Webinars

Working with clinical complexity in young people can be quite challenging for clinicians. This webinar will focus on clinical work with young people who present with complex issues who may be difficult to engage. The presenter will explore the principles underpinning a biopsychosocial assessment and clinical complexity, with a particular focus on practical and useful strategies for engagement of the young person, along with related clinical insights.

Information in this webinar is current as at September, 2016.

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is suitable for clinicians supporting young people with mental ill-health.

What will you learn in this webinar?

• What is meant by clinical complexity

• How to effectively engage with and assess young people with complex presentations.

• The principles of biopsychosocial assessment.

• The impact that illness and developmental factors exert on the engagement and assessment processes

Presenter

Heather Stavely, Associate Director Service Development, Orygen the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health

Heather Stavely is the Associate Director Service Development within the Skills and Knowledge Division. Heather has extensive clinical and service development experience. She has worked closely with headspace National to create the early psychosis services across Australia. Heather has been responsible for the program management of several large national projects, with a focus on upskilling the youth mental health workforce and service development activities. Heather has presented at both national and international conferences and has been involved in knowledge translation webinars and workshops, and has authored and contributed to numerous clinical resources.

Caroline Crlenjak, National Projects Manager, Orygen The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health

Caroline Crlenjak is the National Projects Manager at Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health. In this role, Caroline is responsible for the development, delivery and evaluation of workforce development activities including face to face and online training.

Previously, she has been involved in the delivery of face-to-face and online training and the development of clinical resources that supported workforce development as part of the national rollout of early psychosis services through headspace YEPP. Caroline has extensive clinical experience within youth mental health.