Agenda

Pre-Forum Workshops \| Monday, 10 May 2021
Time	Agenda
10:30AM – 11:15AM
	Workshop A: From Stuck To Empowered: Maintaining Momentum Through Trying Times
	In today’s demanding and often stressful working environments, a strong mindset is imperative to overcoming obstacles and surpasses life’s challenges. Occasionally, this means handling a missed deadline, reshuffling a team, or letting an entire department go. How do leaders and employees maintain a strong mindset during trying times and avoid getting stuck? In addition, can anyone deploy a strong psychological shift that creates both individual and team empowerment? The answer is yes! Cody Byrns shares his life suddenly changed while he stopped at a red light on the highway. It forever changed him, throwing his dreams to the curb, and creating the ultimate stuck mindset. Through his research in psychology and personal triumph, he was able to transcend a forever life-changing experience into tangible steps that can work for just about anyone. His story is designed to empower your team to create the necessary shifts to go from stuck to empowered.
	Cody Byrns Founder of The CB Foundation for Burn Survivors Inspirational Speaker & Author



11.15AM – 11.45AM
	Workshop B: From Animals To Music: Using New Techniques To Improve Student Resilience, Wellbeing And Mental Health
	Recognizing that students need more from traditional education, former teacher Grant Shannon brought dogs into the classroom to help them feel more connected and engaged in the school environment. Many schools are now witnessing first-hand the impact this approach is having on academic outcomes. Join Grant as he shares his knowledge and scientific evidence on the role of dogs and other learning support tools in building emotional intelligence and resilience in students.
	Grant Shannon Director Dogs Connect



11.50AM – 12.35PM
	Workshop C: Essential Elements To Effectively Respond To A Student In Psychological Crisis

	Carmen Betterridge Director \| Principal Psychologist Suicide Risk Assessment Australia

	Main Forum Day 1 \| Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Time	Agenda
Addressing The Alarming Rising Trends Of Mental Health And Suicide Issues In Schools

10:00	Welcoming Speech, Opening Remarks & Thank You Sponsor Speech By Forum Producer

10:10	Welcome Address By Forum Chairperson
	Dr Tony Mordini Principal Melbourne High School
10:15	Lived Expertise And The Difference It Makes With One On One Counseling For Youth Who Are Experiencing Suicidal Ideation Or Living With Mental Health Issues Diagnosed Or Not
	Stefani Caminiti CEO & Founder The Inner Ninja Foundation Expert Advisory Group Member, Department Of The Prime Minister And Cabinet Expert Advisor, National Suicide Prevention Plan

10:50	A Mentally Health Culture: Building A ‘Triage’ Process At St Michael’s Grammar School To Respond Rapidly To Personal And Community Challenges
	Gerard Houlihan Deputy Head of the School St Michael’s Grammar School

11:25	Let’s Make Me Resilient
	The behavioral based program focuses on developing three interrelated skill areas. Let’s Make Me Resilient: Participants apply cognitive concepts and skills from sport, health, and performance psychology – to facing challenges from a positive perspective. Real Stress Management Skills: addresses the types of stressors youth most commonly face. Participants learn how stress works, how it affects thoughts, emotions, and behaviours (including self-destructive behaviors). Most importantly, provides participants actual, personal and inter-personal stress management skills that they can use immediately. Making Difficult Conversations Easier: For a lot of us, the conversations we really need to have, are the hardest for us to start and finish. Five skills to help figure out what you need to say, to who, and how to say it.
	Edmond Otis Senior Lecturer, Health and Sport Science, MHSc Eastern Institute of Technology Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

12:00	Lunch Break

13:00	The Pavilion Wellbeing Model: A Whole School Approach
	What a trauma informed approach looks like in practice Our core focus: promoting psychological strengths and skills, developing regulatory processes and building relational strength Our school expectations and how they underpin and inform our work
	Katherine Doyle Director of Wellbeing The Pavilion School

