- Conference Program

resilience as opposed to deficits: working with strengths

Speaker at the Conference Dinner: 11th November, 2006

Jeroninio (Jerry) Almeida believes there is a purpose to life which is not just about creating wealth for oneself and our near and dear. Rather, it is to leave behind a legacy of a better world. At 21 Jerry started working on various ideas for fundraising and bridging the gap between people who have and communities who deserve attention. In 2002 at the age of 31 he became Director, International Fundraising and Chief Executive of ActionAid India Society after giving up a successful corporate career which included the role as Founder and Chief Executive of a media and entertainment start-up "Lucky Star Entertainment Ltd". Today at 35 years of age, he has completed a full circle working in the corporate and media sector, development sector and now in the government sector with the British High Commission.

PRESENTERS & ABSTRACTS (updated 04 November 2006)

Strength Based Strategies 2006 has caught the attention of practitioners, researchers, academics and consumers around the world! Throughout the conference you will have the opportunity to meet with and learn from the best minds in HRD, counselling, community engagement, entreprenuer development, disability, mental health and child protection just to name a few. Please click here to view the profiles of the 70+ presenters from around the world who will be presenting at the conference. Here you'll also find the conference abstracts and timetable. We're excited! Are you?! This page will be updated regularly over the coming weeks so visit often for the latest news on presenters and their contributions to what is gearing up to be a fantastic conference!

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

A sample of the posters to be presented include:

Yoga: A strength based strategy to manage our own selves Lakshmi Sankaran, Research Scholar, NIMHANS, Bangalore, Department of Psychiatric Social Work

Deinstitutionalization of Women with Chronic Mental Illness Who Have Been Hospitalized for Decades Bharati Shah MPhil (PSW), Kolkata

Fir Square Combined Care Unit Sydney Weaver MSW, RSW, Social Worker, Fir Square, British Columbia Women's Hospital, Canada

PRE & POST CONFERENCE INSTITUTES / WORKSHOPS

A fantastic pre and post conference workshop program has been designed to assist participants to enhance their knowledge and skills base across a variety of fields. The program has been costed to assist as many people as possible to take advantage of these training opportunities - $25.00 USD / $500.00 Indian Rs each (please REGISTER here). Please see the abstracts and presenter profiles for further information.

PRE-CONFERENC INSTITUTES Thursday 09 November 2006

8.30am – 12.30pm

On The Red Carpet!

Paige Garland

Beyond Boundaries: Creative Thinking Workshop

Irena Yashin-Shaw

N.B. Will be repeated from 1.30 – 4.30pm

1.30 – 4.30pm

Building Communities of Hope: Children, women and youth

Wayne McCashen & Dr Venkat Pulla

N.B. This will be repeated as a full day workshop on Monday 14 November

8.30am – 4.30pm

Strength Based Practice with Challenging Populations: Overcoming Resistance

Dr Michael Clark & Dr Venkat Pulla

POST-CONFERENC INSTITUTES Monday 13 November 2006

8.30am – 12.30pm

Strength Based HRD Audit

Dr TV Rao

8.30am – 4.30pm

Building Communities of Hope: Children, women and youth

Wayne McCashen & Dr Venkat Pulla

8.30am – 12.30pm & repeated 1.30 – 4.30pm

Beyond Boundaries: Creative Thinking Workshop

Irena Yashin-Shaw