Squeglia, University of California San Diego USA a leading researcher on alcohol and marijuana and their effect on the adolescent brain
  • Professor David Fergusson is an external collaborator to the Australasian Cannabis Cohort Research Collaboration who is researching the long term effects of early cannabis use.
  • Nathan Mikaere Wallis, Trustee and Educator for the Brainwave Trust will present on the brain changes that occur during adolescence.

 

Attendees will be able to attend two of the following workshops

  • Health – Effective youth addiction treatment – what to expect.
  • Justice – A problem solving approach to drug and alcohol crime – the results from the Christchurch and Auckland Drug Courts.
  • Youth Interventions – incorporating youth development into school-based and residential alcohol and other drug services.
  • Community Interventions – a community initiative which started in the schools to promote resilience and reduce risk factors for young people with alcohol and drug issues.

The symposium being organised by Brainwave Trust Aotearoa and will run in Auckland on the 12th August and Wellington on the 14th August 2014. 

For more details and for registration follow this link to the website page: http://www.brainwave.org.nz/what-we-do/symposia-alcohol-marijuana-and-the-adolescent-brain/

Or see the attached flyer.



Category: Community Notices