13:35	Navigating The World Of Online Mental Health Options: How To Choose The Most Appropriate Services Or Resources For Students And Teachers
	Heidi Sturk Director Queensland University of Technology Centre for Children’s Health Research

	The Hidden Signs And Symptoms Of Student Mental Health Issues

14:10	Identifying Warning Signs Of Hidden Student Depression, Mental Illness, Anxiety And Suicidal Thinking: Effectively Training Your Admin And Teachers To Spot Early Indications Of Mental Health Struggle
	Implementing staff training and resources to educate so your school is equipped to address and manage student mental health Engaging your staff in a continuous dialogue about the mental wellbeing of your school community Promoting open communication between students and staff to help with early detection of mental health issues
	Gregory Tim Ward Student Wellbeing Co-ordinator Koo Wee Rup Secondary College

14:45	LGBTQ+ Families And Schools: Diversity, Recognition And Belonging
	In current times schools serve diverse communities of children, young people and their families. These communities are made up of families of a rich diversity of structures which weave together to form the schooling community. Despite this diversity, ideas about family as a mother, father and their children often still circulate within schools, and these ideas can be reflected in their day to day processes. Schooling structures, policies and practices which do not recognise diversity of what real families look like can create barriers to recognition and belonging for many, including LGBTQ+ parents and their children as they navigate schooling spaces. Research has demonstrated that LGBTQ+ supportive structures, policies, and practices within educational contexts like schools can have positive impacts on feelings of belonging and wellbeing for LGBTQ+ parents, families and students. In this session I will draw on the stories of gender and sexuality diverse parents to consider some of the barriers to recognition faced by diverse families. I will then explore some simple strategies that schools and education contexts could utilise to support the creation of spaces of recognition and to open opportunities for positive relationships with families and communities.
	Dr Michelle Jeffries Tutor \| Research Assistant Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice Queensland University of Technology

15:15	Closing Remarks By Forum Chairperson
	Dr Tony Mordini Principal Melbourne High School

	Main Forum Day 2 \| Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Time	Agenda
10:00	Welcoming Speech, Opening Remarks & Thank You Sponsor Speech By Forum Producer

10:10	Welcome Address By Forum Chairperson
	Dr Tony Mordini Principal Melbourne High School

10:15	Inclusive Education And Facilitating Positive Mental Health For Students
	Dr Christine Grove Educational and Developmental Psychologist and Senior Lecturer Monash University Educational Psychology and Inclusion, Faculty of Education

	Tackling Further Discrimination And Rising Trends

10:50	Tackling LGBTIQA +, Religious And Transgender Discrimination In Schools And Colleges Schools choose from a range of evidence-based and age-appropriate information, resources and professional learning to help them prevent, and respond to, bullying and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.
	Sally Morris Service Delivery Manager Open Doors Youth Service

	Improving Teachers And Principals Well-Being

11:25	The Importance Of Youth Mental Health First Aid Training For Teachers And School Staff
	Kim Huckerby Founder and Director The Wellbeing Affect

12:00	Lunch Break

	Improving Mental Health With Technology

13:00	Improving Mental Health And Low Self Esteems For Students Suffering From Learning Disabilities, Poor Learning Absorption, ADHD And Autistic-Related Learning Difficulties
	Claire Thompson Director – Middle Years Whitefriars College

13:35	Using AR/VR Technology To Boost Students’ Mental Health
	Nick Busietta Managing Director Liminal VR

14:10	Case Study At The Scots College: Tracking And Managing A Student’s Mental Health
	Adelaide Brown Preparatory Classroom Teacher The Scots College Sydney

	Understanding Your Legal Responsibilities

14:45	Knowing Your Legal Responsibilities And Implications When Working With A Student Experiencing Suicidal Thoughts
	Kristen Beagley Legislative Policy Coordinator Peninsula Grammar

15:20	Closing Remarks By Forum Chairperson
	Dr Tony Mordini Principal Melbourne High School

Agenda

Pre-Forum Workshops | Monday, 10 May 2021

Main Forum Day 1 | Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Main Forum Day 2 | Wednesday, 12 May 2021