Seminars held every six weeks throughout the year since 2005.
Some Presenters have given permission for their presentations to made available - see the Resources page.
Throughout each year workshops have been provided to nurses, GPs in training, multidisciplinary groups in Hawkes Bay and Auckland and small GP groups.
Research Hui on Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing – Making Community Research Work were held in 2009 and 2010.
Included in the programmes were key note speeches from Martin Tollich on ethical aspects of community youth research and Judge Andrew Becroft on the need for more and better health care for children and young people in Youth Justice care.
Other major workshopsheld since the Collaborative began
In 2005 Save the Children funded a workshop for the Collaborative to train young people in the research skill of facilitating focus groups with young people. Ten young people took part and two of them went on to contribute to the work of the Collaborative, in research and training endeavours.
In 2006 a training day was arranged for the Canterbury Youth Workers Collective on Youth Development and Mental health for Young people, and a series of workshops on Youth Development has been undertaken in conjunction with the Ministry of Youth Development.
A workshop was run for nurses, counselors and youth workers working in schools in West Auckland at the beginning of 2006. A Parent education evening was held in October 2006 and plans for more are underway.
Whole day Workshop on Solution Focused Therapy by Deborah Christie from the UK in July 2006.
Workshops for public health nurses in communication skills with adolescents and the HEADSS asessment, plus brief interventions in mental health.
Workshop for Staff at the Mornington PHO in Dunedin, Communication skills and working with young people.
Training has been ongoing with the GP training programmes in the South Island, social workers, school nurses, and teachers.
Three day conference held in Septmber 2007 "Research into Practice and Evidence into Policy". A CD has been made of the power point presentations. Please contact us if you would like to buy one for $10 + p&p. See conference report.
