POSITIVE SCHOOLS 2010 : Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference
The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, WA, Friday 21st May, 2010
PLUS – A pre-conference event special (20th May 2010)
A DAY WITH JANE ELLIOTT, BEYOND BROWN EYES, BLUE EYES
Positive Schools 2010 presents a KEYNOTE ADDRESS by the iconic JANE ELLIOTT, creator of BROWN EYES, BLUE EYES.
A once in a life time opportunity to see Jane Elliott in person and learn about finding solutions to prejudice and discrimination from a world authority.
Click here to find out more about Jane Elliott, her life and her life long work in the prevention of bullying and discrimination
Jane has agreed to fly to Perth from her home in Ohio, USA, to enable Australians to have the opportunity to see her present a special address at this years Positive Schools conference. In addition you will have the opportunity to attend an exclusive pre-conference event:
PLUS
A pre-conference event special
A DAY WITH JANE ELLIOTT
BEYOND BROWN EYES, BLUE EYES
 An event for everyone concerned with the creation and maintenance of equality and harmony in Australia.
Where? The Esplanade Hotel in historic Fremantle, Perth, WA
When? Thursday 20th May, 9.30 am – 3.00pm
Jane will present three hours of material at this exclusive event. An event for everyone concerned with the creation and maintenance of equality and harmony in Australia. Click here to find out more.
Positive Schools 2010 offers principals, teachers, psychologists and other educational professionals opportunity to better understand mental health issues with a clear focus on finding solutions and achieving sustainable positive outcomes. This one day event offers an unbridled opportunity for participants to gain a positive, solution focused approach to social and psychological issues facing schools and colleges Australia wide.
A day packed full of internationally acclaimed speakers will offer inspirational and innovative presentations across a broad range of topics. In addition, six optional workshops will be available on a first come, first served basis throughout the day.
These workshops need to be booked upon registration and payment
To register as a delegate for 2010 please click HERE
To register an expression of interest as a presenter,sponsor, trade display or poster display for 2010 click HERE
Take a look at last years program (Click HERE).
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Head2Head Magazine, article
Positive Schools 2009 conference – acknowledging the importance of teachers in the nurturing of successful young Australians.
Wise Solutions presented the inaugural Positive Schools 2009 conference on mental health and wellbeing on May 22nd in Perth. The day proved to be an outstanding success with overwhelmingly positive feedback from both delegates and presenters. The theme of the conference surrounded the exploration of positive solutions for the development of positive mental health and wellbeing within schools.
Associate Professor Helen Street from The University of Western Australia and co- founder of Wise Solutions opened the day. Professor Street emphasised three key points. First, the need to raise our awareness of issues surrounding wellbeing in young people and the responsibility of the education system to include wellbeing development in both the art and process of teaching. Second, Helen highlighted the importance of teacher wellbeing in ensuring that teachers did not leave their profession with stress and burn out, and, moreover, were able to present a caring and interested approach to their profession. Further more, Helen emphasised the importance of teacher wellbeing in ensuring that schools were equipped to create an optimal learning environment for all students. Helen’s final point addressed the importance of placing value and energy into the lifelong development of wellbeing as both a means to ensuring life long individual and societal success. The importance of teacher wellbeing was a theme revisited with enthusiasm and eloquence by keynote presenter Professor Fiona Wood. Professor Wood, former Australian of the year, inspired the audience with personal anecdotes and acute observations about the importance of developing passion and energy for life. Also offering inspiration was 21 year old student
Albie Lyons, who captured the hearts of the delegates with an open and honest retelling of a serious assault he had suffered two years ago. Albie told how his resilience and positive outlook had enabled him to navigate a long pathway through rehabilitation with courage and ongoing personal wellbeing.
Other talks throughout the day focused on a range of student mental health issues including the development of positive body image by Associate Professor Sue Byrne and an exploration of thelink between bullying and mental health by author Ken Rigby.
The day ended with a closing address from David Price, assistant director of student support services from The Department of Education and Wellbeing. David brought the many themes of the day full circle when he again emphasized the importance of managing teacher stress in modern day Australian schools.
Positive Schools was developed and hosted by Wise Solutions, an Australian mental health and wellbeing service, which offers social-emotional assessments to whole school populations and a range of workshops and seminars promoting both student and staff mental health and wellbeing. The two most popular workshop presented on the day were hour long workshops addressing teacher stress management, both part of the Wise Solutions seminar series “Working Well”. Delegates were able to tackle the management of stressful thoughts and the pursuit of healthy goals with innovative techniques and ideas.
The success of the Positive Schools conference has paved the way to the planning of Positive Schools 2010 and beyond. Wise Solutions is happy to hear from mental health professionals and educators around Australia who would like to be involved in next year’s event.
Take a look at last years program (Click HERE).
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