Training of Different Sectors
Chair: Karin Källsmyr, Adults for Children, Norway
Rob Mackay: A Life Course Approach to Mental Health and Disability Issues, Scotland
Trevor Hazell: Preparation of secondary school teachers for a role in mental health promotion, Australia
Christopher Buckingham: Disseminating mental-health risk expertise using a web-based decision support system. UK
Frida Hristofski: Student teacher’s resiliency and the contribution of Response Ability to increasing confidence in promoting mental health in secondary schools, Australia
Training for Community Service
Chair: Tarja Heiskanen, Finnish Association for Mental Health
Cheryll Adams: What are the education and training needs of health visitors to enable them to deliver primary mental health promotion? UK
Bulent Coskun: Examples of Promotion/Prevention Activities to be Considered Within the Context of the Rapid Changing Social Structure of Turkey
Brian Robertson: Should Psychiatry Collaborate with Traditional Healers? South Africa
Rachanee Sunsern: Development of Family Caregiver Network System
in Eastern Region, Thailand
National Training Projects / Strategies (manpower)
Chair: Elisabeth Askeland, Norwegian Center for the Studies of Conduct Problems and Innovative Practice Ltd.
Debbi Tohill: Our Children, Our Workforce, Our Future, New Zealand
Allyson McCollam: Building capacity to use evidence of what works in mental health promotion, Scotland
M. Bool: Implementation, conditions and consequences; training of good practice and evidence based interventions, Netherland
Irene Verins: Promoting mental health and wellbeing to the broadest audience. Theme: Training and developing competence themes, Australia
Forum on International Approaches to Training
Chair: Maurice Mittelmark; International Union for Health Promotion and Education, Norway
An open forum with audience participation. The three speakers will offer short introductory statements about training needs in prevention and promotion in mental health, and then will open a general discussion and invite intervesions from the audience.
Speakers:
Eva Janè-Llopis, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Denmark
Clemens Hosman, Nijmegen and Maastricht Universities, Netherlands
Irwin Sandler, Arizona State University, USA
Workshop on "Laughing Qigong"
Chueh Chang & Jui-Hsieh Kao: A Preliminary Study of the Effect of "Laughing Qigong" on Positive Mental Health, Taiwan
Interventions to Improve Mental Health and Prevent Conduct Disorders in Children & Adolescents
Chair: Peter McGeorge, Australia
Sturla Fossum: To estimate the effects of psychotherapy in reducing oppositional and disruptive behaviors in children and adolescents using meta-analysis, Norway
Marina Ajdukovic: Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Needs of Children in Residential Care in Croatia
A.J.J.M. van Steen & T. van Hennik: Mental Healthcare specialtists support General Practitioners, Netherlands
Anastassios Matsopoulos: Social Emotional Learning Programs in the Greek schools.
Programs & Strategies: Children
Chair: Kristina Salonen, Finland
Elin Austlid: “Psychological first aid” A community based mental health service for children, youth and their families, Norway
Bente Nilsen: Low threshold community mental health service; an entry to infants at risk, Norway
Amy Holtan: Social integration of children in kinship foster care, Norway
