Upcoming workshops

Adapting Practice for Young People with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Cognitive Challenges

This one-day workshop will explore how we integrate research findings and clinical practice when working with young people with co-occurring mental health and cognitive challenges. It will be helpful for a broad range of mental health practitioners who are working with young people with co-occurring cognitive and mental health challenges.

Many young people experiencing mental ill-health also have cognitive challenges. Yet many mental health clinicians express that they don’t feel confident in responding to young people who also present with cognitive challenges. This workshop  will present a mix of research findings and explore the integration with clinical practice. It will briefly explore how to identify someone experiencing cognitive challenges, identify screening tools, when to refer to a specialist, as well as ways to modify practice.

You may want to consider attending both this workshop and the one-day workshop on Recognising and supporting speech, language and communication needs in young people with co-occurring mental health challenges on 17 June.

At the completion of this one-day workshop, you will be able to:

• understand why we need to care about cognition and cognitive impairment in youth mental health.
• understand what cognitive functioning and cognitive challenges look like and how mental health and cognition impact each other.
• understand how to screen for cognitive challenges and cognitive functioning.
• demonstrate awareness of some strategies to modify clinical practice.

Date: Tuesday 10 June 2025

location

In-person, Parkville

This one-day workshop will be held in the Orygen Colonial Foundation Innovation Centre, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville.

Please arrive by 9.15am for a 9.30am start. Paid parking is available on site and at the Melbourne Zoo nearby. Public transport is available at Royal Park Station (Upfield line), and Tram 58 (West Coburg).

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