Workshop #01

Tracks
Ballroom 1
Friday, April 26, 2019
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Ballroom 1 (Cabaret)

Overview

Rachel Reilly: Issues, challenges and innovations in the prevention and treatment of alcohol and other-drug (AOD) related harm with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people


Details

Lunch break - 12.30pm - 1.30pm


Speaker

Yvonne Clark

Co-presenter: Issues, challenges and innovations in the prevention and treatment of alcohol and other-drug (AOD) related harm with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Biography

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Dr. Rachel Reilly

Issues, challenges and innovations in the prevention and treatment of alcohol and other-drug (AOD) related harm with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Abstract

This workshop will provide an overview of the current evidence base on reducing alcohol and drug-related harm in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal people. Yvonne Clark will focus on understanding the role of complex trauma in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and some of the challenges in recognising complex trauma in practice; Rachel Reilly will demonstrate an innovative online program designed to present evidence-based therapeutic content in a culturally relevant way for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and link this to and understanding of risk and protective factors that can also inform prevention efforts; and Matthew Smout will present on the use of Acceptance Commitment Therapy with people who have used methamphetamine. This workshop will have relevance to anyone working with people who use alcohol or other drugs, including Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

Biography

Dr Rachel Reilly is a Health Psychologist who has been conducting collaborative research in Aboriginal health for over 15 years alongside clinical practice in a range of settings. Rachel’s early work described psychosocial determinants of Aboriginal health in the Goulburn-Murray region of northern Victoria. This work contributed to a community-led program of work that advanced understanding of Aboriginal models of health promotion, their alignment with ecological models and a rethinking of implementation issues. The consistent underlying theme to Rachel’s work has been the exploration of links between social, emotional and physical wellbeing, and finding culturally relevant assessment and intervention approaches at individual and community levels to improve health outcomes. Rachel is currently Senior Research Fellow in the Infection and Immunity theme at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, where she is working with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations nationally to develop prevention and treatment interventions for methamphetamine use, as well as collaborating with the Southgate Institute, Flinders University on a project seeking to understand key factors associated with Aboriginal suicide.
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Dr Matthew Smout

Co-presenter: Issues, challenges and innovations in the prevention and treatment of alcohol and other-drug (AOD) related harm with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Biography


Volunteer

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Catherine Emerson
Deakin University

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Meg Feeney
University of Adelaide

Andriana Tran
University of Adelaide

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